Unit 1 1
Text A Apology of Socrates （Excerpt） 1
Text B A Person Who Apologises Has the Moral Ball in His Court 5
Unit 2 14
Text A The Literature of Knowledge and the Literature of Power 14
Text B HoWShould One Read a Book？ 18
Unit 3 25
Text A The Three New Yorks 25
Text B A Unified Theory of Urban Living 29
Unit 4 38
Text A Why Will Civilizations Clash？ 38
Text B Is American Culture “American”？ 43
Unit 5 53
Text A Celebrating Entrepreneurs 53
Text B Stay Hungry，Stay Foolish 59
Unit 6 67
Text A An Ugly New Footprint in the Sand 67
Text B Filtering Wildlife 71
Unit 7 80
Text A Genes for High Altitudes 80
Text B Looking at Sexual Selection 85
Unit 8 93
Text A On Friendship 93
Text B A Friend in Need 98
Unit 9 107
Text A We Need a Dug-Out Canoe to Navigate the Net 107
Text B Always On 111
Unit 10 119
Text A The “ Standard” 119
Text B The Benefits of Multilingualism 123
Unit 11 132
Text A A Crime of Compassion 132
Text B In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia 136
Unit 12 144
Text A From Composer to Interpreter to Listener 144
Text B How We Listen to Music 149
Unit 13 158
Text A An Observation and an Explanation 158
Text B Our Evolving View of Childhood 162
Unit 14 170
Text A On Becoming a Scientist 170
Text B What Is a Scientific Paper？ 173
Unit 15 182
Text A The Sporting Spirit 182
Text B Reflections on Swimming 187
Unit 16 195
Text A How to Avoid Foolish Opinions 195
Text B The Advantages of Stupidity 199
参考文献 205