Unit One
Text Some Meanings of Authentic Love
Further Reading An Echo of Krystalnacht
Reading Appreciation Love Is Not Like Merchandise
Unit Two
Text Life in the Fourth Millennium
Further Reading Future World
Reading Appreciation Alienation and the Internet
Unit Three
Text High-Tech Farming: Is It Inhumane——and Dangerous?
Further Reading Will Frankenfood Feed the World?
Reading Appreciation A Room of His Own
Unit Four
Text Reclaiming the Intellectual Life for Posterity
Further Reading Diogenes and Alexander
Reading Appreciation I Am a Scientist
Unit Five
Text Japanese and American Workers:Two Casts of Mind
Further Reading The Art of Global Thinking: East,West: Conflicting or Complementary?
Reading Appreciation Russell on Wisdom
Unit Six
Text Conversation
Further Reading Why Learn Languages?
Reading Appreciation Inaugural Address
Unit Seven
Text The On-Going Traveler: Norman Lewis
Further Reading The Monster
Reading Appreciation Write Your Own Life
Unit Eight
Text Shades of Grey
Further Reading Rich North, Hungry South
Reading Appreciation The Great Fall of China?