Unit One Pressure and Mental Health 1
Text A A Story About Stress 3
Text B Mental Health:Strengthening Our Response 10
Text C Supplementary Reading Dress Your Stress 22
Unit Two Interaction and Internet 24
Text A She's Leaving Home 24
Text B Relationships—Community in Cyberspace 30
Text C Supplementary Reading Influence of Internet on People's Social and Psychological Realities 40
Unit Three Economic Crisis and Life 42
Text A Money That Grows on Trees 42
Text B Life After the Financial Crisis 49
Text C Supplementary Reading Maslow on Happiness 61
Unit Four Rural Tourism and Economic Improvement 64
Text A A Fairyland—Pure New Zealand 64
Text B Rural Tourism as a Tool for Poverty Alleviation in Africa 71
Text C Supplementary Reading Ten Tips When Traveling Overseas 80
Unit Five Agricultural Extension and Rural Development 83
Text A Country Life Movement 84
Text B The Agricultural Extension System and the"New American Farmer" 91
Text C Supplementary Reading Rural Development Problem in the United Kingdom—A Third World Perspective 102
Unit Six Social Justice and Equality 105
Text A A Leg Up 106
Text B The Problem Pseudo Democracy 113
Text C Supplementary Reading Social Justice and Globalization:Are They Compatible? 125
Unit Seven Life Science and Morality 128
Text A Is Cloning Good or Bad 129
Text B The Ethical Justification for Minor Sibling Bone Marrow Donation:A Case Study 135
Text C Supplementary Reading Pros and Cons of Stem Cell Research 144
Unit Eight Food Security and Health 146
Text A Safer Coffee 146
Text B Safer Food for Better Health—WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 153
Text C Supplementary Reading Genetic Engineering and Food Irradiation 166
Unit Nine Environment and Ecology 169
Text A Substitutes for a Land Ethic 170
Text B Of Man and Nature 176
Text C Supplementary Reading Eco-Defense 191
Unit Ten Culture and Education 193
Text A My Life Stories as an Eurasian 194
Text B Boring from Within:The Art of the Freshman Essay 200
Text C Supplementary Reading Orientalism 211
Model Test One 213
Model Test Two 221
Model Test Three 229
Model Test Four 237
Key to Exercises 245
Key to Model Tests 265
Glossary 271
References 292