Unit 1 1
Text A The Pleasures of Ignorance 1
Text B A Liberal Education 16
Culture and Communication Time Concept 23
Unit 2 26
Text A Two Kinds（1） 26
Text B Two Kinds（2） 43
Culture and Communication Personal Space 52
Unit 3 55
Text A On Work 55
Text B Workaholics 69
Culture and Communication Hand Gestures 79
Unit 4 81
Text A Women in Business,Still Lonely at the Top 81
Text B Don't Work Harder in Big Companies 95
Culture and Communication Dating Customs around the World 101
Unit 5 103
Text A A New Index Illuminates the Creative Life 103
Text B The Impressionist's Approach to Business Creativity 119
Culture and Communication Humor 128
Unit 6 130
Text A Why Marriages Fail 130
Text B Men Are from Mars,Women Are from Venus 144
Culture and Communication Chinese Wedding vs English Wedding 152
Unit 7 153
Text A How to Grow Old 153
Text B One's A Crowd 164
Culture and Communication Child Rearing 171
Unit 8 173
Text A Cyberspace：If You Don't Love It,Leave It 173
Text B Internet Paradox：A Social Technology That Reduces Social Involvement and Psychological Well-being? 188
Culture and Communication Language and Gender 196
Unit 9 198
Text A Ambition 198
Text B Are We Living in a Moral Stone Age 212
Culture and Communication Hospitality 221
Unit 10 223
Text A My Way to Success 223
Text B Stay Hungry,Stay Foolish 238
Culture and Communication Compliments 248
Unit 11 250
Text A On Friendship 250
Text B The Last Leaf 264
Culture and Communication Friendship 276
Unit 12 278
Text A The Hidden Side of Happiness 278
Text B The Happiness Effect 296
Culture and Communication Individualism vs Collectivism 302
Unit 13 305
Text A What Is Global Culture? 305
Text B Globalization：What Is It? 320
Culture and Communication American Space,Chinese Place 328
Unit 14 330
Text A Carrying Capacity：Earth's Bottom Line 330
Text B Survival in the Anthropocene 346
Culture and Communication Superstitions 354
Unit 15 356
Text A The Doctor's Dilemma—What Is"Appropriate"Care? 356
Text B Is Euthanasia Humane? 369
Culture and Communication Taboos and Euphemisms 377
References 379