编者的话 1
UNIT ONE 2
Text A STAY HUNGRY.STAY FOOLISH. 2
Text B BARACK OBAMA’S VICTORY SPEECH 19
UNIT TWO 27
Text A TWO TRUTHS TO LIVE BY 27
Text B APPROACH TO LIFE 45
UNIT THREE 50
Text A A FEW KIND WORDS FOR LOSING 50
Text B WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION？ 67
UNIT FOUR 75
Text A THE FUTURE OF BOOKS 75
Text B HYPERTEXTUAL GAME AND INTERPRETATION OF TEXTS 91
UNIT FIVE 97
Text A SCIENTISTS，SCHOLARS，KNAVES AND FOOLS 97
Text B ENGLISH NEXT 115
UNIT SIX 123
Text A ANTHROPOLOGISTS ON THE FRONT LINES 123
Text B BOOK REVIEW：“COLLEGE：WHAT IT WAS，IS，AND SHOULD BE” BY ANDREW DELBANCO 141
UNIT SEVEN 147
Text A ENTROPY 147
Text B WHEN THE PESTILENCE STRUCK 164
UNIT EIGHT 170
Text A OF AMBITION；OF FORTUNE 170
Text B THE GIVING OF ORDERS 188
UNIT NINE 193
Text A IN DNA ERA，NEW WORRIES ABOUT PREJUDICE 193
Text B ARE YOUR GENES TO BLAME？ 210
UNIT TEN 216
Text A FISHES IN THE CONCORD RIVER 216
Text B A STRANGE EXPERIENCE IN YOSEMITE 230
GLOSSARY 234
参考文献 258