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TextASplitMilk4

TextBTheCake5

Unit3FriendshipandLoyalty6

TextAReflections:

FriendshipandLoyalty6

TextBATributetotheDog7

Unit4TheJoyofWork8

TextAWorksIsaBlessing8

TextBHowtoStartYourOwnBusiness9

Unit5KeepyourDreamsAlive10

TextALifeIsDifficult10

TextBBeginAgain11

Unit6TheValueofMoney12

TextATeachingChildrentoSpendPocketMoneyWisely13

TextBTheImportanceofMoneyinLife13

Unit7InnerVoice15

TextAYourInnerVoice15

TextBMakeaGoodFirstImpression16

Unit8TheGreatMinds17

TextALifewithoutLimits17

TextBAnUnwantedBaby,SteveJobs18

Unit9FacingLife’sChallenges20

TextA:

300Hurdles20

TextBAViolinwithThreeStrings21

Unit10OdetoPublicTransportation22

TheImportanceofPublicTransportation22

TextB:

PersonalAdvantagesofTakingPublicTransportation24

Unit11CyberWorld25

TextACyberLove25

TextBTheImpactoftheInternetonSociety27

Unit12ABreakfromLife28

TextAFeelingFree28

TextBSelf-esteemandBodyImage29

Unit1ThePowerofLanguage

AFamousQuote

Languageisthedressofthought.

------SamuelJohnson

SamuelJohnson（1709-1784）,Britishmanofletters,oneofthemostoutstandingfiguresofthe18thcenturyinEngland.HemadelastingcontributionstoEnglishliteratureasapoet,essayist,moralist,literarycritic,biographer,editorandlexicographer.Johnsonhasbeendescribedas“arguablythemostdistinguishedmanoflettersinEnglishhistory.”

TextACriticalReading

Pre-readingQuestions

1.Doyouusuallychallengetheideaanauthorrepresents?

Whatdoyouthinkisactivereading?

2.Whatsuggestionsdoyouexpecttheauthorwillgiveonreadingcritically?

Criticalreadingappliestonon-fictionwritinginwhichtheauthorputsforthapositionorseekstomakeastatement.Criticalreadingisactivereading.Itinvolvesmorethanjustunderstandingwhatanauthorissaying.Criticalreadinginvolvesquestioningandevaluatingwhattheauthorissaying,andformingyourownopinionsaboutwhattheauthorissaying.Herearethethingsyoushoulddotobeacriticalreader.

Considerthecontextofwhatiswritten.Youmaybereadingsomethingthatwaswrittenbyanauthorfromadifferentculturalcontextthanyours.Or,youmaybereadingsomethingwrittensometimeagoinadifferenttimecontextthanyours.Ineithercase,youmustrecognizeandtakeintoaccountanydifferencesbetweenyourvaluesandattitudesandthoserepresentedbytheauthor.

Questionassertionsmadebytheauthor.Don’tacceptwhatiswrittenatfacevalue.Beforeacceptingwhatiswritten,bycertainthattheauthorprovidessufficientsupportforanyassertionsmade.Lookforfacts,examples,andstatisticsthatprovidesupport.Also,looktoseeiftheauthorhasintegratedtheworkofauthorities.

Comparewhatiswrittenwithotherwrittenworkonthesubject.Looktoseethatwhatiswrittenisconsistentwiththatothershavewrittenaboutthesubject.Ifthereareinconsistencies,carefullyevaluatethesupporttheauthorprovidesfortheinconsistencies.

Analyzeassumptionsmadebytheauthor.Assumptionsarewhatevertheauthormustbelieveistrueinordertomakeassertions.Inmanycases,theauthor’sassumptionsarenotdirectlystated.Thismeansyoumustreadcarefullyinordertoidentifyanyassumptions.Onceyouidentifyanassumption,youmustdecidewhetherornottheassumptionisvalid.

Evaluatethesourcestheauthoruses.Indoingthis,bycertainthatthesourcesarecredible.Forexample,Einsteinisacrediblesourceiftheauthoriswritingaboutlandmarkachievementsinphysics.Alsobecertainthatthesourcesarerelevant.Einsteinisnotarelevantsourcewhenthesubjectispoetry.Finally,iftheauthoriswritingaboutasubjectinitscurrentstate,besurethatthesourcesarecurrent.Forexample,studiesdonebyEinsteinintheearly20thcenturymaynotbeappropriateifthewriterisdiscussingthecurrentstateofknowledgeinphysics.

Identifyanypossibleauthorbias.AwrittendiscussionofAmericanpoliticswilllikelylookconsiderablydifferentdependingonwhetherthewriterisaDemocratoraRepublican.Whatiswrittenmayverywellreflectabiasedposition.Youneedtotakethispossiblebiasintoaccountwhenreadingwhattheauthorhaswritten.Thatis,takewhatiswrittenwith“agrainofsalt.”

Bybeingacriticalreader,youwillbecomebetterinformedandmaychangeyourviewsasappropriate.

TextBTheLanguageofConfidence

1.Arethereanywordsthatmakeyoufeelconfidentordiffident?

2.Doyoubelievethatlanguagecaninfluencepeople’sthought?

Givesomeexample.

Thelanguageweu