Unit One 1
TEXT Ⅰ Two Words to Avoid,Two to Remember 1
TEXT Ⅱ The Romance of Words 8
Unit Two 16
TEXT Ⅰ The Fine Art of Putting Things Off 16
TEXT Ⅱ Gossip 25
Unit Three 33
TEXT Ⅰ Walls and Barriers 33
TEXT Ⅱ Barrier Signals 41
Unit Four 50
TEXT Ⅰ The Lady,or the Tiger?Part Ⅰ 50
TEXT Ⅱ The Princess and the Tin Box 56
Unit Five 62
TEXT Ⅰ The Lady,or the Tiger?Part Ⅱ 62
TEXT Ⅱ Mrs.Packletide's Tiger 69
Unit Six 76
TEXT Ⅰ Dull Work 76
TEXT Ⅱ Doing Chores 83
Unit Seven 89
TEXT Ⅰ Beauty 89
TEXT Ⅱ Sexism in English:A Feminist View 98
Unit Eight 105
TEXT Ⅰ Appetite 105
TEXT Ⅱ Wanting an Orange 111
Unit Nine 118
TEXT Ⅰ A Red Light for Scofflaws 118
TEXT Ⅱ Trust 126
Unit Ten 133
TEXT Ⅰ Straight-A Illiteracy 133
TEXT Ⅱ The Qualities of Good Writing 139
Unit Eleven 149
TEXT Ⅰ On Consigning Manuscripts to Floppy Discs and Archives to Oblivion 149
TEXT Ⅱ This Is Progress? 156
Unit Twelve 162
TEXT Ⅰ Grant and Lee:A Study in Contrasts 162
TEXT Ⅱ Grant and Lee 171
Unit Thirteen 179
TEXT Ⅰ Euphemism 179
TEXT Ⅱ Clutter 187
Unit Fourteen 196
TEXT Ⅰ That Astounding Creator—Nature 196
TEXT Ⅱ When the Young Have It Good 203
Unit Fifteen 212
TEXT Ⅰ Teaching as Mountaineering 212
TEXT Ⅱ A Liberal Education 221
References 228