Unit One 3
Text A The Glorious Messiness of English 3
Text B General Character of English 12
专题一 实用写作概述 15
Unit Two 21
Text A What Is a Great Book 21
Text B How Should One Read a Book？ 28
专题二 个人陈述 31
Unit Three 37
Text A The Culture of the Businessman 37
Text B American Culture for Foreigners 47
专题三 简历 51
Unit Four 59
Text A Private Space 59
Text B Your Actions Speak Louder 67
专题四 申请信 71
Unit Five 77
Text A Making the Connected Home a Reality 77
Text B The History of Mobile Communication 84
专题五 邀请信 90
Unit Six 95
Text A When Children Have All the Power 95
Text B New Babies Are Smarter than You Think 103
专题六 合同 107
Unit Seven 115
Text A Business Management 115
Text B Bill Gates’ Speech to Tsinghua University 123
专题七 通知 126
Unit Eight 133
Text A Staying Alive：Adapting to Extremes 133
Text B More Friends Make Lemurs Better Thieves（But What Does It Mean for Brain Evolution？） 140
专题八 摘要 144
Unit Nine 149
Text A Born in America， Adopted Abroad 149
Text B The Las Vegas Wedding 159
专题九 注释 163
Unit Ten 169
Text A Catastrophes That Shaped the Earth 169
Text B Fires of Destruction and Creation 178
专题十 电子邮件 183