Unit One 1
Text An Image or a Mirage？ 1
Further Reading Success Breeds Success 15
Speaking Skills Talking About Impressions 24
Unit Two 31
Text Is Love an Art？ 31
Further Reading The Future of Love： Kiss Romance Goodbye， It’s Time for the Real Thing 44
Speaking Skills How to Express Love 56
Unit Three 64
Text The Ant and the Grasshopper 64
Further Reading The Verger 77
Speaking Skills Pursuing Objectives in Life 84
Unit Four 92
Text We’ve Got Mail — Always 92
Further Reading The Museum of Me 110
Speaking Skills Talking About E-mail and Internet 124
Unit Five 131
Text Solve That Problem — with Humor 132
Further Reading The Having-a-Sense -of-Humor Image 147
Speaking Skills On Sense of Humor 156
Unit Six 165
Text The Media and the Ethics of Cloning 165
Further Reading If We Have It， Do We Use It？ 182
Speaking Skills Talking About Medical Ethics 189
Unit Seven 197
Text The Trying Twenties 197
Further Reading Predictable Crises of Adulthood 213
Speaking Skills Talking About Growing Pains of the Young People 221
Unit Eight 230
Text The Business World as a Hunting Ground 230
Further Reading You Men Want It Both Ways！ 244
Speaking Skills Talking About Sex Roles 251
Unit Nine 259
Text Why We Don’t Complain？ 260
Further Reading The Fine Art of Complaining 279
Speaking Skills Making and Responding to Complaints 287
Unit Ten 296
Text The Virtues of Ambition 296
Further Reading How “Average” People Excel 313
Speaking Skills Ambition： Root of Achievement 322