Unit 1 COLLEGE LIFE 1
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 1
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 2
Text A How to Adjust to College Life 2
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 12
Text B How College Is Different from High School 12
Unit 2 CREATIVITY IN COLLEGE 22
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 22
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 23
Text A Creative Failure in College Exam 23
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 32
Text B Imagination and the Making ofa Physicist 33
Unit 3 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 40
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 40
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 41
Text A Confessions ofa Lonely TA 41
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 50
Text B He Rocked,I Reeled 51
Unit 4 POWER OF THE WEB 59
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 59
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 60
Text A The Web Is Magic but Students'Research Papers Are Not 60
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 70
Text B Two Letters Responding to David Rothenberg 70
Unit 5 HOW DO WE SEE THE WORLD 78
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 78
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 79
Text A The World as I See It 79
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 88
Text B The Princess and the Nun 89
Unit 6 ARE WE REALLY FOOLS? 97
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 97
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 98
Text A To Err Is Human 98
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 108
Text B The Advantages ofStupidity 108
Unit 7 WHAT IS SUCCESS 117
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 117
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 118
Text A Noble Failures and Petty Successes 118
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 128
Text B Cultural Literacy Hypocrisy 128
Unit 8 ON THE WAY TO REAL LIFE 135
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 135
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 136
Text A Premature Pragmatism on Campus 136
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 146
Text B Preparation for Life 147
Appendix 155
Vocabulary 155