Unit one 1
1.Strength to Love(1) 1
2.Strength to Love(2) 3
3.Shame 6
Unit Two 11
4.To Face Life with Courage 11
5.A Rifle,an Ax(1) 14
6.A Rifle,an Ax(2) 17
Unit Three 20
7.Life on Other Planets 20
8.With the Photographer 27
9.What Are You Afraid of? 33
Unit Four 41
10.The First Piano in a Mining Camp 41
12.How to Be an Employee(2) 47
11.How to Be an Employee(1) 47
Unit Five 58
13.The Louisiana Purchase 58
14.Henry Ⅷ 63
15.What Makes a Leader? 69
Unit Six 76
16.A Man Who Had No Eyes 76
17.Diary of a Disaster 81
18.The Gift of Understanding 86
Unit Seven 92
19.My Mother s Hands 92
20.About Heroes 98
21.The Man on the Street and the Men on the Moon 103
Unit Eight 109
22.Was There a Golden Age? 109
23.An Italian View of the U.S.Campus 115
24.Simple Secrets of Family Communication 125