Unit 1 2
Text Ⅰ TheFourth of July 2
Text Ⅱ Champion of the World 19
Unit 2 25
Text Ⅰ The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl 25
Text Ⅱ No Name Woman 41
Unit 3 46
Text Ⅰ A Hanging 46
Text Ⅱ Shooting an Elephant 65
Unit 4 70
Text Ⅰ Force of Nature 70
Text Ⅱ Her World on a String 86
Unit 5 94
Text Ⅰ Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death 94
Text Ⅱ I Have a Dream 112
Unit 6 120
Text Ⅰ How America Lives 120
Text Ⅱ On the Pressures and Politics of Waiting in Line 136
Unit 7 142
Text Ⅰ The Art of Smart Guessing 142
Text Ⅱ Education 158
Unit 8 163
Text Ⅰ Love and Resentment 163
Text Ⅱ Gay 179
Unit 9 184
Text Ⅰ Kids and Computers：Digital Danger 184
Text Ⅱ The World of E-Books Is Here 200
Unit 10 205
Text Ⅰ The New Immorality 205
Text Ⅱ Growing Old 220
Unit 11 227
Text Ⅰ Beauty 227
Text Ⅱ A Grateful Wife Has Second Thoughts 243
Unit 12 248
Text Ⅰ Clothes Make the Man—Uneasy 248
Text Ⅱ The Feminine Physique 266
Unit 13 272
Text Ⅰ The Battle of the Ants 272
Text Ⅱ The Alligators of East Florida 290
Unit 14 297
Text Ⅰ Are We Raising a Generation of Spoilt Brats? 297
Text Ⅱ Education Begins at Home 315
Glossary 323