TO THE TEACHER 1
ABOUT THIS COURSE 2
HOW TO USE THIS COURSE 7
Introductory Test leading to Part Ⅰ 11
PART Ⅰ 13
UNIT ONE:Instructions to the Student 14
1 Finding Fossil Man by ROBIN PLACE 15
2 Spare that Spider by T.H.GILLESPIE 19
3 Matterhorn Man by WALTER UNSWORTH 23
4 Seeing Hands by ERIC DE MAUNY 28
5 No Room in the Ark by ALAN MOOREHEAD 33
6 From'OUt of the Air'by FIELDEN HUGHES 38
7 The Sporting Spirit by GEORGE ORWELL 43
8 Education by W.O.LESTER SMITH 48
9 Curiosities of Animal Life by MAURICE BURTON 53
10 Thoughts in the Wilderness by J.B.PRIESTLEY 58
UNT TWO:Instructions to the Student 63
11 Spies in Britain by BERNARD NEWMAN 64
12 The Language of I Iollywood by JAMES T.FRRELL 69
13 Thames Waters by ROGER PILKINGTON 74
14 How to Groow Old by BERTRAND RUSSELL 79
15 The Consumer Society and the Law by GORDOON BARRIE AND AUREY L.DIAMOND 84
16 The Search for the Earth's Minerals by T.F.GASKELL 89
17 Learning to Live by BEATRIX TUDOR-HART 94
18 The Social Function of Science by J.D.BERNAL 99
19 English Social Differences by T.H.PEAR 103
20 Man,the Unknown by ALEXIS CARRET 108
UNIT THREE:Instructioons to the Student 113
21 Science Makes Sense by RITCHIE CALDER 114
22 Window in the Sea by RALPH NADING HILL 119
23 The Stuff of Dreams by CHRISTOPHER EVANS 124
24 Going Out for a Walk by MAx BEERBOHM 129
25 The Snake by JOHN CROMPTON 134
26 Virtue and a Fast Gun by CARL FOREMAN 139
27 The Personality of Man by G.N.M.TYRRELL 145
28 A Countryman's Creed by WILLIAM BEACH THOMAS 150
29 Pieces of Mind by C.E.M.JOAD 155
30 Adventures of Ideas by A.N.WHITEHFAD 160
Introductory Test leading to Part 2 165
PART 2 169
UNIT FOUR:Instructions to the Student 170
31 Non-auditory Effects of Noise by D.E.BROADBENT 171
32 The Past Life of the Earth by ERROL WHITE 176
33 The Raising of the by'Vasa'by ROY SAUNDERS 181
34 Patients and Doctors by KENNETH WALKER 187
35 The Pegasus Book of Inventors by EGON LARSEN 192
36 Exploring the Sea-floor by T.F.GASKELL 197
37 On Telling the Truth by HAROLD NICOLSON 202
38 The Sculptor Speaks by HENRY MOORE 207
39 Galileo Reborn by MICHAEL HOSKIN 212
40 Themes and Variations by ALDOUS HUXLEY 218
UNIT FIVE:Instructions to the Student 223
41 The Origin of Things by JULIUS E.LIPS 224
42 Journey Through Adolescence by DORIS ODLUM 230
43 Our Developing World by L.DUDLEY STAMP 235
44 The Backward Society by RAYMOND FROST 241
45 The Process of Ageing by ALFX COMFORT 246
46 The Menace of Urban Explosion by BARBARA WARD 251
47 Plato Today by R.H.S.CROSSMAN 257
48 What Every Writer Wants by JOHN LE CARRE 263
49 Balloon Astronomy by PATRICK MOORE 268
50 British Canals by CHARLES HADFIELD 273
UNIT SIX:Instructions to the Student 279
51 Elephants by RICHARD CARRINGTON 280
52 The Earth Beneath Us by H.H.SWINNERTON 285
53 The Story of the French Foreign Legion by EDGAR O'BALLANCE 290
54 Are There Strangers in Space by ANTHONY MICHAELIS 297
55 Paterns of Culture by RUTH BENEDICT 303
56 The Age of Automation by LEON BAGRIT 309
57 Of Men and Galaxies by FRED HOYLE 314
58 Painting as a Pastime by WINSTON CHURCHILL 319
59 The Great Escape by NIGEL BUXTON 325
60 On Moral Courage by COMPTON MACKENZIE 332
Keto Introductory Test 339
修订版后记 342