Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Pronunciation Table
Unit 1
Text A Another School Year--What For?
Text B Unforgettable Miss Bessie
Unit 2
Text A Say Yes
Text B Arrangement in Black and White
Unit 3
Text A The Rite of Spring
Text B What My Garden Taught Me--the Hard Way
Unit 4
Text A The Man in the Water
Text B Two Heroes for the Price of One
Unit 5
Text A Quick Fix Society
Text B Hooked on the Quick Fix
Unit 6
Text A Wisdom of Bear Wood
Text B Baby Birds
Unit 7
Inter-Lesson I
Unit 8
Text A The Man in Asbestos
Text B Harrison Bergeron
Unit 9
Text A Confessions of a Miseducated Man
Text B Understanding Society and Culture Through Eating
Unit 10
Text A Pompeii
Text B The Dog of Pompeii
Unit 11
Text A Button, Button
Text B A Doctor''s Dilemma
Unit 12
Text A A Fundamental Technique in Handling People
Text B Remember, We''re Raising Children, Not Flowers!
Unit 13
Text A Mr. Imagination
Text B Mr. Phileas Fogg''s Wager of 20,000
Unit 14
Inter-Lesson II
Unit 15
Text A Obama''s Victory Speech
Text B Obama''s Speech at Shanghai Science and Technology
Museum
Unit 16
Text A The Oyster and the Pearl
Text B The Last Word Was Love
Glossary List
Language Items
Grammar Terms