UNIT1 1
TEXT Ⅰ Fresh Start 1
TEXT Ⅱ A University Stands and Shines 16
UNIT2 19
TEXT Ⅰ The Company Man 19
TEXT Ⅱ Time to Take It Easy 34
UNIT3 37
TEXT Ⅰ Out of Step 37
TEXT Ⅱ Skylines and Skyscrapers 54
UNIT4 57
TEXT Ⅰ Fun,Oh Boy.Fun.You Could Die from It 57
TEXT Ⅱ The Age of Thrills 72
UNIT5 75
TEXT Ⅰ The Real Truth about Lies 75
TEXT Ⅱ To Lie or Not to Lie?—The Doctor's Dilemma 92
UNIT6 95
TEXT Ⅰ How to Write a Rotten Poem with Almost No Effort 95
TEXT Ⅱ The Interpretation of Poetry 110
UNIT7 115
TEXT Ⅰ The Chaser 115
TEXT Ⅱ Young Men and Elderly Men 131
UNIT8 135
TEXT Ⅰ Knowledge and Wisdom 135
TEXT Ⅱ How to Become a Man of Genius 150
UNIT9 153
TEXT Ⅰ Chinese Food 153
TEXT Ⅱ Chinese Food in America 168
UNIT10 173
TEXT Ⅰ The Transaction 173
TEXT Ⅱ Some Self-Analysis 189
UNIT11 193
TEXT Ⅰ On Becoming a Better Student 193
TEXT Ⅱ The Art of Acknowledgement 208
UNIT12 213
TEXT Ⅰ "Take Over,Bos'n!" 213
TEXT Ⅱ War 228
UNIT13 231
TEXT Ⅰ Our Schedules,Our Selves 231
TEXT Ⅱ The Unhappy American Way 248
UNIT14 253
TEXT Ⅰ Homeless 253
TEXT Ⅱ The Ideal of the Family versus the Ideal of Personal Individualism 269
GLOSSARY 273