UNIT ONE

TEXT A Disney World

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TEXT B The Statue of Liberyy

UNIT TWO

TEXT A Traditional American Values

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TEXT B Confucianism

UNIT THREE

TEXT A Ten Reasons Why Humor Is Crucial to Success at Work

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TEXT B English Humor vs.American Humor

UNIT FOUR

TEXT A Your Smartphone Has Officially Hijacked Your Life

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TEXT B Feeling Phone － Overwhelmed？

UNIT FIVE

TEXT A The Man Behind the Nobel Prize——Alfred Nobel

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TEXT B Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job

UNIT SIX

TEXT A How to Stay Safe While Shopping Online

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TEXT B Online Passwords： Keep It Complicated

UNIT SEVEN

TEXT A From a Novice to an Expert

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TEXT B Learning Is More Than a Lecture

UNIT EIGHT

TEXT A The Story of Stuff

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TEXT B The Lessons We Haven’t Learned from London’s Great Smog of 1952

UNIT NINE

TEXT A Daoism and Leisure

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TEXT B The Suicide of Socrates

UNIT TEN

TEXT A Why Bilinguals Are Smarter

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TEXT B Lessons in a Common Language

UNIT ELEVEN

TEXT A Ethical Food，Good Food？

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TEXT B Food Waste and Recycling in China：A Growing Trend？

UNIT TWELVE

TEXT A China’s Pied Piper

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TEXT B What Makes Steve Jobs Great

Appendix：课文译文及习题参考答案

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