Unit One Beauty and the Beast 1
Starting out 2
Reading focus 3
Reading tasks 5
Critical thinking(Ⅰ) 13
Unit Two How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience 17
Starting out 18
Reading focus 19
Reading tasks 22
Critical thinking(Ⅱ) 31
Unit Three Being a Man 34
Starting out 35
Reading focus 36
Reading tasks 38
Critical thinking(Ⅲ) 48
Unit Four The Hazards of Science 51
Starting out 52
Reading focus 53
Reading tasks 57
Critical thinking(Ⅳ) 64
Unit Five Entrepreneurs Learn the Rules of the Game 67
Starting out 68
Reading focus 69
Reading tasks 71
Critical thinking(Ⅴ) 80
Unit Six Political Economy and Family Policy 83
Starting out 84
Reading focus 85
Reading tasks 87
Critical thinking(Ⅵ) 96
Unit Seven The Fall of the Roman Empire 102
Starting out 103
Reading focus 104
Reading tasks 107
Critical thinking(Ⅶ) 116
Unit Eight The Doctor on Your Wrist 118
Starting out 119
Reading focus 120
Reading tasks 123
Critical thinking(Ⅷ) 130