Unit 1

Text A The Pleasures of Ignorance

Text B A Liberal Education

Culture and Communication Time Concept

Unit 2

Text A Two Kinds（1）

Text B Two Kinds（2）

Culture and Communication Personal Space

Unit 3

Text A On Work

Text B Workaholics

Culture and Communication Hand Gestures

Unit 4

Text A Women in Business,Still Lonely at the Top

Text B Don't Work Harder in Big Companies

Culture and Communication Dating Customs around the World

Unit 5

Text A A New Index Illuminates the Creative Life

Text B The Impressionist's Approach to Business Creativity

Culture and Communication Humor

Unit 6

Text A Why Marriages Fail

Text B Men Are from Mars,Women Are from Venus

Culture and Communication Chinese Wedding vs English Wedding

Unit 7

Text A How to Grow Old

Text B One's A Crowd

Culture and Communication Child Rearing

Unit 8

Text A Cyberspace：If You Don't Love It,Leave It

Text B Internet Paradox：A Social Technology That Reduces Social Involvement and Psychological Well-being?

Culture and Communication Language and Gender

Unit 9

Text A Ambition

Text B Are We Living in a Moral Stone Age

Culture and Communication Hospitality

Unit 10

Text A My Way to Success

Text B Stay Hungry,Stay Foolish

Culture and Communication Compliments

Unit 11

Text A On Friendship

Text B The Last Leaf

Culture and Communication Friendship

Unit 12

Text A The Hidden Side of Happiness

Text B The Happiness Effect

Culture and Communication Individualism vs Collectivism

Unit 13

Text A What Is Global Culture?

Text B Globalization：What Is It?

Culture and Communication American Space,Chinese Place

Unit 14

Text A Carrying Capacity：Earth's Bottom Line

Text B Survival in the Anthropocene

Culture and Communication Superstitions

Unit 15

Text A The Doctor's Dilemma—What Is"Appropriate"Care?

Text B Is Euthanasia Humane?

Culture and Communication Taboos and Euphemisms

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