Unit 1
Text Ⅰ The Fourth of July/2
Text Ⅱ Champion of the World /19
Unit 2
Text Ⅰ The Struggle to Ber an All.American Girl /25
Text Ⅱ No Name Woman /41
Unit 3
Text Ⅰ A Hanging /46
Text Ⅱ Shooting an Elephant/65
Unit 4
Text Ⅰ Force of Nature /70
Text Ⅱ Her World on a String /86
Unit 5
Text Ⅰ Give Me:Liberty or Give Me Death /94
Text Ⅱ IHaveaDream /i12
Unit 6
Text Ⅰ How America Lives /120
Text Ⅱ On the Pressures and Politics of Waiting in Line /136
Unit 7
Text Ⅰ The Art ofSmart Guessing /142
Text Ⅱ Education /158
Unit 8
Text Ⅰ Love and Resentment /163
Text Ⅱ Gay/179
Unit 9
Text Ⅰ Kids and Computers: Digital Danger /184
Text Ⅱ The World of E-Books Is Here /200
Unit 10
Text Ⅰ The New Immorality /205
Text Ⅱ Growing Old /220
Unit 11
Text Ⅰ Beauty /227
Text Ⅱ A Grateful Wife Has Second Thoughts /243
Unit 12
Text Ⅰ Clothes Make the Man - Uneasy/248
Text Ⅱ The Feminine Physique/266
Unit 13
Text Ⅰ The Battle of the Ants /272
Text Ⅱ The Alligators ofEast Florida /290
Unit 14
Text Ⅰ Are We Raising a Generation of Spoilt Brats? t297
Text Ⅱ Education Begins at Home/315
Glossary /323
