UNIT ONE 1
Warm-up 1
CONTENTS 1
Text:Party Politics 2
Supplementary Readings:A.Slips of the Tongue 16
B.Conversation and Context 18
Warm-up 22
Text:The New Singles 22
UNIT TWO 22
Supplementary Readings:A.One's Company:Is There Something Unnatural about Living Alone?（1） 39
B.One's Company:Is There Something Unnatural about Living Alone?（2） 44
UNIT THREE 49
Warm-up 49
Text:Computer Violence:Are Your Kids at Risk? 49
Supplementary Readings:A.The Art of Darkness 61
B.Great Eggscape:Chickens Plot Break from Tweedy's! 65
Warm-up 69
Text:The Cultural Patterning of Space 69
UNIT FOUF 69
Supplementary Readings:A.Imagery and Memory 81
B.Space as a Factor in Intercultural Contact 87
UNIT FIVE 91
Warm-up 91
Text:Can You Raise a Polite Kid in This Rude World? 91
Supplementary Readings:A.Manners,Morals and Civility 105
B.Adolescents:Dealing with Normal Rebellion 108
Text:A Semi-Integrated World 114
Warm-up 114
UNIT SIX 114
Supplementary Readings:A.Backlash:Behind the Anxiety over Globali-zation（1） 125
B.Backlash:Behind the Anxiety over Globali-zation（2） 131
UNIT SEVEN 136
Warm-up 136
Text:A Son's Restless Journey 136
Supplementary Readings:A.Enjoying the Ex-Presidency?Never Been Better 149
B.The Things He Leaves Behind 154
Text:Gender Roles in Cross-Cultural Contexts 162
Warm-up 162
UNIT EIGHT 162
Supplementary Readings:A.Gender Politics in the Age of Dot-coms 173
B.Time to Plan Your Life 177
UNIT NINE 182
Warm-up 182
Text:Animal Emotions 182
Supplementary Readings:A.Pets and Their Humans 197
B.Take Charge of Your Life with Flower Essences 202
Warm-up 208
UNIT TEN 208
Text:Is Science Dangerous? 209
Supplementary Readings:A.Embryos and Real Lives 223
B.Can Souls Be Xeroxed? 227
UNIT ELEVEN 231
Warm-up 231
Text:The American Dream:What Teens Really Want 231
Supplementary Readings:A.Value Analysis 245
B.The Double Edge of American Individualism 255
Text:Technology Remakes the Schools 263
UNIT TWELVE 263
Warm-up 263
Supplementary Readings:A.Goodbye to the Nanny? 278
B.America's Exam Anxiety 283
UNIT THIRTEEN 291
Warm-up 291
Text:How America Can Make Brotherhood Work 291
Supplementary Readings:A.Love without Borders 303
B.Tomorrowland,Today 307
Text:High Stakes Are for Tomatoes 312
UNIT FOURTEEN 312
Warm-up 312
Supplementary Readings:A.The False Crisis in Science Education 325
B.Management:On Testing for Common Sense 331
UNIT FIFTEEN 336
Warm-up 336
Text:The Lord of the Rings 337
Supplementary Readings:A.Unnatural Exposure 350
B.The Rainmaker 355