Unit 1 Education 1
Lead-in 1
Text A The Application of Science to Education 2
Exercises 10
Text B The Uses of Education 15
Exercises 21
Unit 2 Childhood Experience 23
Lead-in 23
Text A Mother Tongue 24
Exercises 32
Text B The Night the Ghost Got In 36
Exercises 43
Unit 3 Bygone Days 45
Lead-in 45
Text A The Boys'Ambition 46
Exercises 52
Text B The Notorious Jumping Frog Calaveras County 57
Exercises 64
Unit 4 Travelogue 66
Lead-in 66
Text A Provence in January 67
Exercises 76
Text B Main Street 81
Exercises 87
Unit 5 Cultural Adaptation 89
Lead-in 89
Text A The Case Against Summer Vacation 90
Exercises 98
Text B Time for a Sea Change 103
Exercises 111
Unit 6 Racial Issue 113
Lead-in 113
Text A The World House 114
Exercises 121
Text B The Bench 125
Exercises 132
Unit 7 Space and Universe 134
Lead-in 134
Text A Our Destiny in Space 135
Exercises 142
Text B Is There Other Intelligent Life in the Universe？ 147
Exercises 155
Unit 8 Speech 157
Lead-in 157
Text A The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself 158
Exercises 165
Text B The Deadliest of the Sins 170
Exercises 176
Unit 9 History 178
Lead-in 178
Text A The Mediaeval World 178
Exercises 187
Text B The Renaissance 192
Exercises 200
Unit 10 Animal 202
Lead-in 202
Text A The Predatory Behavior and Ecology of Wild Chimpanzees 203
Exercises 211
Text B Don't Raise Chimps as Pets 215
Exercises 222
Unit 11 Vegetation 224
Lead-in 224
Text A The Influence of the Sexes on Vegetation 225
Exercises 232
Text B The Worship of the Oak 238
Exercises 244
Unit 12 Short Stories 246
Lead-in 246
Text A One Dollar's Worth 247
Exercises 255
Text B A Dollar on the Conscience 260
Exercises 267
Unit 13 Gothic Tales 269
Lead-in 269
Text A The Giant Wistaria 270
Exercises 279
Text B The Flowering of the Strange Orchid 283
Exercises 291
Unit 14 Cars and Energy 293
Lead-in 293
Text A Cars and Culture 294
Exercises 302
Text B The Post-Alcohol World 307
Exercises 315
Unit 15 Sports 317
Lead-in 317
Text A Sports and Literature 318
Exercises 326
Text B Sex Equality in Sports 332
Exercises 341
Vocabulary 342
Bibliography 375