UNIT ONE 1
Warm-up 1
Text:Party Politics 1
Supplementary Readings:A．Slips of the Tongue 13
B．Conversation and Context 15
UNIT TWO 19
Warm-up 19
Text:The New Singles 19
Supplementary Readings:A．One's Company:Is There Something Unnatural About Living Alone?（1） 34
B．One's Company:Is There Something Unnatural About Living Alone?（2） 39
UNIT THREE 43
Warm-up 43
Text:Doctor's Dilemma:Treat or Let Die? 43
Supplementary Readings:A．Computer Violence:Are Your Kids at Risk? 54
B．The Art of Darkness 60
UNIT FOUR 65
Warm-up 65
Text:The Cultural Patterning of Space 65
Supplementary Readings:A．Imagery and Memory 76
B．Space as a Factor in Intercultural Contact 81
UNIT FIVE 85
Warm-up 85
Text:Can You Raise a Polite Kid in This Rude World? 85
Supplementary Readings:A．Manners,Morals,and Civility 98
B．Adolescents:Dealing with Normal Rebellion 100
UNIT SIX 107
Warm-up 107
Text:The New American Dreamers 108
Supplementary Readings:A．The American Dream:What Teens Really Want 118
B．How America Can Make Brotherhood Work 127
UNIT SEVEN 135
Warm-up 135
Text:A Son's Restless Journey 135
Supplementary Readings:A．Enjoying the Ex-Presidency?Never Been Better 146
B．The Things He Leaves Behind 151
UNIT EIGHT 157
Warm-up 157
Text:Sex Roles 158
Supplementary Readings:A．Gender Roles in Cross-Cultural Contexts 174
B．Gender Politics in the Age of Dot-coms 179
UNIT NINE 183
Warm-up 183
Text:Animal Emotions 183
Supplementary Readings:A．Pets and Their Humans 197
B．Take Charge of Your Life with Flower Essences 201
Text:Is Science Dangerous? 207
Warm-up 207
UNIT TEN 207
Supplementary Readings:A．Embryos and Real Lives 219
B．Can Souls Be Xeroxed? 222
UNIT ELEVEN 227
Warm-up 227
Text:Global Anti-Americanism 227
Supplementary Readings:A．What We Think of America 242
B．Waking Up from the American Dream 246
Text:Technology Remakes the Schools 251
Warm-up 251
UNIT TWELVE 251
Supplementary Readings:A．Goodbye to the Nanny? 264
B．America's Exam Anxiety 268
UNIT THIRTEEN 275
Warm-up 275
Text:Invasion of Privacy 276
Supplementary Readings:A．How You're Spied On 292
B．Nobody's Business 296
Text:High Stakes Are for Tomatoes 301
UNIT FOURTEEN 301
Warm-up 301
Supplementary Readings:A．The False Crisis in Science Education 313
B．On Testing for Common Sense 318
UNIT FIFTEEN 323
Warm-up 323
Text:The Lord of the Rings 324
Supplementary Readings:A．Unnatural Exposure 335
B．The Rainmaker 340