UNIT ONE 1
Text 1．I Became Her Target 1
Text 2．He Rocked,I Reeled 9
UNIT TWO 16
Text 1．Daddy Tucked the Blanket 16
Text 2．How It Feels to Be Out of Work 25
UNIT THREE 34
Text 1．My Way to Success 34
Text 2．The Nobel Prizes 47
UNIT FOUR 57
Text 1．Why Smart People Fail 57
Text 2．How to Avoid Foolish Opinions 67
UNIT FIVE 75
Text 1．Four Choices for Young People 75
Text 2．The Pace of Life 85
UNIT SIX 96
Text 1．When Litening Strikes 96
Text 2．The World in Bits and Pieces 105
Text 3．Escape Valve 113
UNIT SEVEN 121
Text 1．Oh,to Be a Steamboatman 121
Text 2．Whitewashing the Fence 130
Text 3．Mark Twain's Speechmaking Strategy 140
UNIT EIGHT 148
Text 1．On Being Translated into English 148
Text 2．Variety and Style in Language 157
Text 3．The Future of Reading 168
UNIT NINE 177
Text 1．The Open Window 177
Text 2．Eveline 186
UNIT TEN 196
Text 1．How to Make a"Star"Out of the Packaging 196
Text 2．What Are You Planning to Be 208
UNIT ELEVEN 219
Text 1．Where Have the Children Gone? 219
Text 2．Don't Blame TV 227
UNIT TWELVE 239
Text 1．What Pop Lyrics Say to Us 239
Text 2．MTV's Message 253
UNIT THIRTEEN 266
Text 1．I Have a Dream 266
Text 2．Sports and the American Dream 274
UNIT FOURTEEN 284
Text 1．I'd Rather Be Black Than Female 284
Text 2．The Beauty Industry 292
UNIT FIFTEEN 304
Text 1．China's Great Wall of Wonder 304
Text 2．If Black English Isn't a Language,What Is? 317