UNIT 1 LOOKING AT LEARNING 1
Text A The Pleasure of Learning 1
Text B Peak Learners 14
UNIT 2 REACHING OUT TO OTHERS 21
Text A The Kindness of Strangers 21
Text B Help for the Helper 33
UNIT 3 THOUGHTS ON WORK 41
Text A Johnny 41
Text B Your Dream Job: A Click Away 52
UNIT 4 THE CULTURE OF BEAUTY 59
Text A The Hidden Face of Beauty 59
Text B Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder 71
TEST PAPER ONE 77
UNIT 5 ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT 87
Text A Global Warming: The Oceans in Peril 87
Text B Focus on Global Warming 100
UNIT 6 WRITERS AND WRITING 107
Text A Why I Write 107
Text B Interview with Amy Tan—June 28, 1996 118
UNIT 7 GRATITUDE AND LOVE 125
Text A Thanks for Everything 125
Text B A Nickel at a Time 137
UNIT 8 MAN VS.EARTH 145
Text A Ecology,Overpopulation and Development 145
Text B Biological Diversity under Attack 158
TEST PAPER TWO 165
APPENDIX Ⅰ 175
Key to Test Paper One 175
Key to Test Paper Two 176
APPENDIX Ⅱ 179
Glossary 179