Unit 1 Language and Literature 1
Part One Lead-in 2
Section 1 Listening Protecting Threatened Languages 2
Section 2 Watching The Linguistic Genius of Babies 3
Part Two Reading and Writing 3
Text A Stop Murdering the Language 3
Part Three Reading and Speaking 12
Text B How Should One Read a Book? 12
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 18
Passage A 论读书 18
Passage B Of Studies 19
Unit 2 History and Civilization 21
Part One Lead-in 22
Section 1 Listening City States of Ancient Greece 22
Section 2 Watching Introduction to Ancient Greek History 22
Part Two Reading and Writing 23
Text A Ancient Greece 23
Part Three Reading and Speaking 32
Text B The Narmer Palette 32
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 38
Passage A 宋元时期的外来物质文明 38
Passage B The Wonders of a New World 40
Unit 3 Who Am I? 42
Part One Lead-in 43
Section 1 Listening The Power of Now 43
Section 2 Watching The Source of Inspiration 44
Part Two Reading and Writing 44
Text A The Meditations 44
Part Three Reading and Speaking 52
Text B Finding Out Who You Really Are 52
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 57
Passage A 内圣外王之道 57
Passage B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted 58
Unit 4 Architecture and Art 61
Part One Lead-in 62
Section 1 Listening Myth and Legend about Michelangelo 62
Section 2 Watching The Divine Michelangelo 62
Part Two Reading and Writing 63
Text A The Sublime Shadowed by the Awesome and the Fearful 63
Part Three Reading and Speaking 74
Text B Michelangelo,Pope Julius Ⅱ and the Sistine Chapel 74
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 80
Passage A 绘画升高为哲学 80
Passage B The Naked and the Nude 82
Unit 5 Law and Justice 85
Part One Lead-in 86
Section 1 Listening Shakespeare & Law 86
Section 2 Watching A Death Sentence 86
Part Two Reading and Writing 87
Text A Cicero's Legal and Political Philosophy 87
Part Three Reading and Speaking 95
Text B The Laws:Persuading the Citizens 95
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 99
Passage A 法律如何信仰? 99
Passage B Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct 100
Unit 6 Economics and Society 103
Part One Lead-in 104
Section 1 Listening Maximizer or Sacrificer? 104
Section 2 Watching How to Make Choosing Easier 104
Part Two Reading and Writing 105
Text A Why Options Distract Us from Our Main Objective 105
Part Three Reading and Speaking 112
Text B The Point of Choice 112
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 116
Passage A 选择的智慧 116
Passage B Reflections of a Young Man on the Choice of a Profession 118
Unit 7 Man and Nature 120
Part One Lead-in 121
Section 1 Listening Death Valley 121
Section 2 Watching To the Arctic 122
Part Two Reading and Writing 122
Text A Thinking like a Mountain 122
Part Three Reading and Speaking 131
Text B Joyas Voladoras(Flying Jewels) 131
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 136
Passage A 敬畏自然 136
Passage B Letter to President Pierce 138
Unit 8 Science and Technology 140
Part One Lead-in 141
Section 1 Listening Scientists on Trial 141
Section 2 Watching I,the Robot 142
Part Two Reading and Writing 142
Text A Public Attitudes Towards Science 142
Part Three Reading and Speaking 149
Text B The Modern Luddites 149
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication 154
Passage A 为何要争论中国古代科技是否领先? 154
Passage B Scientism 156