Unit 1 1
Text Ⅰ "We've Been Hit!" 1
Text Ⅱ Rethinking Skyscrapers 13
Unit 2 16
Text Ⅰ The Virtues of Growing Older 16
Text Ⅱ Closing the Gap 27
Unit 3 29
Text Ⅰ My Stroke of Luck 29
Text Ⅱ A New Attitude to Gratitude 40
Unit 4 42
Text Ⅰ Cultural Encounters 43
Text Ⅱ Does Your Body Betray You? 55
Unit 5 58
Text Ⅰ Fourteen Steps 58
Text Ⅱ The Power of Belief 68
Unit 6 71
Text Ⅰ The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 72
Text Ⅱ Life Goes On 87
Unit 7 91
Text Ⅰ Letter to a B Student 91
Text Ⅱ College Pressures 102
Unit 8 104
Text Ⅰ Focus on Global Warming 105
Text Ⅱ The Villain in the Atmosphere 116
Unit 9 119
Text Ⅰ What Is Happiness? 119
Text Ⅱ The Art of Unhappiness 127
Unit 10 129
Text Ⅰ The Jeaning of America 130
Text Ⅱ Happy Birthday to You 141
Unit 11 144
Text Ⅰ Open the Door to Forgiveness 145
Text Ⅱ Forgiveness 161
Unit 12 163
Text Ⅰ The Importance of Moral Intelligence in Children 163
Text Ⅱ Across America,Grief and Horror 174
Unit 13 176
Text Ⅰ Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx 176
Text Ⅱ Reminiscences of Karl Marx 187
Unit 14 190
Text Ⅰ The Wedding Story 190
Text Ⅱ Gossip 205