Contents 1
Unit 1 1
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 1
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 8
Text A A Fable for Tomorrow 8
PartⅢ Toward Productive Language 19
Text B The Story of Clear Lake 20
Unit 2 30
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 30
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 35
Text A The Joker 35
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 48
Text B After Twenty Years 49
Unit 3 60
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 60
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 66
Text A The Company Man 66
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 77
Text B Seeing Your Way Past Interview Jitters 78
Unit 4 88
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 88
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 94
Text A My Friend,Albert Einstein 94
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 106
Text B Charles Darwin 107
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 116
Unit 5 116
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 121
TextA A Short Story aboutthe Vietnam WarMemorial 121
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 133
Text B D-Day 134
Unit 6 143
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 143
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 149
Text A The Role of the Undesirables 149
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 160
Text B The Last Frontier 161
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 169
Unit 7 169
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 175
Text A The Lessons of a Graveyard 175
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 187
Text B Yes,It Really Was Louis ⅩⅦ,the Heart of the Doomed Child King Reveals 188
Unit 8 198
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 198
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 204
Text A On Friendship 204
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 216
Text B English and American Concepts of Space 217
Appendix Vocabulary 226