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Unit 1 Energy /1

  Text Saving Energy and Energy Conservation /2

  After-class Reading Energy Crisis /9

Unit 2 the Value of Life /15

 Text A Handful of Clay /16

 After-class Reading Not All Will Be Stars, But We Can Light Our

               Garner /24

Unit 3 Youth Today /33

 Text The Odyssey Years /34

 After-class Reading What Youngsters Expect in Life /44

Unit 4 Technology and Humanity /53

  Text The Robotic Economy: Brave New World or a Return

     to Slavery? /54

  After-class Reading Text Generation Gap: U R 2 Old /64

Unit 5 Gender Differences /73

  Text Gender Roles from a Cultural Perspective /74

  After-class Reading What is a Boy? What is a Girl? /83

Unit 6 Three Days to See /92

Text Three Days to See (1) /94

  After-class Reading Three Days to See (2) /103

Unit 7 Education /110

Text Education Is Supposed to Make You Rich. Not Wealthy /112

  After-class Reading Don' t Define Me by My School /122

Unit 8 Harmony and the Dream /133

Text Harmony and the Dream /136

After-class Reading Western Civilization Faces a Stork Choice /147

         Listening and Speaking

Unit 1 Daily Life /156

Unit 2 Education /163

Unit 3 Youth Today /170

Unit 4 Culture /178

Unit 5 Gender Differences /184

Unit 6 Technology and Humanity /191

Unit 7 Success & Happiness /198

Unit 8 Famous People /205

Glossary /212

Phrases and Expressions /230