Unit 1 Poems 1
1.1．Little Stone 2
1.2．Do You Fear the Wind 5
1.3．Solitude 7
1.4．The Road Not Taken 10
Unit 2 Fables 14
2.1．The Ass and the Grasshopper 15
2.2．The Father and His Sons 16
2.3．The Magic Pebbles 17
2.4．A Fable of Starfish 19
2.5．An Apple Tree 21
Unit 3 Proses 26
3.1．If I Were a Boy Again 27
3.2．What I Have Lived For 30
3.3．The Goodness of Life 34
3.4．Of Studies 37
Unit 4 Fiction 42
4.1．Jane Eyre 43
4.2．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 50
Unit 5 Plays 58
5.1．The Merchant of Venice 59
5.2．The Importance of Being Earnest 62
Unit 6 Speeches 67
6.1．I Have a Dream 68
6.2．The Journey of Our America Must Go On 73
Unit 7 Science and Technology 79
7.1．On the Motivation and Satisfaction of Scientists 80
7.2．Snow 84
Unit 8 Finance and Economics 88
8.1．How American Economic System is Organized 89
8.2．Rich Dad's Money Making Secrets 92
8.3．A Principle in Economics:People Face Tradeoffs 96
Unit 9 Politics 101
9.1．Global Market with a Human Face 102
9.2．Speech by President Jiang Zemin at the George Bush Presidential library 110
Unit 10 Culture 127
10.1．A Comparison between Two Letters 128
10.2．The Importance of English 130
10.3．Bridging Cultural Gaps Gracefully 133
Unit 11 Application 138
11.1．Abstract 139
11.2．Application Letter 139
11.3．Resume(Curriculum Vitae) 141
11.4．Research Proposal 145
11.5．Diplomas and Certificates 152
11.6．Advertisements 156
Unit 12 Miscellaneous Part 157
12.1．An Episode from Forrest Gump 158
12.2．Questions to Test Your EQ 160
12.3．A Dialogue with God 166
Appendix Ⅰ Key 171
Appendix Ⅱ Translation of Texts 182