Acknowledgements Abbreviations Pronunciation Table Unit 1 Text A Another School Year--What For? Text B Unforgettable Miss Bessie Unit 2 Text A Say Yes Text B Arrangement in Black and White Unit 3 Text A The Rite of Spring Text B What My Garden Taught Me--the Hard Way Unit 4 Text A The Man in the Water Text B Two Heroes for the Price of One Unit 5 Text A Quick Fix Society Text B Hooked on the Quick Fix Unit 6 Text A Wisdom of Bear Wood Text B Baby Birds Unit 7 Inter-Lesson (I) Unit 8 Text A The Man in Asbestos Text B Harrison Bergeron Unit 9 Text A Confessions of a Miseducated Man Text B Understanding Society and Culture Through Eating Unit 10 Text A Pompeii Text B The Dog of Pompeii Unit 11 Text A Button, Button Text B A Doctor's Dilemma Unit 12 Text A A Fundamental Technique in Handling People Text B Remember, We're Raising Children, Not Flowers! Unit 13 Text A Mr. Imagination Text B Mr. Phileas Fogg's Wager of 20,000 Unit 14 Inter-Lesson (II) Unit 15 Text A Obama's Victory Speech Text B Obama's Speech at Shanghai Science and TechnologyMuseum Unit 16 Text A The Oyster and the Pearl Text B The Last Word Was Love Glossary List Language Items Grammar Terms