Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE…1
Part One Lead-in…2
Section 1 Listening The Chinese Language…2
Section 2 Watching The Hours…2
Part Two Reading and Writing…2
Text A The Mark on the Wall…3
Part Three Reading and Speaking…8
Text B In Theory: the Death of Literature…8
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…13
Passage A 甲骨文的发现…13
Passage B Formal and Substantive Universals of Languages …14
Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION…17
Part One Lead-in…18
Section 1 Listening Cultural Diversity and Assimilation in America: a Failure?…18
Section 2 Watching Ancient Egypt…18
Part Two Reading and Writing…18
Text A On History…19
Part Three Reading and Speaking…25
Text B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted…25
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…29
Passage A 丝绸之路与文化交流…29
Passage B The Process of Civilisation…31
Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE…33
Part One Lead-in…34
Section 1 Listening Problems of Philosophy…34
Section 2 Watching Zeno Paradox…34
Part Two Reading and Writing…34
Text A What Philosophy Is For…35
Part Three Reading and Speaking…41
Text B Meaning in Life…41
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…45
Passage A 中国哲学的线索…45
Passage B What Is Enlightenment?…46
Unit 4 MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WORLD…50
Part One Lead-in…51
Section 1 Listening Preference for Familiar or Unfamiliar Sounds? …51
Section 2 Watching Arches in Music and Architecture…51
Part Two Reading and Writing…52
Text A Why Premieres?…52
Part Three Reading and Speaking…59
Text B Music and the Social World…59
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…63
Passage A 中国古代音乐的文化内涵…63
Passage B The Musical Legacies of Antiquity…64
Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW…68
Part One Lead-in…69
Section 1 Listening Rawls and His Theory of Justice…69
Section 2 Watching Introduction to Political Philosophy…69
Part Two Reading and Writing…70
Text A Two Principles of Justice…70
Part Three Reading and Speaking…76
Text B Equality, Liberty and Democracy…77
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…81
Passage A “仁”和“礼”…81
Passage B On Liberty…82
Unit 6 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY…86
Part One Lead-in…87
Section 1 Listening Why Should We Study Past Economic Thinkers…87
Section 2 Watching A Beautiful Mind: The Nash Equilibrium…87
Part Two Reading and Writing…87
Text A Individuals in Foreign Trade…88
Part Three Reading and Speaking…93
Text B How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?…94
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…99
Passage A 孙子兵法…99
Passage B The Merchant of Venice…101
Unit 7 NATURE AND HUMAN SOCIETY…108
Part One Lead-in…109
Section 1 Listening English Lake District: Landscape and the Wild…109
Section 2 Watching Beethoven and His Pastoral Symphony…109
Part Two Reading and Writing…109
Text A Preface to Animal Liberation…110
Part Three Reading and Speaking…116
Text B We Have No Duty to Animals…116
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…119
Passage A 醉翁亭记…119
Passage B Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour…120
Unit 8 TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS…125
Part One Lead-in…126
Section 1 Listening Epidemic Disease: Is the Internet
Our Key to Survival?…126
Section 2 Watching The Truman Show: The Interview…126
Part Two Reading and Writing…127
Text A Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible?…127
Part Three Reading and Speaking…132
Text B From Privacy to Accountability …133
Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…137
Passage A 《劝学篇》序…137
Passage B Precursors of Modern Science…138