Table of ContentsUNIT 1
TEXT Ⅰ "We've Been Hit!" 1
TEXT Ⅱ Rethinking Skyscrapers 18
UNIT 2
TEXT Ⅰ The Virtues of Growing Older 23
TEXT Ⅱ Closing the Gap 41
UNIT 3
TEXT Ⅰ My Stroke of Luck 43
TEXT Ⅱ A New Attitude to Gratitude 58
UNIT 4
TEXT Ⅰ Cultural Encounters 61
TEXT Ⅱ Does Your Body Betray You? 78
UNIT 5
TEXT Ⅰ Fourteen Steps 81
TEXT Ⅱ The Power of Belief 98
UNIT 6
TEXT Ⅰ The Diary of the Unknown Soldier 101
TEXT Ⅱ Life Goes On 118
UNIT 7
TEXT Ⅰ Letter to a B Student 121
TEXT Ⅱ College Pressures 138
UNIT 8
TEXT Ⅰ Focus on Global Warming 143
TEXT Ⅱ The Villain in the Atmosphere 160
UNIT 9
TEXT Ⅰ What Is Happiness? 165
TEXT Ⅱ The Art of Unhappiness 182
UNIT 10
TEXT Ⅰ The Jeaning of America 187
TEXT Ⅱ Happy Birthday to You 205
UNIT 11
TEXT Ⅰ Open the Door to Forgiveness 209
TEXT Ⅱ Forgiveness 229
UNIT 12
TEXT Ⅰ The Importance of Moral Intelligence in Children 233
TEXT Ⅱ Across America,Grief and Horror 250
UNIT 13
TEXT Ⅰ Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx 253
TEXT Ⅱ Reminiscences of Karl Marx 270
UNIT 14
TEXT Ⅰ The Wedding Story 273
TEXT Ⅱ Gossip 294
GLOSSARY 299