Unit 1 Global Education 1
Text A Indepth Reading—Non-traditional Learning 3
Text B Critical Reading—Discussing Distance Education 11
Text C Further Reading—Beyond Job Creation 16
Text D Enjoyable Reading—The Story of the Good Little Boy 20
Text E Timed Reading—Higher Education in the United States 23
Practical Writing Application Letters 27
Unit 2 Diversified Lifestyles 30
Text A Indepth Reading—Not Sky-high 32
Text B Critical Reading—Americans Evenly Divided on Morality of Homosexuality 39
Text C Further Reading—Your Lifestyle,Your Genes and Cancer 43
Text D Enjoyable Reading-The Great Gatsby 47
Text E Timed Reading—10 Ways to Embrace Change 50
Practical Writing Graphs writting 54
Unit 3 Literary Journey 63
Text A Indepth Reading—Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus 65
Text B Critical Reading—The Californian's Tale 72
Text C Further Reading—The Story of an Hour 76
Text D Enjoyable Reading—On Being in Love 80
Text E Timed Reading—Blue Wednesday 82
Practical Writing Reaction Essay 85
Unit 4 Remarkable Individuals 88
Text A Indepth Reading—Confucius 90
Text B Critical Reading—Picasso 97
Text C Further Reading—Tim Duncan 101
Text D Enjoyable Reading—Earnest Hemingway 105
Text E Timed Reading—Elvis Presley 112
Practical Writing Notes 116
Unit 5 Employment 122
Text A Indepth Reading—Green-collar Jobs? 124
Text B Critical Reading—Smoothing the Way to Self-employment 131
Text C Further Reading—"You're fired!"—Memories of a Dark Day 134
Text D Enjoyable Reading—The Fringe Benefits of Failure,and the Importance of Imagination 137
Text E Timed Reading—How to Fight Your Career Fears 140
Practical Writing Resume 143
Unit 6 Gender Equality 147
Text A Indepth Reading—Is True Gender Equality Possible? 149
Text B Critical Reading—What Larry Summers Got Right 154
Text C Further Reading—We Do Not Count Women 157
Text D Enjoyable Reading—Jane Eyre(adapted) 160
Text E Timed Reading—We Did It 164
Practical Writing Summary 168
Unit 7 Business World 171
Text A Indepth Reading—How You Do Things as a Company Matters More Today Than Ever 173
Text B Critical Reading—People Respond to Incentives 178
Text C Further Reading—A Very European Crisis 181
Text D Enjoyable Reading—The Merchant of Venice 184
Text E Timed Reading—Steve Jobs and the iPad of hope 191
Practical Writing Abstract 194
Unit 8 Environment 197
Text A Indepth Reading-Protecting Wildlife from Trash 199
Text B Critical Reading—Global Warming 206
Text C Further Reading—Global Trends in Energy Technology Innovation 210
Text D Enjoyable Reading—Thinking Like a Mountain 214
Text E Timed Reading—Water Pollution Facts and Figures 216
Practical Writing Book Review 220
习题答案 226