Section One Fine Works on Current Issues 1
Unit 1 Modern Technology and Life 3
Lesson One The Rise of Baidu David Barboza 3
Reading Skill One:Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues(Part One) 12
Lesson Two Striking a Balance between Privacy and Convenience Douglas C.Curling 20
Lesson Three To Clone or Not to Clone,Is That the Question? 28
Supplementary Reading One Strategic Cost Management 35
Unit 2 China in the Eyes of Westerners 40
Lesson Four Shanghai's Boom:A Building Frenzy Howard W.French 40
Reading Skill Two:Guessing the Meaning of Unknown Words from Context Clues(Part Two) 47
Lesson Five China Competes with West in Aid to Its Neighbors Jane Perlez 53
Supplementary Reading Two Chinese New Year—A Promise of Peace and Prosperity William N.Brown 61
Unit 3 Glimpse of the West 63
Lesson Six Political Parties in the United States 63
Reading Skill Three:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues(compounding and conversion) 69
Lesson Seven Christmas in New Zealand 76
Supplementary Reading Three Impressions of America Oscar Wilde 83
Unit 4 Wisdom in Life 88
Lesson Eight The Shadows Bruce Hutchison 88
Reading Skill Four:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues(stems,prefixes,and suffixes):Part One 93
Lesson Nine Two Truths to Live By A lexander M.Schindler 99
Supplementary Reading Four A Simple Truth about Happiness Dennis Prager 104
Section Two English and Chinese Classics 107
Unit 5 English Essays 109
Lesson TenText 1 Of Beauty Francis Bacon 109
Text 2 Of Studies Francis Bacon 111
Reading Skill Five:Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Vocabulary from Word-formation Clues(stems,prefixes,and suffixes):Part Two 116
Lesson Eleven The Acorn-Gatherer Richard Jefferies 123
Supplementary Reading Five French and English G.K.Chesterton 130
Unit 6 English Poems 134
Lesson TwelvePoem 1 Sonnet 18 William Shakespeare 136
Poem 2 Song to Celia Ben Johnson 137
Poem 3 A Red,Red Rose Robert Burns 138
Reading Skill Six:Poem Appreciation 141
Supplementary Reading SixPoem 1 Counsel to Girls Robert Herrick 150
Poem 2 The Tyger William Blake 151
Poem 3 Daffodils William Wordsworth 152
Unit 7 English Fictions 153
Lesson Thirteen The Signalman Charles Dickens 153
Reading Skill Seven:Sentence Study(Part 1):Comprehension of a Sentence by Reading It in Thought Groups 169
Lesson Fourteen The Horse Dealer's Daughter D.H.Lawrence 175
Lesson Fifteen Jane Eyre(Chapter Eight,Volume Two) Charlotte Brontё 198
Supplementary Reading SevenKew Gardens(Chapter 57) Virginia Woolf 216
Unit 8 Fine Works by Chinese 222
Lesson Sixteen The Religion of Good Citizenship Gu Hongming 222
Reading Skill Eight:Sentence Study(Part 2):Comprehension of a Sentence by Structural Analysis 232
Lesson Seventeen Farewell,Old Curiosity Shop Xiao Qian 241
Appendix Keys for Reference 251