Lesson 1 Face to Face with Hurricane Camille&Joseph P.Blank 1
Lesson 2 Hiroshima—the"Liveliest"City in Japan(Excerpts)&Jacques Danvoir 27
Lesson 3 Blackmail&Arthur Hailey 50
Lesson 4 The Trial That Rocked the World&John Scopes 80
Lesson 5 The Libido for the Ugly&Henry L.Mencken 114
Lesson 6 Mark Twain-—Mirror of America(Excerpts)&Noel Grove 141
Lesson 7 Everyday Use&Alice Walker 168
Lesson 8 Three Cups of Tea(Excerpts)&Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 199
Lesson 9 "A More Perfect Union"(Part Ⅰ)&Barack Obama 235
Lesson 10 "A More Perfect Union"(Part Ⅱ)&Barack Obama 266
Lesson 11 The Way to Rainy Mountain&N.Scott Momaday 295
Lesson 12 Ships in the Desert(Edited)&Al Gore 335
Lesson 13 No Signposts in the Sea(Excerpts)&V.Sackville-West 372
Lesson 14 Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R&Winston S.Churchill 405
Lesson 15 Argentia Bay(Excerpts)&Herman Wouk 427
Appendix Ⅰ Paraphrase 468
Appendix Ⅱ Figures of Speech 474