Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE…1 Part One Lead-in…2 Section 1 Listening The Chinese Language…2 Section 2 Watching The Hours…2 Part Two Reading and Writing…2 Text A The Mark on the Wall…3 Part Three Reading and Speaking…8 Text B In Theory: the Death of Literature…8 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…13 Passage A���׹��ĵİl�F…13 Passage B��Formal and Substantive Universals of Languages …14 Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION…17 Part One Lead-in…18 Section 1 Listening Cultural Diversity and Assimilation in America: a Failure?…18 Section 2 Watching Ancient Egypt…18 Part Two Reading and Writing…18 Text A On History…19 Part Three Reading and Speaking…25 Text B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted…25 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…29 Passage A �z�I֮·�c�Ļ�����…29 Passage B The Process of Civilisation…31 Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE…33 Part One Lead-in…34 Section 1 Listening Problems of Philosophy…34 Section 2 Watching Zeno Paradox…34 Part Two Reading and Writing…34 Text A What Philosophy Is For…35 Part Three Reading and Speaking…41 Text B Meaning in Life…41 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…45 Passage A���Ї��܌W�ľ���…45 Passage B��What Is Enlightenment?…46 Unit 4 MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WORLD…50 Part One Lead-in…51 Section 1 Listening Preference for Familiar or Unfamiliar Sounds? …51 Section 2 Watching Arches in Music and Architecture…51 Part Two Reading and Writing…52 Text A Why Premieres?…52 Part Three Reading and Speaking…59 Text B Music and the Social World…59 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…63 Passage A �Ї��Ŵ��������Ļ��Ⱥ�…63 Passage B The Musical Legacies of Antiquity…64 Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW…68 Part One Lead-in…69 Section 1 Listening Rawls and His Theory of Justice…69 Section 2 Watching Introduction to Political Philosophy…69 Part Two Reading and Writing…70 Text A Two Principles of Justice…70 Part Three Reading and Speaking…76 Text B Equality, Liberty and Democracy…77 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…81 Passage A “��”��“�Y”…81 Passage B On Liberty…82 Unit 6 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY…86 Part One Lead-in…87 Section 1 Listening��Why Should We Study Past Economic Thinkers…87 Section 2 Watching A Beautiful Mind: The Nash Equilibrium…87 Part Two Reading and Writing…87 Text A Individuals in Foreign Trade…88 Part Three Reading and Speaking…93 Text B How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?…94 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…99 Passage A �O�ӱ���…99 Passage B The Merchant of Venice…101 Unit 7 NATURE AND HUMAN SOCIETY…108 Part One Lead-in…109 Section 1 Listening English Lake District: Landscape and the Wild…109 Section 2 Watching Beethoven and His Pastoral Symphony…109 Part Two Reading and Writing…109 Text A Preface to Animal Liberation…110 Part Three Reading and Speaking…116 Text B We Have No Duty to Animals…116 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…119 Passage A ����ͤӛ…119 Passage B Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour…120 Unit 8 TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS…125 Part One Lead-in…126 Section 1 Listening Epidemic Disease: Is the Internet Our Key to Survival?…126 Section 2 Watching The Truman Show: The Interview…126 Part Two Reading and Writing…127 Text A Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible?…127 Part Three Reading and Speaking…132 Text B From Privacy to Accountability …133 Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…137 Passage A ����Wƪ����…137 Passage B Precursors of Modern Science…138