Unit 1 Education ....................................................................................1
Section I Focus on Reading Speed...................................................................2
Section II Text A: Preparation for Practical Life .............................................8
Section III Text B: Boxed In Black ................................................................ 21
Unit 2 Language and Intelligence........................................................35
Section I Focus on Previewing ...................................................................... 36
Section II Text A: Body Language .................................................................. 39
Section III Text B: Super-Intelligence and the Singularity ........................... 54
Unit 3 Finance ......................................................................................69
Section I Focus on Connotations and Denotations ................................... 70
Section II Text A: Funny Money .................................................................... 72
Section III Text B: Buying Tomorrow ............................................................. 81
Unit 4 Culture ......................................................................................97
Section I Focus on Collocations ................................................................... 98
Section II Text A: As to Humanness ............................................................ 101
Section III Text B: Gypsy Myth and Romani Reality
New Evidence for Romani History ........................................ 113
Unit 5 Journalism ..............................................................................125
Section I Focus on Allusion......................................................................... 126
Section II Text A: Feak ShowHistory with Lightning............................ 130
Section III Text B: Fun HouseSwingin on the Flippity-Flop ................. 141
Unit 6 Globalization ..........................................................................153
Section I Focus on Idioms ........................................................................... 154
Section II Text A: Globalization, Sovereignty, and Governance .............. 156
Section III Text B: Th e Emergence of a European Economy,
Tenth Th rough Th irteenth Centuries ........................................ 167
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Unit 7 Feminism ................................................................................179
Section I Focus on Figurative Language .................................................... 180
Section II Text A: Making the Cut ............................................................... 184
Section III Text B: Reading Jane Austens Final,
Unfi nished Novel .......................................................................... 194
Unit 8 Philosophy ..............................................................................203
Section I Focus on Inductive Reasoning and
Deductive Reasoning ................................................................... 204
Section II Text A: Th e Birth of Tragedy ....................................................... 207
Section III Text B: My Adventure with Nietzsche ....................................... 220
Unit 9 Politics and Sport ...................................................................231
Section I Focus on Summarizing ................................................................ 232
Section II Text A: Th e Conservative Tradition ........................................... 234
Section III Text B: Th e Great Game .............................................................. 247
Unit 10 Morality ................................................................................257
Section I Focus on Synthesizing Sources .................................................. 258
Section II Text A: Why Facts Dont Change Our Minds .......................... 261
Section III Text B : Th e Long Goodbye ......................................................... 273