Unit One 1
Reading 1 The Sensation of a Smile 1
Reading 2 How to Read Body Language 6
Reading 3 To Find Happiness， Try These Exercises 13
Unit Two 19
Reading 1 Variation in Language 19
Reading 2 Early Foreign Language Education 24
Reading 3 The Priceless Feeling： Weightless Above the Atlantic Ocean 31
Unit Three 37
Reading 1 Life is a Marathon 37
Reading 2 Super-grandpa’s Great Race 42
Reading 3 The Four-Minute Mile 48
Unit Four 54
Reading 1 Is Anybody Out There？ 54
Reading 2 Grab a Memory with Your Camera 59
Reading 3 The Gracious Impulse to Write a Letter 65
Unit Five 71
Reading 1 Peace Prize for Women 71
Reading 2 Gender Differences in Friendship 76
Reading 3 Men and Women： Do They Speak the Same Language？ 81
Unit Six 87
Reading 1 George Gershwin： A Tribute to America’s Greatest Composer 87
Reading 2 In the Faces of Children 92
Reading 3 Pablita Velarde： Artist Who Led the Way 97
Unit Seven 102
Reading 1 Rooftop Gardens 102
Reading 2 Sick Building Syndrome 107
Reading 3 The San Francisco Earthquake 112
Unit Eight 119
Reading 1 Americans Still Dream the American Dream 119
Reading 2 Harsh Reality of the American Dream 124
Reading 3 Movie Magic 131
Appendix 137
Key to Exercises 137