Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE…1Part One Lead-in…2Section 1 Listening The Chinese Language…2Section 2 Watching The Hours…2Part Two Reading and Writing…2Text A The Mark on the Wall…3Part Three Reading and Speaking…9Text B In Theory: the Death of Literature…9Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…13Passage A 甲骨文的发现…13Passage B Formal and Substantive Universals ofLanguages …15Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION…18Part One Lead-in…19Section 1 Listening Cultural Diversity and Assimilation in America: a Failure…19Section 2 Watching Ancient Egypt…19Part Two Reading and Writing…19Text A On History…20Part Three Reading and Speaking…26Text B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted…26Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…30Passage A 丝绸之路与文化交流…30Passage B The Process of Civilisation…32Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE…34Part One Lead-in…35Section 1 Listening Problems of Philosophy…35Section 2 Watching Zeno Paradox…35Part Two Reading and Writing…35Text A What Philosophy Is For…36Part Three Reading and Speaking…42Text B Meaning in Life…42Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…46Passage A 中国哲学的线索…46Passage B What Is Enlightenment…47Unit 4 MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WORLD…51Part One Lead-in…52Section 1 Listening Preference for Familiar orUnfamiliar Sounds …52Section 2 Watching Arches in Music and Architecture…52Part Two Reading and Writing…53Text A Why Premieres…53Part Three Reading and Speaking…60Text B Music and the Social World…60Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…64Passage A 中国古代音乐的文化内涵…64Passage B The Musical Legacies of Antiquity…65Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW…69Part One Lead-in…70Section 1 Listening Rawls and His Theory of Justice…70Section 2 Watching Introduction to Political Philosophy…70Part Two Reading and Writing…71Text A Two Principles of Justice…71Part Three Reading and Speaking…77Text B Equality, Liberty and Democracy…78Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…82Passage A “仁”和“礼”…82Passage B On Liberty…83