UNIT 1 1
TEXT Ⅰ Never Give In,Never,Never,Never 1
TEXT Ⅱ Winston Churchill 17
UNIT 2 21
TEXT Ⅰ Space Invaders 21
TEXT Ⅱ Space and Distance 36
UNIT 3 39
TEXT Ⅰ Alienation and the Internet 39
TEXT Ⅱ America Online：Losing the Battles,but Winning the War 54
UNIT 4 57
TEXT Ⅰ A View of Mountains 57
TEXT Ⅱ Statement at the 2003 Session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission 71
UNIT 5 75
TEXT Ⅰ The Tapestry of Friendship 75
TEXT Ⅱ My Daughter,My Friend 92
UNIT 6 95
TEXT Ⅰ A French Fourth 95
TEXT Ⅱ Stuck in the Middle 110
UNIT 7 113
TEXT Ⅰ The Monster 113
TEXT Ⅱ Simple Habits,Deep Thoughts 129
UNIT 8 133
TEXT Ⅰ The Discus Thrower 133
TEXT Ⅱ A Rage Against Dying 149
UNIT 9 153
TEXT Ⅰ How I Found My Voice 153
TEXT Ⅱ Thank You,Mr.Chips 169
UNIT 10 173
TEXT Ⅰ The Idiocy of Urban Life 173
TEXT Ⅱ The City 188
UNIT 11 191
TEXT Ⅰ The Story of an Eyewitness 191
TEXT Ⅱ Memories of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 207
UNIT 12 211
TEXT Ⅰ A Case of"Severe Bias" 211
TEXT Ⅱ That Word Black 226
UNIT 13 229
TEXT Ⅰ Marriage 229
TEXT Ⅱ Why I Want a Wife 245
UNIT 14 249
TEXT Ⅰ Under the Sign of Mickey Mouse＆Co 249
TEXT Ⅱ Into the Unknown 265
GLOSSARY 270