Unit 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE…1Part One Lead-in…2Section 1 Listening The Chinese Language…2Section 2 Watching The Hours…2Part Two Reading and Writing…2Text A The Mark on the Wall…3Part Three Reading and Speaking…8Text B In Theory: the Death of Literature…8Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…13Passage A　甲骨文的发现…13Passage B　Formal and Substantive Universals of Languages …14Unit 2 HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION…17Part One Lead-in…18Section 1 Listening Cultural Diversity and Assimilation in America: a Failure?…18Section 2 Watching Ancient Egypt…18Part Two Reading and Writing…18Text A On History…19Part Three Reading and Speaking…25Text B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted…25Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…29Passage A 丝绸之路与文化交流…29Passage B The Process of Civilisation…31Unit 3 PHILOSOPHY AND LIFE…33Part One Lead-in…34Section 1 Listening Problems of Philosophy…34Section 2 Watching Zeno Paradox…34Part Two Reading and Writing…34Text A What Philosophy Is For…35Part Three Reading and Speaking…41Text B Meaning in Life…41Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…45Passage A　中国哲学的线索…45Passage B　What Is Enlightenment?…46Unit 4 MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WORLD…50Part One Lead-in…51Section 1 Listening Preference for Familiar or Unfamiliar Sounds? …51Section 2 Watching Arches in Music and Architecture…51Part Two Reading and Writing…52Text A Why Premieres?…52Part Three Reading and Speaking…59Text B Music and the Social World…59Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…63Passage A 中国古代音乐的文化内涵…63Passage B The Musical Legacies of Antiquity…64Unit 5 DEMOCRACY AND LAW…68Part One Lead-in…69Section 1 Listening Rawls and His Theory of Justice…69Section 2 Watching Introduction to Political Philosophy…69Part Two Reading and Writing…70Text A Two Principles of Justice…70Part Three Reading and Speaking…76Text B Equality, Liberty and Democracy…77Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…81Passage A “仁”和“礼”…81Passage B On Liberty…82Unit 6 ECONOMY AND SOCIETY…86Part One Lead-in…87Section 1 Listening　Why Should We Study Past Economic Thinkers…87Section 2 Watching A Beautiful Mind: The Nash Equilibrium…87Part Two Reading and Writing…87Text A Individuals in Foreign Trade…88Part Three Reading and Speaking…93Text B How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?…94Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…99Passage A 孙子兵法…99Passage B The Merchant of Venice…101Unit 7 NATURE AND HUMAN SOCIETY…108Part One Lead-in…109Section 1 Listening English Lake District: Landscape and the Wild…109Section 2 Watching Beethoven and His Pastoral Symphony…109Part Two Reading and Writing…109Text A Preface to Animal Liberation…110Part Three Reading and Speaking…116Text B We Have No Duty to Animals…116Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…119Passage A 醉翁亭记…119Passage B Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour…120Unit 8 TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS…125Part One Lead-in…126Section 1 Listening Epidemic Disease: Is the InternetOur Key to Survival?…126Section 2 Watching The Truman Show: The Interview…126Part Two Reading and Writing…127Text A Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible?…127Part Three Reading and Speaking…132Text B From Privacy to Accountability …133Part Four Cross Cultural Communication…137Passage A 《劝学篇》序…137Passage B Precursors of Modern Science…138