LESSON ONE 1
TEXT A:Discovery of a Father 1
TEXT B:Quintana 10
TEXT C:The Joy of Illness 22
LESSON TWO 31
TEXT A:Queen of the Century 31
TEXT B:Miss USA 44
TEXT C:We Can All Share American Culture 55
LESSON THREE 63
TEXT A:Nature and Nurture 63
TEXT B:My Lack of Gumption 72
TEXT C:Building a Global Culture of Peace 85
LESSON FOUR 95
TEXT A:Sims Family Values 95
TEXT B:A Deadly Passage to India 104
TEXT C:U.S.Students Drawn to Pure Islam 114
LESSON FIVE 123
TEXT A:Goodbye College,Hello Life 123
TEXT B:The History and Culture of Smell 133
TEXT C:Love,Silicon Valley Style,Returns to Earth 147
TEXT A:Computing—Ai by Another Name 157
LESSON SIX 157
TEXT B:Was It Right? 166
TEXT C:Who Owns Your Body? 179
LESSON SEVEN 190
TEXT A:The United States and the Second World War 190
TEXT B:Rotten to the Corps 202
TEXT C:Up from Misery 214
LESSON EIGHT 223
TEXT A:The Classic Loser 223
TEXT B:Loving and Hating New York 232
TEXT C:Modular Man 245
LESSON NINE 254
TEXT A:Sexism and Language 254
TEXT B: I m just who I am 268
TEXT C:One Nation,Inhospitable? 282
LESSON TEN 292
TEXT A:Modern Fiction 292
TEXT B:Life of Ma Parker 306
TEXT C:The Story of an Hour 319
APPENDIX 328
Glossary 328