CONTENTS 1
Unit 1 Voices from the Family 1
Close Reading The Belated Father 1
Further Reading Ⅰ． Only Daughter 7
Ⅱ． I Want a Wife 10
Listening My Father 14
Writing Her Secrets 15
Unit 2 The House Divided 19
Close Reading The Antislavery Movement 19
Further Reading Ⅰ． A Nation Divided 26
Ⅱ． Slave Life 29
Listening Uncle Tom's Cabin Stirs the Nation 32
Writing The House Divided 34
Unit 3 Things to Be Remembered 37
Close Reading God in the Doorway 37
Further Reading Ⅰ． Shades of Black 42
Ⅱ． Salvation 46
Listening A Child Remembering Christmas Eve 49
Writing Julia 51
Unit 4 English as a Second Language 55
Close Reading Laughing in English 55
Further Reading Ⅰ． Mother Tongue 62
Ⅱ． English as a Second Language 67
Listening Teaching ESL Students 72
Writing The Function of a Language Teacher 74
Unit 5 Life in the City 77
Close Reading The Sounds of the City 77
Further Reading Ⅰ． New York 84
Ⅱ． Cornered 87
Listening City Life 90
Writing Washington, D.C 92
Unit 6 Good and Bad Manners 95
Close Reading Eye Contact 95
Further Reading Ⅰ． Desperately Seeking Mobile Phone Manners 102
Ⅱ． Discipline 105
Listening Cell Phone Addiction 109
Writing Minding Manners 111
Unit 7 Travel and Culture 113
Close Reading The End of the Road 113
Further Reading Ⅰ． A Suitcase's Sojourns and Other Stories 121
Ⅱ． The Tip-off on Tipping 124
Listening Acquaint Yourself with Scandinavian Customs 127
Writing Don't Let Your Business Deal Get Lost in the Translation 129
Unit 8 Bill Gates and His Empire 133
Close Reading Bill Gates: the Henry Ford of the PC Industry 133
Further Reading Ⅰ． Judge Orders Microsoft Split in 2 142
Ⅱ． They're Trying to Change the Rules 145
Listening Anecdotes of Bill Gates 149
Writing Gates and Software 151
Unit 9 Growing Up 155
Close Reading Shame 155
Further Reading Ⅰ． The Sanctuary of School 162
Ⅱ． Big White 165
Listening Concerns Among American Teens 168
Writing Theme for English B 170
Unit 10 Math and Gender 173
Close Reading When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is “a Waste of Time” 173
Further Reading Ⅰ． Who's Afraid of Math, and Why? 182
Ⅱ． School, Girls, and the Information Age 186
Listening Girls Are Less Smart 189
Writing Women Stop for Directions 191
Unit 11 The Homeless 195
Close Reading The Face of Homelessness: An Official Report 195
Further Reading Ⅰ． Homeless Families 203
Ⅱ． Janice 207
Listening Cindy 210
Writing Homeless Children 213
Unit 12 Health Issues 217
Close Reading Fear of Dearth 217
Further Reading Ⅰ． Exercise and Fitness 224
Ⅱ． Never Get Sick in July 228
Listening Walking 231
Writing Exercising for Maximum Weight Loss 233
Unit 13 Television Culture 237
Close Reading Why We Really Watch Made-for-TV Movies 237
Further Reading Ⅰ． Americans Embrace Television Culture 245
Ⅱ． Television, the Drug of the Nation 251
Listening Audience Responses 255
Writing A Wider Range of Choices on TV 257
Unit 14 On Reading 259
Close Reading The Future of Reading 259
Further Reading Ⅰ． Moon on a Silver Spoon 269
Ⅱ． Books Oft Have Such a Charm 272
Listening Reading in the Electronic Age 276
Writing Survival 278
Unit 15 Stereotyping 283
Close Reading The Media's Image of Arabs 283
Further Reading Ⅰ． Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Judgements 291
Ⅱ． Fighting Stereotypes 295
Listening Media's Prejudices of Race 299
Writing In Africa, Men Hold Hands 301
Unit 16 Native Americans 305
Close Reading Leaving Home for Carlisle Indian School 305
Further Reading Ⅰ． The Changing World of American Indians 314
Ⅱ． Indian Lands Lost 318
Listening Laura Tohe （of the Navajo Tribe） 321
Writing Native American Art 323