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序(5)
General Remarks on Reading
Section OneHumans and Culture
Unit 1 The Westerner’s Character
Text A Americans Are Queer
Text B Tea Custom
Text C Canadians’ Temperament
Unit 2 Intercultural Communication
Text A Conversational Ballgames
Text B Body Language—Nonverbal Communication
Text C The Customs and Language of Social Interaction —Compliment
Section Two Mind and Action
Unit 3Self-improvement
Text A Secrets of Straight-A Students
Text B The Power of a Good Name
Text C The Art of Smart Guessing
Unit 4 Friendship
Text A How to Build Better Friendships
Text B Friends, Good Friends—and Such Good Friends
Text C Friendship
Unit 5 Personality of a Leader
Text A What Happened to Civility?
Text B What Makes a Leader?
Text C The Qualities of Leadership
Unit 6 Love and Marriage
Text A Appointment with Love
Text B Could You Have Loved as Much?
Text C Anti-nuclear Reaction
Section Three Technology and Economy
Unit 7 Technology
Text A The Dangers of Television
Text B It’s Not “All in the Genes”
Text C Nabbing the Pirates of Cyberspace
Unit 8 Economy
Text A Persuading the Reluctant Spenders
Text B Like Herrings in a Barrel
Text C Why No Longer So Alluring
Glossary
Unit 1 229
Unit 2 232
Unit 3 235
Unit 4 236
Unit 5 239
Unit 6 242
Unit 7 244
Unit 8 247