Unit One 1
Text A The Glorious Messiness of English 1
Contents 1
Text B General Character of English 10
专题一 段落的写作（一）：主题句 13
Unit Two 17
Text A What Is a Great Book? 17
Text B How Should One Read a Book? 24
专题二 段落的写作（二）：扩展句 26
Text A American Culture for Foreigners 29
Unit Three 29
Text B Middle Age,Old Age 36
专题三 段落的写作（三）：结尾句 41
Unit Four 44
Text A How to Grow Old 44
Text B Bertrand Russell 50
专题四 段落的发展方法（一） 54
Unit Five 59
Text A Private Space 59
Text B Your Actions Speak Louder 68
专题五 段落的发展方法（二） 73
Unit Six 78
Text A When Children Have All the Power 78
Text B New Babies Are Smarter than You Think 87
专题六 段落的发展方法（三） 90
Unit Seven 94
Text A Who Will Be Able to Afford the New Information Super Highway? 94
Text B The Gifts of the New Sciences 104
专题七 段落的发展方法（四） 107
Unit Eight 110
Text A The Culture of the Businessman 110
Text B Managerial Caricatures 120
专题八 成段的要求 124
Unit Nine 131
Text A Born in America,Adopted Abroad 131
Text B The Las Vegas Wedding 141
专题九 短文写作（一） 145
Unit Ten 151
Text A Catastrophes That Shaped the Earth 151
Text B Fires of Destruction and Creation 161
专题十 短文写作（二） 167
编后记 170