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CHAPTER one第一章 Language and Learning 语言和学习1

SELECTION ONE "Native Americans,"by Jamake Highwater2

SELECTION TWO "Library:The Buried Treasure,"by David B.Ellis10

SELECTION THREE "English as a Universal Language,"by Patricia Aburdene and John Naisbitt16

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Attack on English26

CHAPTER two第二章 Danger and Daring 危险和冒险27

SELECTION ONE "Adventu re rs of Today,"by M.Prijic28

SELECTION TWO "A High Dive,"by L.P. Hartley36

SELECTION THREE "The World We Lost,"by Farley Mowat44

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Courting Danger51

CHAPTER three第三章 Man and Woman 男人和女人53

SELECTION ONE "For Better or Worse,Arranged Marriages Still Thrive in Japan,"by U rban C.Lehner54

SELECTION TWO "The Sexes:Anatomy of a Difference,"by Signe Hammer65

SELECTION THREE "I Want a Wife,"by Judy Syfers76

WHAT DO YOU THINK? How Men and Women Communicate81

CHAPTER four第四章 Mysteries Past and Present 古今之谜83

SELECTION ONE "Against All Odds,"by Richard Blodgett84

SELECTION TWO "The Lady or theTiger?"by Frank R.Stockton92

SELECTION THREE "It All Started with Dragon Bones,"by Raymond Chang and Margaret Scrogin Chang102

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Secret of Firewalking112

CHAPTER five第五章 Transitions 人生转折113

SELECTION ONE "Life Cycle Planning,"by Grace W.Weinstein114

SELECTION TWO "Conversations in Malaysia,"by V.S.Naipaul123

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Refugee Problem129

SELECTION THREE "Grisha Has Arrived,"by Tanya Filanovsky130

CHAPTER six第六章 The Mind 大脑139

SELECTION ONE "A Memory for All Seasonings,"by Stephen Singular140

SELECTION TWO "Under the Skull,"by Nigel Calder152

SELECTION THREE "The Tell-Tale Heart,"by Edgar Allan Poe161

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Treatment ofMental Illness170

TIMED READING "May's Boy,"by Maja Penikis171

CHAPTER Seven第七章 Working 工作175

SELECTION ONE "Why Ethics?"by Robert C.Solomon and Kristine Hanson176

SELECTION TWO "A Lifetime of Learning to Manage Effectively,"by Ralph Z.So renson180

SELECTION THREE "Barriers Fall for Women at Work,"by Lisa Genasci190

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Home Offices202

CHAPTER eight第八章 Breakthroughs 突破203

SELECTION ONE "DIA's Best Featu re,"by Christopher Brode rick204

SELECTION TWO "Sowing the Seeds of Super Plants,"by Sana Siwolop212

SELECTION THREE "Science Is Dandy,But Promotion Can Be Lucrative,"by Stephen P. Maran220

TIMED READING "Are Computers Alive?"by Geoff Simons230

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Advances in Communication232

CHAPTER nine第九章 Art and Entertainment 艺术和娱乐233

SELECTION ONE "The Man Who Was an Orchestra,"by Nat Hentoff234

SELECTION TWO "'To Paint Is to Live':Georgia O'Keeffe,1887-1986,"by M.Prijic241

SELECTION THREE "Chicano Poetry:The Voice of a Cultu re,"by Deana Fernández248

TIMED READING "Jackie Can!"by Richard Corliss256

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Body Decoration261

CHAPTER ten第十章 Ethical Questions 伦理问题263

SELECTION ONE "Doctor's Dilemma:Treat or Let Die?"by Abigail Trafford264

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Choosing the Sex ofa Child273

SELECTION TWO "Older Generation in Borneo Fighting to Retain Values of Its Native Culture,"from The Rocky Mountain News274

SELECTION THREE "You Be the Judge,"by John A.Ritter279

TIMED READING "Extinction,"by Paul and Anne Ehrlich285

CHAPTER eleven第十一章 Medicine 医药289

SELECTION ONE "Best of Both Worlds,"by Barbara Gullahorn-Holecek290

SELECTION TWO "The Scientist-Philosophers,"by Desmond Stewart296

SELECTION THREE "Parents Brave Medicine's New World,"by Nancy Ross-Flanigan304

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Organ Transplants314

TIMED READING "Education Doesn't Happen Only in Schools,"by Jeffrey Zaslow315

CHAPTER tweleve第十二章 The Future 未来319

SELECTION ONE "The Kremani Prophecies,"by Milos and Mitar Tarabic320

SELECTION TWO "Omni Future Almanac,"edited by Robert Weil325

SELECTION THREE "Men Are Different,"by Alan Bloch333

TIMED READING "The Affectionate Machine,"by Neil Frude336

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Back from the Future340