本书修订更换了部分课文，以求选材的时代性、内容的丰富性、文本的趣味性和文体的多样性。在筛选文章的过程中，既考虑提升学生的英语水平与人文知识基础，也注重整套教材内容的前后衔接。
Unit One
Text AUnveiling and Consuming Art in the Multifarious Spaces of Early Modern China 1
Text BBook Review of Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy 13
Twenty Minutes’ Reading.25
Unit Two 29
Text ATake This Fish and Look at It 29
Text BAnother School Year—What For? 37
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 45
Unit Three 49
Text AYour Flexible Friends 49
Text BWords That Get You Hired 58
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 67
Unit One
Text AUnveiling and Consuming Art in the Multifarious Spaces of Early Modern China 1
Text BBook Review of Mi Fu and the Classical Tradition of Chinese Calligraphy 13
Twenty Minutes’ Reading.25
Unit Two 29
Text ATake This Fish and Look at It 29
Text BAnother School Year—What For? 37
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 45
Unit Three 49
Text AYour Flexible Friends 49
Text BWords That Get You Hired 58
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 67
Unit Four 70
Text AEuropean Business News 70
Text BIs Higher Inflation the Most Painless Way to Escape Current Economic Troubles? 81
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 89
Unit Five93
Text ASolve That Problem—With Humor 93
Text BThe Crooked Streets 101
Twenty Minutes’ Reading110
Unit Six 114
Text AWhen Bright Girls Decide That Math Is “a Waste of Time”114
Text BEscaping the Daily Grind for Life as a House Father 122
Twenty Minutes’ Reading130
Unit Seven134
Text AA Matter of Degrees134
Text BHow to Build a Student for the 21st Century 143
Twenty Minutes’ Reading152
Unit Eight 157
Text AFriendship: The Laws of Attraction157
Text BThe Bond: Staying in Touch When Children Go to College167
Twenty Minutes’ Reading.175
Unit Nine 179
Text AThe Biggest Extinction on Earth 179
Text BSpyware on Your Cell Phone? 187
Twenty Minutes’ Reading193
Unit Ten 197
Text AFame 197
Text BThe Vice of Punctuality 205
Twenty Minutes’ Reading213
Unit Eleven 216
Text AThe Shocks of Doom216
Text BLuck 226
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 234
Unit Twelve 238
Text AThe Price of Oil 238
Text BDeal or No Deal 247
Twenty Minutes’ Reading 255
安徽大学教授
