ContentsUnit 1 Legendary StoriesPassage 1 King Arthur and His Round Table 1
Passage 2 King Arthur and His Knights 3
Passage 3 The Phoenix in Mythology 7
Unit 2 EducationPassage 1 The Kindness of Strangers 11
Passage 2 Challenge in Children's Literature 14
Passage 3 Advice That Can Help You Succeed on Campus 17
Unit 3 Women's ProblemsPassage 1 Beauty Contestant Fights for Right ofSelf- Improvement 22
Passage 2 Do Women Lack Ambition? 25
Passage 3 Study:Asian Suicide Rate Higher in Women 29
Unit 4 BiographyPassage 1 Henry Ford, Inventor and Manufacturer 32
Passage 2 Steven Spielberg, the Moviemaker 35
Passage 3 The Death of Socrates 39
Unit 5 Personal ExperiencesPassage 1 Changing the Way You Look at Yourself 43
Passage 2 Unforgettable Rocky 45
Passage 3 A Double-Dyed Deceiver 49
Unit 6 Human History and CulturePassage 1 Some Theories of History 54
Passage 2 The Origins of Language and Song 57
Passage 3 Change:Some Firsts in Human History 60
Unit 7 Mental HealthPassage 1 Depression:Material and Psychological 64
Passage 2 Don't Let Anger Get the Best of You 68
Passage 3 New Ways to Protect Yourself From Crime 72
Unit 8 Human RelationsPassage 1 Table Manners 77
Passage 2 Harry Potter and the Sad Grown-ups 80
Passage 3 Friendship 84
Unit 9 Life and WorkPassage 1 Pink or Blue? — Knowing Your Business Style 88
Passage 2 Putting Your Job Interview into Rehearsal 91
Passage 3 Your Dream Job:A Click Away 95
Unit 10 EntertainmentPassage 1 Cartoon Stars:Who Create Them 99
Passage 2 Casino Chow 102
Passage 3 Enjoying Hamburger and Digging up Its History 104
Unit 11 Information TechnologyPassage 1 Schools Face Staff Cuts 108
Passage 2 Information Age 111
Passage 3 For Some, the Blogging Never Stops 114
Unit 12 Economy and SocietyPassage 1 Can Anybody Here Play This Game? 119
Passage 2 China Pays a Price for Cheaper Oil 121
Passage 3 Price Hike Signals More 126
Unit 13 Public Health and Social WelfarePassage 1 Three Objections to the Moral Permissibility of Voluntary Euthanasia 130
Passage 2 A Ticking Time Bomb 133
Passage 3 Summertime, When People and Parasites Head for the Water 138
Unit 14 TechnologyPassage 1 Learning How to Make Rain 142
Passage 2 Caught in the Web of the Intemet 145
Passage 3 The Two Paths of Virtual Reality 148
Unit 15 Personal DevelopmentPassage 1 How to Find Time to Read 156
Passage 2 To Learn to Think in College, Write a lot 159
Passage 3 Shattering the Glass Ceiling 163
Unit 16 Urban ReflectionsPassage 1 Paris — The City of Light 169
Passage 2 Music School Offers Free Lessons 172
Passage 3 On the Meaning of Life 176
Unit 17 Understanding of Man and WorldPassage 1 What's So Good About Failure? 180
Passage 2 Mistakes Winners Don't Make 184
Passage 3 On Time 188
Unit 18 Glimpse of ChinaPassage 1 Seeking to Revive China' TV King 192
Passage 2 The Three Gorges Project 196
Passage 3 South-to-North Water Diversion Project 200
Key to Exercises 206