CHAPTER one 第一章 Language and Learning 语言和学习

SELECTION ONE "Native Americans,"&by Jamake Highwater

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

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

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Attack on English

CHAPTER two 第二章 Danger and Daring 危险和冒险

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

SELECTION TWO "A High Dive,"&by L.P. Hartley

SELECTION THREE "The World We Lost,"&by Farley Mowat

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Courting Danger

CHAPTER three 第三章 Man and Woman 男人和女人

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

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

SELECTION THREE "I Want a Wife,"&by Judy Syfers

WHAT DO YOU THINK? How Men and Women Communicate

CHAPTER four 第四章 Mysteries Past and Present 古今之谜

SELECTION ONE "Against All Odds,"&by Richard Blodgett

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

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

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Secret of Firewalking

CHAPTER five 第五章 Transitions 人生转折

SELECTION ONE "Life Cycle Planning,"&by Grace W.Weinstein

SELECTION TWO "Conversations in Malaysia,"&by V.S.Naipaul

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Refugee Problem

SELECTION THREE "Grisha Has Arrived,"&by Tanya Filanovsky

CHAPTER six 第六章 The Mind 大脑

SELECTION ONE "A Memory for All Seasonings,"&by Stephen Singular

SELECTION TWO "Under the Skull,"&by Nigel Calder

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

WHAT DO YOU THINK? The Treatment ofMental Illness

TIMED READING "May's Boy,"&by Maja Penikis

CHAPTER Seven 第七章 Working 工作

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

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

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

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Home Offices

CHAPTER eight 第八章 Breakthroughs 突破

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

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

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

TIMED READING "Are Computers Alive?"&by Geoff Simons

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Advances in Communication

CHAPTER nine 第九章 Art and Entertainment 艺术和娱乐

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

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

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

TIMED READING "Jackie Can!"&by Richard Corliss

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Body Decoration

CHAPTER ten 第十章 Ethical Questions 伦理问题

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

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Choosing the Sex ofa Child

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

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

TIMED READING "Extinction,"&by Paul and Anne Ehrlich

CHAPTER eleven 第十一章 Medicine 医药

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

SELECTION TWO "The Scientist-Philosophers,"&by Desmond Stewart

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

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Organ Transplants

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

CHAPTER tweleve 第十二章 The Future 未来

SELECTION ONE "The Kremani Prophecies,"&by Milos and Mitar Tarabic

SELECTION TWO "Omni Future Almanac,"&edited by Robert Weil

SELECTION THREE "Men Are Different,"&by Alan Bloch

TIMED READING "The Affectionate Machine,"&by Neil Frude

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Back from the Future