UNIT ONE 1
1．How to Be a Patient Person 1
2．Snapshot of a Dog 9
3．Is Speed Reading Overrated? 17
UNIT TWO 25
4．I Gave My Word to Become Educated 25
5．Women and the Vote 36
6．Hollywood 46
UNIT THREE 53
7．Long Walk to Freedom 53
8．Less Time for House Chores 61
9．“I Wants to Go to the Prose” 72
UNIT FOUR 80
10．Home,Sweet（and Sour）Home 80
11．The Egalitarian Error 89
12．A Family Who Nurtured a Superstar 97
TEST YOURSELF（1） 107
UNIT FIVE 113
13．Grant and Lee 113
14．Self-Esteem：The Myth of Feeling Good About Oneself 123
15．The Open Window 133
UNIT SIX 141
16．I Went to Oxford 141
17．Hiking the Appalachian Trail 151
18．The Future of International Communications 160
UNIT SEVEN 170
19．The Best of Times,the Worst of Times 170
20．Heritage of Freedom（Ⅰ） 178
21．Heritage of Freedom（Ⅱ） 190
UNIT EIGHT 201
22．The Legacy of D-Day 201
23．The Money 212
24．Travels with Charley 224
TEST YOURSELF（2） 234
APPENDICES： 241
Ⅰ．Glossary 241
Ⅱ．Key to Test Yourself（1）and（2） 265
Ⅲ．Key to Comprehension of the Text 266