Unit One 1
1．A White Heron 1
2．The Nutrients in Food 7
3．Creativity Will Dominate Our Time 11
Unit Two 17
4．I Have a Dream 17
5．Books 24
6．Dreamers:From Jail to Wall Street 28
Unit Three 32
7．Home Computer Security 32
8．The Financial Crisis 38
9．You Call This a Mugging? 43
Unit Four 47
10．Man Searches for Life in Space 47
11．Journey to the Bottom of the Earth 53
12．Entropy 59
Unit Five 64
13．On the Seventh Day of the Christmas 64
14．The Borrowed Daughter 70
15．The Night Before Christmas 75
Unit Six 80
16．A Boy with a Mission 80
17．Return to Paradise 85
18．My Brother's Way 90
Unit Seven 96
19．The Brewer's Son 96
20．When the Wolf Was at the Door 101
21．The Spark She Can't Explain 106
Unit Eight 111
22．Dolly's False Legacy 111
23．Unlock Your Own Creativity 117
24．Girl Talk Has Its Limits 123
Appendices 128
Glossary 128
Key to Comprehension Exercise I of the Texts 135