Unit 1 Learn to Respect Each Other 1
Text A The Little Girl Who Dared to Wish 2
Text B Learning to Love Yourself 11
Unit 2 Growing Old 18
Text A Aging Gracefully 19
Text B In Praise of Older Women 26
Unit 3 Changes in Language and Society 31
Text A Does IM Make U Dum? 32
Text B Were the"Good Old Days"Really So Good? 43
Unit 4 Success 49
Text A Wanting to Find Success 50
Text B Advice to Youth,About 1882 57
Unit 5 Motherhood 65
Text A What Motherhood Really Means 66
Text B Mom's Definitions 74
Unit 6 College Life 81
Text A The Geography of English 102 82
Text B The Myth of College 90
Unit 7 Reaaing Classics 96
Text A Literature:Why Read the Classics? 97
Text B The Classics:Made,not Born(Continued) 108
Unit 8 Praise or Criticism 115
Text A Accused of Plagiarism—My Highest Compliment 116
Text B My Iron-willed Grandmother 125
Unit 9 Science and Technology 130
Text A The 19th-Century Internet 131
Text B The Right Technology:No-tech,Low-tech,or High-tech 142
Unit 10 Money Problem 150
Text A The Pickle Jar 151
Text B Problems of Life—Money 159
Unit 11 Environment and Development 163
Text A A More Human Technology 164
Text B A More Human Technology(Continued) 172
Unit 12 Entertainment 177
Text A Hollywood Digital Moment 178
Text B At Most Schools,Harry Potter Doesn't Make the Cut 186
Unit 13 Courtesy 192
Text A We Are a Nation in Rude Health 193
Text B Why Manners Matter 200
Unit 14 The Internet 206
Text A Born Yesterday 207
Text B I Love It 214
Unit 15 Mass Media 220
Text A Media Sycophants 221
Text B Defining Freedom ofthe Press 230
Glossary 237