目录 Unit 1 Lesson 1 Andrew H. Malcolm: Dad Lesson 2 Sherwood Anderson: Discovery of a Father Unit 2 Lesson 3 Steve Tesich: Focusing on Friends Lesson 4 Judith Viorst: Friends, Good Friends--and Such Good Friends Unit 3 Lesson 5 Thomas L. Friedman: My Favorite Teacher Lesson 6 James Thurber: University Days Unit 4 Lesson 7 Mark Twain: Advice to Youth Lesson 8 Nell Postman: My Graduation Speech Unit 5 Lesson 9 Barbara Ehrenreich: The Cult of Busyness Lesson 10 Edward Hoagland: City People and Country People Unit 6 Lesson 11 J.H. Plumb: The Dying Family Lesson 12 Sean Prentiss: Buying a House Unit 7 Lesson 13 Scott Smallwood: Divorce and a Haircut Lesson 14 Andrew Sullivan: Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage Unit 8 Lesson 15 Yi-Fu Tuan: American Space, Chinese Place Lesson 16 Edward T. Hall: The English and the Americans Unit 9 Lesson 17 Annie Dillard: The Chase Lesson 18 Marie Winn: The End of Play Unit 10 Lesson 19 Michael Korda: How to Obtain Power Lesson 20 Mary E. Mebane: Mary Unit 11 Lesson 21 George Orwell: Shooting an Elephant Lesson 22 Erin Murphy: White Lies Unit 12 Lesson 23 Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address Lesson 24 Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream Unit 13 Lesson 25 Kate Chopin: The Story of an Hour Lesson 26 Deborah Tannen: Report-talk in Private Unit 14 Lesson 27 Harold Krents: Darkness at Noon Lesson 28 Leonard Kriegel: Taking It Unit 15 Lesson 29 E.B. White: The Ring of Time Lesson 30 Malcolm Cowley: Vices and Pleasures: The View from 80 Unit 16 Lesson 31 Virginia Woolf: The Death of the Moth Lesson 32 Lewis Thomas: On Natural Death Major Reference Books
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