Un One 1
Section A Focus Reading 1
Language By Ralph Waldo Emerson 1
Section B Supplementary Reading 10
Ⅰ Fable 10
Ⅱ The Rhodora on Being Asked,Whence Is the Flower? 11
Ⅲ Each and All 12
Ⅳ I Become a Transparent Eyeball 13
Ⅴ Maxims of Emerson 14
Ⅵ The Pen and the Inkstand 15
Ⅶ The American Scholar（Excerpt） 17
Ⅷ Great Minds Think Alike 19
Ⅸ Two Jokes 20
Section C Suggested Reading 20
Unit Two 21
Section A Focus Reading 21
The Story of Mankind（Excerpt） By Hendrik Willem van Loon 21
Section B Supplementary Reading 32
Ⅰ Some Chinese Legends 32
Ⅱ The Tower of Babel 32
Ⅲ Chinese Calligraphy 33
Ⅳ A Joke 40
Section C Suggested Reading 40
Unit Three 41
Section A Focus Reading 41
Shyness My Shield By Mohandas K.Gandhi 41
Section B Supplementary Reading 46
Ⅰ Great Minds Think Alike 46
Ⅱ Excerpts from Gandhi's Autobiography 48
Ⅲ Comments on Gandhi 56
Ⅳ Reflections on Gandhi（Excerpt) 58
Ⅴ The Prophet（Excerpt） 60
Ⅵ An Indian Story of a Monk's Two Pieces of Cloth 62
Ⅶ Two Jokes 64
Section C Suggested Reading and Viewing 65
Unit Four 66
Section A Focus Reading 66
Passing Away By Christina Rossetti 66
Section B Supplementary Reading 70
Ⅰ Remember 70
Ⅱ Abnegation 70
Ⅲ A Birthday 71
Ⅳ Rest 72
Ⅴ Up-hill 72
Ⅵ Crossing the Bar 73
Ⅶ Love Melody Ⅳ 75
Ⅷ I Will Forever Love You 76
Ⅸ 论罗色蒂女士之诗 77
Ⅹ 吴宓自识 79
Section C Suggested Reading 79
Unit Five 80
Section A Focus Reading 80
On How to Grow Old By Bertrand Russell 80
Section B Supplementary Reading 84
Ⅰ Great Minds Think Alike 84
Ⅱ The Prophet（Excerpt） 88
Ⅲ Aunt Martha 89
Ⅳ Pearls of Wisdom 92
Ⅴ Four Jokes 93
Section C Suggested Reading 95
Unit Six 96
Section A Focus Reading 96
Gulliver's Travels （Excerpt） By Jonathan Swift 96
Section B Supplementary Reading 102
Ⅰ 蛮触之争 102
Ⅱ 七步诗 102
Ⅲ 禽虫十二章（节选） 103
Ⅳ Gulliver's Travels （Excerpt） 103
Ⅴ A Joke 107
Section C Suggested Reading and Viewing 108
Unit Seven 109
Section A Focus Reading 109
August 2026：There Will Come Soft Rains By Ray Bradbury 109
Section B Supplementary Reading 118
Ⅰ Great Minds Think Alike 118
Ⅱ A Sound of Thunder 119
Section C Suggested Reading 134
Unit Eight 135
Section A Focus Reading 135
The Uncertainty of Science By Richard P.Feynman 135
Section B Supplementary Reading 145
Ⅰ Great Minds Think Alike 145
Ⅱ "Surely You're Joking,Mr.Feynman!"（Excerpt） 146
Ⅲ What Is Science? 163
Section C Suggested Reading 166
Unit Nine 167
Section A Focus Reading 167
Othello（Excerpt）By Charles and Mary Lamb 167
Section B Supplementary Reading 180
Ⅰ Of Suspicion 180
Ⅱ On Envy 181
Ⅲ The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice（Excerpt） 184
Section C Suggested Reading and Viewing 198
Unit Ten 199
Section A Focus Reading 199
Solitude （Excerpt from Walden）By Henry David Thoreau 199
Section B Supplementary Reading 209
Ⅰ Solitude and Seclusion 209
Ⅱ Solitude 211
Ⅲ There Is a Pleasure in the Pathless Woods 212
Ⅳ Ode on Solitude 212
Ⅴ 饮酒二十首（其五） 213
Ⅵ 鹿柴 213
Ⅶ 竹里馆 214
Ⅷ 鸟鸣涧 214
Ⅸ 酬张少府 214
Ⅹ 终南别业 214
Ⅺ 题破山寺后禅院 215
Ⅻ The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life 215
Section C Suggested Reading 217
References 218
后记 220