Unit One 1
Text A Convocation Address to the Class of 2016 1
Writing Skills A brief introduction to English writing 16
Text B From a Professor’s Perspective：Advice for College Students 19
Unit Two 30
Text A Of Girls and Chicks 30
Writing Skills Essay structure 49
Text B English Is a Crazy Language 50
Unit Three 66
Text A How to Mark a Book 66
Writing Skills Writing a paragraph 83
Text B Books of My Life 85
Unit Four 101
Text A A Hopeless Case？ 101
Writing Skills Writing a narrative essay 115
Text B “Operator——Operator！” 117
Unit Five 126
Text A A Different Kind of Mother 127
Writing Skills Writing a comparison and contrast essay 139
Text B Why American Parents Are Inferior？ 141
Unit Six 154
Text A The New Gender Gap 155
Writing Skills Writing a cause-effect essay 174
Text B When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is “a Waste of Time” 175
Unit Seven 189
Text A What，Me？Showing Off？ 190
Writing Skills Writing a classification essay 207
Text B On Generational Decline 208
Unit Eight 218
Text A What Is Science？ 218
Writing Skills Writing a definition essay 234
Text B What Is a Culture？ 236