Unit 1 1
Section A Social Workers:Fad-Chasing Jackasses or Still on the Side of the Angels? 1
Section B No Greater Love 7
Unit 2 15
Section A Rescuing Marriages before They Begin 15
Section B Why We Love Who Love 22
Unit 3 28
Section A Personal Values:Professional Questions 28
Section B Generation X,You Are Breaking My Heart 33
Unit 4 37
Section A Caring for Our Children after a Tragedy 37
Section B Educating the Handicapped in the Regular Classroom 42
Unit 5 48
Section A Violence Contributing to Vast Growth in HIV/AIDS among Women Worldwide,Report Finds 48
Section B Alone with a Madman 53
Unit 6 61
Section A Domestic Violence:A Crisis of Disconnection 61
Section B Sex,Betrayal and Murder 66
Unit 7 73
Section A Gamblers and Risk Takers:What's Luck Got to Do with It? 73
Section B Just Trying to Be Cool 79
Unit 8 83
Section A Schoolyard Bullying:Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Bullying? 83
Section B Best Way to Quit Smoking 88
Unit 9 93
Section A Volunteering for the American Red Cross—A First Experience 93
Section B Ace That Job Interview 98
Unit 10 104
Section A Graduate School Admissions:Writing an Effective Personal Statement 104
Section B How to Argue with Your Boss 111
Unit 11 116
Section A Experts Concerned about Social Cost of Family Collapse 116
Section B Help Your Child Excel—Top Teachers Tell How 121
Unit 12 127
Section A To Once and Future Research Students 127
Section B What's Behind Success in School 132
Unit 13 138
Section A Center for Anxiety&Stress Treatment—Jane's Story 138
Section B Are You an Optimist? 142
Unit 14 147
Section A Getting a Job in State Government 147
Section B These Teens Know How to Say No 151
Unit 15 156
Section A My First Week as a Social Worker 156
Section B What You Don't Know about Money and Happiness 161
Reference Answers to the Exercises 168
Appendix Translations of Section A 194