Unit One 1
TEXT Ⅰ Two Words to Avoid,Two to Remember 1
TEXT Ⅱ The Romance of Words 3
Unit Two 6
TEXT Ⅰ The Fine Art of Putting Things Off 6
TEXT Ⅱ Gossip 9
Unit Three 12
TEXT Ⅰ Walls and Barriers 12
TEXT Ⅱ Barrier Signals 15
Unit Four 18
TEXT Ⅰ The Lady,or the Tiger? Part Ⅰ 18
TEXT Ⅱ The Princess and the Tin Box 20
Unit Five 23
TEXT Ⅰ The Lady,or the Tiger? Part Ⅱ 23
TEXT Ⅱ Mrs. Packletide's Tiger 26
Unit Six 28
TEXT Ⅰ Dull Work 28
TEXT Ⅱ Doing Chores 32
Unit Seven 34
TEXT Ⅰ Beauty 34
TEXT Ⅱ Sexism in English:A Feminist View 37
Unit Eight 39
TEXT Ⅰ Appetite 39
TEXT Ⅱ Wanting an Orange 41
Unit Nine 43
TEXT Ⅰ A Red Light for Scofflaws 43
TEXT Ⅱ Trust 46
Unit Ten 49
TEXT Ⅰ Straight-A Illiteracy 49
TEXT Ⅱ The Qualities of Good Writing 51
Unit Eleven 54
TEXT Ⅰ On Consigning Manuscripts to Floppy Discs and Archives to Oblivion 54
TEXT Ⅱ This Is Progress? 57
Unit Twelve 60
TEXT Ⅰ Grant and Lee:A Study in Contrasts 60
TEXT Ⅱ Grant and Lee 64
Unit Thirteen 66
TEXT Ⅰ Euphemism 66
TEXT Ⅱ Clutter 69
Unit Fourteen 73
TEXT Ⅰ That Astounding Creator—Nature 73
TEXT Ⅱ When the Young Have It Good 76
Unit Fifteen 79
TEXT Ⅰ Teaching as Mountaineering 79
TEXT Ⅱ A Liberal Education 82
Key to the Workbook 85