Contents 1
Unit 1 Creative Failure in College Exam 1
Unit Overview 1
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 2
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 10
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 24
Unit 2 Confessions of a Lonely TA 37
Unit Overview 37
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 38
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 46
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 58
Unit 3 The Web Is Magic but Students'Research Papers Are Not 71
Unit Overview 71
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 72
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 80
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 92
Unit 4 The Girl with the Rose 103
Unit Overview 103
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 104
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 112
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 124
Unit 5 Predictable Crises of Adulthood 137
Unit Overview 137
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 138
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 146
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 159
Unit 6 To Err Is Human 172
Unit Overview 172
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 173
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 181
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 196
Unit 7 Noble Failures and Petty Successes 208
Unit Overview 208
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 209
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 218
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 233
Unit 8 Premature Pragmatism on Campus 244
Unit Overview 244
Part Ⅰ Language Skill 245
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 253
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 267