Unit 1 Happiness 1
In-Class Reading Finding Happiness 1
After-Class Reading 6
Passage Ⅰ：You Can't Buy Happiness 6
Passage Ⅱ：A Simple Truth about Happiness 9
Passage Ⅲ：Optimism 11
Unit 2 Human Behavior 14
In-Class Reading What,Me?Showing Off? 14
After-Class Reading 21
Passage Ⅰ：When to Keep Mouth Shut 21
Passage Ⅱ：Overcoming Procrastination:A Practical Approach 27
Passage Ⅲ：How We Can Change Our Wasteful Habits 30
Unit 3 Attitudes Toward Work 40
In-Class Reading Making Work Meaningful:Secrets of the Future-Focused Corporation 40
After-Class Reading 42
Passage Ⅰ：Work Lovers or Work Addicts? 42
Passage Ⅱ：Company Man 43
Passage Ⅲ：A Day in the Life of"Salaryman" 44
Unit 4 Honesty 51
In-Class Reading Cheating:Alive and Flourishing 51
After-Class Reading 55
Passage Ⅰ：How Honest Are We? 55
Passage Ⅱ：The Truth about Lying 57
Passage Ⅲ：Is Business Bluffing Ethical? 60
Unit 5 Appearance 66
In-Class Reading Physical Attractiveness 66
After-Class Reading 69
Passage Ⅰ：Dress for Success 69
Passage Ⅱ：Neat People versus Sloppy People 74
Passage Ⅲ：Turning Boys into Girls 78
Unit 6 Advertising Campaigns 84
In-Class Reading Advertising Claims 84
After-Class Reading 88
Passage Ⅰ：Insights into Advertising 88
Passage Ⅱ：Developing an Advertising Campaign 92
Passage Ⅲ：Advertisement Appreciation 94
Unit 7 Today's Youth 99
In-Class Reading Profiles of Today's Youth:They Couldn't Care Less 99
After-Class Reading 104
Passage Ⅰ：Me,Stuart,Mum and Dad 104
Passage Ⅱ：College Pressures 105
Passage Ⅲ：Postgraduate Paralysis 109
Unit 8 The Media 114
In-Class Reading It's Radiol 114
After-Class Reading 119
Passage Ⅰ：What Makes TV Most Entertaining? 119
Passage Ⅱ：Sounding the Waters 121
Passage Ⅲ：The Power of the Press 123
Unit 9 Computer Technology 127
In-Class Reading Hackers,Crackers and Trackers 127
After-Class Reading 130
Passage Ⅰ：Microchips 130
Passage Ⅱ：Workplace of the 90's:High-Tech Sweatshop? 133
Passage Ⅲ：Lost in the E-mail 136
Unit 10 Medical Ethics 140
In-Class Reading A License to Kill 140
After-Class Reading 144
Passage Ⅰ：Required Course:Beside Manner 101 144
Passage Ⅱ：Human Cloning,Don't Just Say No! 145
Passage Ⅲ：Howt he Gene Test Can Affect Your Insurance 149
Unit 11 Criminal Punishment and Crime Prevention 153
In-Class Reading Death and Justice 153
After-Class Reading 157
Passage Ⅰ：The Death Penalty 157
Passage Ⅱ：The Criminals Go Unpunished 162
Passage Ⅲ：Crime Prevention 165
Unit 12 Ambition 169
In-Class Reading Ambition 169
After-Class Reading 170
Passage Ⅰ：Hacker or Mike? 170
Passage Ⅱ：Romantic Ambition 175
Passage Ⅲ：The Virtues of Ambition 178