Unit 1 Reading and Education 1
Modern American Universities 1
The College Experience 3
How We Should Read a Book 5
The Study of Words 8
My Books 10
Of Studies 12
Changing Roles of Public Education 14
The Revolution in American Higher Education 16
Companionship of Books 18
Unit 2 Language and Culture 20
The Americans 20
The English and the Americans 21
The English Character 23
The American Character 25
The English Humour 27
Folk Cultures 29
International Business and Cross-Cultural Communication 31
American's Way of Hospitality 33
Conservatism of the English People 35
Cultural Exchange 36
Unit 3 Ethics and Morality 39
Advice to Youth 39
Love Your Life 41
Frankness 43
On Telling Lies 44
A Beautiful Day Begins with Gratitude 46
Good Mistakes 48
If I Were a Boy Again 50
Ingredients of Courtesy 52
On Punctuality 54
What I Have Lived for 56
Unit 4 Marriage and Family 58
Home 58
Ideas of Home Have Changed 59
The American Way：Family 61
The Furthest Distance in the World 63
The Pleasant Family 65
Three Types of Parents 66
Of Parents and Children 68
Heal the Children 70
How to Achieve Happiness in Your Marr age? 72
Unit 5 Art and Literature 75
Music Is Medicine 75
A Light in Winter 77
A Swan's Song—Revien of The Chemistry of Tears 79
Man Will Prevail 81
Exhibition in Taipei Palace Museum 84
The Real Jane Austen—as Vital as Her Stories 86
The Work of Cima da Conegliano 88
William Shakespeare 90
Embracing Otherness,Embrace Myself 91
Unit 6 Dreams and Future 94
The Boys'Ambition 94
I Have a Dream 96
A Better Tomorrow 100
Ambition 101
American Dream 103
If the Dream Is Big Enough 104
Keep Your Dreams 106
Room for the Future 109
Unit 7 Entertainment and Leisure 111
Cambodian Temples under Threat 111
Cricket 113
Cycling in London—Wheel Ambition 114
Friends United：An Unlikely Comic Hit 116
Harry Potter Theme Park Opened 118
South Korean Musicians Must Export Or Starve 120
UK Music Festivals 121
The Beginning of Drama 123
The Origin of Spots 125
Unit 8 Love and Friendship 127
A New Chapter in China's History Is Being Written—Speech in Xi'an 127
Tribute to the Dog 130
About a Friend 132
Little Huckleberry's Dilemma 134
The Choice of Companion 135
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 137
Love Is Not Like Merchandise 139
The Colors of Friendship 141
Unit 9 Life and Health 144
Food and Health 144
How to Grow Old 145
How to Help People Suffering from Heat Stroke 148
On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth 150
My Story about Life and Death 152
The Art of Living 155
Three Things I Learned when My Plane Crashed 157
Youth 160
Living Beyond Limits 162
Unit 10 Human and Nature 165
A Summer Day 165
Autumn Sunset 167
First Snow 169
Glories of the Storm 171
January Wind 173
Nature 175
Summer Sunrises on the Mississippi 177
The Poetry of Late Summer 179
Population and Natural Resources 181
Unit 11 Philosophy and Ideas 183
Appetite 183
Francis Bacon on Truth 185
Learn to Live in the Present Moment 187
Life Grows in the Soil of Time 189
Life Is to Be Whole 190
The Meaning of Life 192
The Bamboo Trees 194
The World as I See It 195
True and False Simplicity 197
Unit 12 Science and Technology 199
Achievements and Setbacks in 2014 199
Scientific Theories 201
Space Exploration in China 203
The Nature of the Scientific Attitude 205
Weather Forecasting 207
A Low-Carbon Life 209
Science—a Way of Thinking 211
Science 213
The Study of Science 214
Driverless Cars 215
Unit 13 Success and Failure 217
Failure Is a Good Thing 217
Endorsement Speech on June 7,2008(excerpt) 219
How to Learn with Success 221
The Fringe Benefits of Failure 222
Rules Every Achiever Knows 225
Success Is on the Other Side 228
We Can Succeed 229
Winners Never Quit 232
Unit 14 War and Peace 234
Address to the Congress(excerpt) 234
Statement on London's Terrorist Attack(July 7th,2005) 237
Blood,Toil,Tears and Sweat 239
Choose Peace 242
Declaration of War(December 6th,1941) 245
Gettysburg Address(November 19th,1863) 247
On Acceptance Nobel Prize for Peace 249
Statement by President Bush to the Nation(September 11th,2001) 252
Take Steps to Address Gun Violence(January 19th,2013) 256
Unit 15 History and Memories 259
Duty,Honor,Country 259
Inaugural Speech(excerpt) 261
MLK Holiday Celebrate Late Civil Rights Leader 264
Now the Trumpet Summons Us Again(excerpt) 266
Scotland,Please Vote to Stay(excerpt) 268
Stories Behind a Silver Pepper Pot 271
The Space Shuttle"Challenger"Tragedy Address(28 January,1986) 273
Tribute to Diana 276