Unit 1 Civilization 1
Text Ⅰ The Emergence of Civilization 1
Text Ⅱ Ancient Western Civilizations and Leisure 13
Unit 2 Peace and Conflicts 21
Text Ⅰ The Power of Sport 21
Text Ⅱ On War 33
Unit 3 Prizes and Awards 38
Text Ⅰ History of the Pulitzer Prizes 38
Text Ⅱ Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech 50
Unit 4 Universities 56
Text Ⅰ Universities and Their Function 56
Text Ⅱ "Illuminating One's Bright Virtue":Higher Education in a Changing World 66
Unit 5 In a Lifetime 74
Text Ⅰ It's Not About the Bike:My Journey Back to Life 74
Text Ⅱ The Old Man and the Sea 86
Unit 6 Nutrition 91
Text Ⅰ Nutrition for Exercise and Health 91
Text Ⅱ Combat Stress with Good Nutrition 102
Unit 7 Success and Failure 107
Text Ⅰ The Art of Turning Failure into Success 107
Text Ⅱ Born to Win 120
Unit 8 Aesthetics 126
Text Ⅰ The Beauty Industry 126
Text Ⅱ Sport and Physical Education As a Means of Aesthetic Education 140
Unit 9 Humor 147
Text Ⅰ On the Sense of Humor 147
Text Ⅱ The Ransom of Red Chief 160
Unit 10 Medicine 170
Text Ⅰ A Doctor's Vision of the Future of Medicine 170
Text Ⅱ Use of Stimulants in Doping 180
Unit 11 Communication 186
Text Ⅰ I Blog,Therefore I Am 186
Text Ⅱ Oprah Talks to Nelson Mandela 198
Unit 12 Nurturing 206
Text Ⅰ Take This Fish and Look at It 206
Text Ⅱ My Mother's Promise 219
References 226