Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: Nineteen Eighty-Four Section 2 Watching: The Ancestor of Language Part Two Reading and Writing Text A Words as Tools Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B　The Tower of Babel Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A　我的童年 Passage B　The Dignity of Life and Death Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: American Indians Section 2 Watching: Civilization in the West History Part Two Reading and Writing Text A Greek Life—How The Greeks Lived Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B Madness and Civilization Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A 鄭和下西洋──三保太監(jiān)的不朽航程 Passage B The First Voyage—Discovery of the New Land Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: True Success Section 2 Watching: Less Stuff, More Happiness Part Two Reading and Writing Text A Two Truths to Live By Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B What is Enough? The Race for More Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A　人生的愛好者：陶淵明 Passage B　Henry David Thoreau Unit 4 ART AND ARCHITECTURE Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: Architecture and Art Section 2 Watching: The Chinese Temples Architecture Part Two Reading and Writing Text A Art Is Universal Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B Buildings and Culture Produce Architecture Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A 舞蹈的建筑 Passage B Parthenon and Acropolis Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: The Founding Principles of American Democracy Section 2 Watching: American Election Part Two Reading and Writing Text A The State and the Individual Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A 賢能政府 Passage B Resistance to Civil Government Unit 6 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: The Ice Bucket Challenge Section 2 Watching: Should You Donate Differently? Part Two Reading and Writing Text A The “Dematerialization” of Society in the Digital Age Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B Lost Generation: Pain of Privilege and Plight of the Poor—Where’s Society Going Wrong Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A 給自己一個夢想 Passage B Integrity Unit 7 MAN AND NATURE Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: Plant Life Section 2 Watching: Understanding the Natural World Part Two Reading and Writing Text A Natural Selection Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B Nature Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A 老子的智慧 Passage B Remarks at Paris Summit on Climate Change Unit 8 SCIENCE AND EDUCATION Part One Lead-in Section 1 Listening: Technology Abuse Section 2 Watching: Technology’s Epic Story Part Two Reading and Writing Text A Scientific Education Part Three Reading and Speaking Text B Man or Machine? The Age of the Robot Blurs Sci-fi and Cutting-edge Science Part Four Cross Cultural Communication Passage A 萬世師表，以德服人 Passage B The Socratic Quest for Wisdom