Text A The Pleasure of Learning 1
UNIT 1 LOOKING AT LEARNING 1
Text B Peak Learners 24
UNIT 2 REACHING OUT TO OTHERS 33
Text A The Kindness of Strangers 33
Text B Help for the Helper 54
UNIT 3 THOUGHTS ON WORK 63
Text A Johnny 63
Text B Your Dream Job:A Click Away 81
UNIT 4 THE CULTURE OF BEAUTY 91
Text A The Hidden Face of Beauty 91
Text B Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder 112
TEST PAPER ONE 119
Text A Global Warming:The Oceans in Peril 129
UNIT 5 ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT 129
Text B Focus on Global Warming 153
UNIT 6 WRITERS AND WRITING 161
Text A Why I Write 161
Text B Interview with Amy Tan—June 28,1996 179
UNIT 7 GRATITUDE AND LOVE 187
Text A Thanks for Everything 187
Text B A Nickel at a Time 207
UNIT 8 MAN VS.EARTH 217
Text A Ecology,Overpopulation and Development 217
Text B Biological Diversity under Attack 235
TEST PAPER Two 243
APPENDIX 253
Glossary 253