Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE1
Part One Lead-in2
Section 1 Listening The Chinese Language2
Section 2 Watching The Hours2
Part Two Reading and Writing2
Text A The Mark on the Wall3
Part Three Reading and Speaking9
Text B In Theory：the Death of Literature9
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication13
Passage A 甲骨文的发现13
Passage B Formal and Substantive Universals of Languages15
Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION18
Part One Lead-in19
Section 1 Listening Cultural Diversity and Assimilation in America：a Failure?19
Section 2 Watching Ancient Egypt19
Part Two Reading and Writing19
Text A On History20
Part Three Reading and Speaking26
Text B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted26
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication30
Passage A 丝绸之路与文化交流30
Passage B The Process of Civilisation32
Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE34
Part One Lead-in35
Section 1 Listening Problems of Philosophy35
Section 2 Watching Zeno Paradox35
Part Two Reading and Writing35
Text A What Philosophy Is For36
Part Three Reading and Speaking42
Text B Meaning in Life42
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication46
Passage A 中国哲学的线索46
Passage B What Is Enlightenment?47
Unit 4 MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WORLD51
Part One Lead-in52
Section 1 Listening Preference for Familiar or Unfamiliar Sounds?52
Section 2 Watching Arches in Music and Architecture52
Part Two Reading and Writing53
Text A Why Premieres?53
Part Three Reading and Speaking60
Text B Music and the Social World60
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication64
Passage A 中国古代音乐的文化内涵64
Passage B The Musical Legacies of Antiquity65
Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW69
Part One Lead-in70
Section 1 Listening Rawls and His Theory of Justice70
Section 2 Watching Introduction to Political Philosophy70
Part Two Reading and Writing71
Text A Two Principles of Justice71
Part Three Reading and Speaking77
Text B Equality, Liberty and Democracy78
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication82
Passage A “仁”和“礼”82
Passage B On Liberty83
