Unit One Book Review and Chinese Culture 1
Text A Unveiling and Consuming Art in the Multifarious Spaces of Early Modern China 1
Text B Book Review of Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy 13
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 25
Unit Two Campus Life 29
Text A Take This Fish and Look at It 29
Text B Another School Year—What For？ 37
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 45
Unit Three Career 49
Text A Your Flexible Friends 49
Text B Words That Get You Hired 58
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 67
Unit Four European Business News 70
Text A European Business News 70
Text B Is Higher Inflation the Most Painless Way to Escape Current Economic Troubles？ 81
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 89
Unit Five The Familiar Essay （Ⅰ） 93
Text A Solve That Problem—With Humor 93
Text B The Crooked Streets 101
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 110
Unit Six Gender 114
Text A When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is “a Waste of Time” 114
Text B Escaping the Daily Grind for Life as a House Father 122
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 130
Unit Seven Education 134
Text A A Matter of Degrees 134
Text B How to Build a Student for the 21st Century 143
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 152
Unit Eight Emotional Life 157
Text A Friendship： The Laws of Attraction 157
Text B The Bond： Staying in Touch When Children Go to College 167
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 175
Unit Nine Science 179
Text A The Biggest Extinction on Earth 179
Text B Spyware on Your Cell Phone？ 187
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 193
Unit Ten The Familiar Essay （Ⅱ） 197
Text A Fame 197
Text B The Vice of Punctuality 205
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 213
Unit Eleven Short Story 216
Text A The Shocks of Doom 216
Text B Luck 226
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 234
Unit Twelve Environment Protection 238
Text A The Price of Oil 238
Text B Deal or No Deal 247
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 255