Contents

Unit 1 　Education

Text 1　Immortal Words

Text 2　The Functions of Education: The Functionalist View

Text 3　Not Just Childs Play

Text 4　Why Is the Native Language Learnt So Well

Text 5　The Memory Palace

Unit 2 　Culture

Text 1　I Have Seen the FutureAnd Its Goth

Text 2　The Purposes of Art

Text 3　Third Culture Kids

Text 4　Finding Balance in Food

Text 5　Hip-Hop Planet

Unit 3 　Literature

Text 1　Private Lives

Text 2　Education for Life

Text 3　Shades of Dreaming

Text 4　The Perfect Peppersoup

Text 5　The Glorious Whitewasher

Unit 4 　Literary Criticism

Text 1　Jane Austen and Womens Emancipation

Text 2　Storytelling Is as Old as Mankind

Unit 5 　Animals

Text 1　Harp Seals on Thin Ice After 32 Years of Warming

Text 2　Thanking the Birds

Text 3　The Nature of Intelligence

Unit 6 　Society

Text 1　Can Couples Afford to Get Married Anymore?

Text 2　How to Make a Strong First Impression

Text 3　Unusual Places to Stay

Text 4　Room with a View

Text 5　Success Across Generations

Text 6　Teenagers Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing

Unit 7 　Science and Technology

Text 1　Human Adaptation to Space

Text 2　One Size Doesnt Fit All

Text 3　The Death of Writing?

Text 4　We Are Cyborgs

Text 5　Us and Them

Text 6　Viewing Natures Beauty Through a New Lens

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