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 Subject 1 Growing Up and Learning
  Unit 1 Education Systems Around the World
   Topic A School System and School Life
    School System in the US
   Topic B Education in Britain
    School System in the UK
   Topic C Education in China
    Text 1: Different Views on Chinese Education
    Text 2: Wenke, Like or Third Way?
    Text 3: What Makes Chinese Math Lessons So Good?
   Topic D International Perspective
    Text 1: Social Class Inequalities in Educational Achievement in the UK
    Text 2: From Work to School
   Topic E Special Education
    Reading: A Lifespan Vista—Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  Unit 2 Different Positions on Education
   Topic F Views for Discussion
    Views on Education
   Topic G Expanding the Vision
    On Educational Liberalism
   Topic H Education in a Country School
    Education
   Topic I Technological Innovations for Education
    Artificial Intelligence and Education
  Unit 3 Social-Cultural Influences on Education
   Topic J Education in a Wider Social and Cultural Environment
    Growing into Manhood
   Topic K Why Do Asian Children Perform Well Academically?
    Cultural Influences on Education—Education in Japan, China and the United States
 Subject 2 Family Matters
  Unit 4 The Secrets of Happy Families
   Topic A What's Your Idea of Happy Families?
    Interview 1: My Idea of a Happy Family
    Interview 2: Husband and Wife in a Cross-Cultural Marriage
   Topic B Before and After Children
    A Cornucopia of Thanks
   Topic C Understanding Happy Families
    The Secrets of Happy Families
  Unit 5 Different Views on Family and Family Life
   Topic D What Is Marriage, Family and Family Life?
    Views on Family and Family Life
   Topic E Definition of Family and Its Forms
    The Family
   Topic F The Function of Family Life
    The Dying Family
  Unit 6 Chinese Families in Literature
   Topic G A New Kinship System
    Omnigamy—The New Kinship System
   Topic H Chinese Families in Literature
    The Twenty-Six Malignant Gates
   Topic I Characteristics of a Good Family
    In Search of the Good Family
 Subject 3 Learning Literature
  Unit 7 Walt Whitman and His Unconventional Poetry
   Topic A Lecture about Whitman
    A Poetic Tramp: A Lecture about Walt Whitman
   Topic B Poem by Walt Whitman
    O Captain! My Captain!
   Topic C A Brief Introduction to Poetry
    What Is Poetry?
    Some Elements of Poetry
   Topic D Interpreting Classic and Modern Poetry
    Classic Poem: A Song
    Modern Poem: Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota
    Classic English Ballad: King John and the Abbot of Canterbury
    Classic Chinese Ballad: Mulan
   Topic E Poetry on Everyday Life
    Short Poem 1: A Little Song of Life
    Short Poem 2: Frogs at School
    Short Poem 3: Little Johnny Green's First Experiment on Stilts
  Unit 8 Decisions to Make in Life
   Topic F The Importance of Literature
    Views on Literature and Human Life
   Topic G Risks, Trust and Sacrifice
    Passengers for Panama
   Topic H A Brief Introduction to Short Stories
    Elements of Short Stories
   Topic I The Impact of Family Background on Personal Judgement
    You Should Have Seen the Mess
  Unit 9 The Persistence of Racial and Cultural Prejudice
   Topic J The Unreliability of Making Judgement by Appearance
    Mr Know-All
   Topic K Blind Faith and Disillusionment
    Mr Loveday's Little Outing
   Topic L A Verdict of Not Guilty
    A Dissertation upon Roast Pig
 Subject 4 Houses, Cities and Culture
  Unit 10 Man in Neighborhood
   Topic A What Are the Neighbors Doing?
    The Enormous Radio
   Topic B What Makes a Good Neighborhood?
    A Good Neighborhood
  Unit 11 Evolution of Houses
   Topic C Significance of Houses
    Views on Architecture
   Topic D Architecture at Home and Abroad
    Essay 1: My Impressions of Shanghai: Two Urban Spaces in a Modern City
    Essay 2: American Houses
   Topic E Special Architecture
    Hard Architecture
  Unit 12 The Modern City
   Topic F What Is a Modern City Like?
    New York
   Topic G How Did the Modern City Emerge?
    How Disaster Shaped the Modern City
 Glossary