UNIT 1
TEXT Ⅰ Fresh Start 1
TEXT Ⅱ A University Stands and Shines 12
UNIT 2
TEXT Ⅰ Tyranny of the Urgent 14
TEXT Ⅱ Time 24
UNIT 3
TEXT Ⅰ Chinese Food 26
TEXT Ⅱ Say No to Western Fast Food 38
UNIT 4
TEXT Ⅰ WhyIWant a Wife 41
TEXT Ⅱ Of Marriage and Single Life 51
UNIT 5
TEXT Ⅰ The Company Man 55
TEXT Ⅱ The Unhappy American Way 65
UNIT 6
TEXT Ⅰ Knowledge and Wisdom 70
TEXT Ⅱ How to Become a Man of Genius 81
UNIT 7
TEXT Ⅰ The Chaser 85
TEXT Ⅱ Love Is a Fallacy 97
UNIT 8
TEXT Ⅰ Fun,Oh Boy.Fun.You Could Die from It 109
TEXT Ⅱ The Age of Thrills 119
UNIT 9
TEXT Ⅰ On Becoming a Better Student 122
TEXT Ⅱ The Art of Acknowledgement 135
UNIT 10
TEXT Ⅰ The Wonderful Lousy Poems 140
TEXT Ⅱ Dad 152
UNIT 11
TEXT Ⅰ The Real Truth about Lies 157
TEXT Ⅱ To Lie or Not to Lie?—The Doctor's Dilemma 169
UNIT 12
TEXT Ⅰ Out of Step 173
TEXT Ⅱ Skylines and Skyscrapers 185
UNIT 13
TEXT Ⅰ A Magic Circle of Friends 189
TEXT Ⅱ Dealing with Peer Pressure 199
UNIT 14
TEXT Ⅰ Father Forgets 203
TEXT Ⅱ Letter to His Son 213
UNIT 15
TEXT Ⅰ The Roots of Happiness:An Empirical Analysis 217
TEXT Ⅱ Of Happiness 231
UNIT 16
TEXT Ⅰ "Take Over,Bos'n!" 236
TEXT Ⅱ War 248
GLOSSARY 253