Unit 1 Myths＆Tales 1
Section A Noah's Ark 1
Section B Pandora's Box 8
Section C The Animals of Aesop 14
Section D The Fisherman and the Jinni 20
Unit 2 Moments in History 27
Section A Babylon and the Law 27
Section B The Gteat Days of the Arabs 35
Section C The Middle Ages 43
Section D The American Civil War 50
Unit 3 Biographies of Celebrities 57
Section A Mahatma Gandhi 57
Section B Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 67
Section C Bill Gates 75
Section D Stephen Hawking 83
Unit 4 Classics Appreciation 90
Section A The Declaration of Independence 90
Section B A Christmas Carol 98
Section C The Old Man and the Sea 106
Section D Some Curious Western Customs 114
Unit 5 Customs＆Traditions 121
Section A The Language and Culture of Switzerland 121
Section B Chinese Calligraphy：Past and Present 130
Section C The History of Valentine's Day 138
Section D The Wines of France 146
Unit 6 Cultural Geography 154
Section A Maya,the Riddle of a Lost Civilization 154
Section B The Byzantium 163
Section C Civilization of the Ancient Egypt 173
Section D The Caste System in India 182
Unit 7 Panorama of Life 191
Section A You've Got Blog 191
Section B Generation Gap?Sometimes It's Just Words 198
Section C The Debtor Generation 204
Section D Up a Tree,for the Fun of It 211
Unit 8 Global Focus 217
Section A Up Goes Shenzhou,Again 217
Section B Ripple Effects of Indonesia's Geological Events 224
Section C Why Nobodies Are the Real Terrorist Threat 231
Section D Welcome to Beijing 237
Glossary 245