Unit One  Book Review and Chinese Culture
  Text A  Unveiling and Consuming Art in the Multifarious Spaces of
      Early Modem China
  Text B  Book Review of Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Two  Campus Life
  Text A  Take This Fish and Look at It
  Text B  Another School Year---What For?
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Three  Career
  Text A  Your Flexible Friends
  Text B  Words That Get You Hired
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Four  European Business News
  Text A  European Business News
  Text B  Is Higher Inflation the Most Painless Way to Escape Current
      Economic Troubles?
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Five  The Familiar Essay (I)
  Text A  Solve That Problem--With Humor
  Text B  The Crooked Streets
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Six  Gender
  Text A  When Bright Girls Decide That Math Is "a Waste of Time"
  Text B  Escaping the Daily Grind for Life as a House Father
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Seven  Education
  Text A  A Matter of Degrees
  Text B  How to Build a Student for the 21 st Century
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Eight  Emotional Life
  Text A  Friendship: The Laws of Attraction
  Text B  The Bond: Staying in Touch When Children Go to College
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Nine  Science
  Text A  The Biggest Extinction on Earth
  Text B  Spyware on Your Cell Phone?
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Ten  The Familiar Essay (II)
  Text A  Fame
  Text B  The Vice of Punctuality
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Eleven  Short Story
  Text A  The Shocks of Doom
  Text B  Luck
  Twenty Minutes' Reading
Unit Twelve  Environment Protection
  Text A  The Price of Oil
  Text B  Deal or No Deal
  Twenty Minutes' Reading