One From Competence to Commitment 1
Two Family Business：the Next Generation 27
Three An American Love Affair 53
Four The No-child Family：Going Against 100，000 Years of Biology 77
Five Sandwich Generation 101
Six Getting Along with Nature 123
Seven The Virtues of Ambition 145
Eight The Harm That Good Men Do 169
Nine Let the Computers Be the Bureaucrats 195
Ten Animal Research Is Vital to Medicine 221
Eleven Should English Be the Law？ 249
Twelve Rich North，Hungry South 275
Glossar 298
1．Word List 298
2．Phrases and Expressions 330