Table of Contents Unit 1 Text I A Class Act Text II To Build a Kingdom of Love Unit 2 Text Ⅰ On Reading Text Why We Read Unit 3 Text Ⅰ Matriculation Fixation Text Ⅱ Universities and Their Function Unit 4 Text Ⅰ Being There Text Ⅱ Cultural Habits Unit 5 Text Ⅰ I'd Rather Be Black Than Female Text Ⅱ Are Women Prejudiced Against Women? Unit 6 Text Ⅰ Two Truths to Live By Text Ⅱ Intoxicated by My Illness Unit 7 Text Ⅰ How to Grow Old Text Ⅱ Nearing 90 Unit 8 Text Ⅰ Sweet September Text Ⅱ The Heart of the Seasons Unit 9 Text Ⅰ Friendship Text Ⅱ American Friendship Unit 10 Text Ⅰ The Balancing Act Between Solitude and Sociability Text Ⅱ How Withdrawal from the Active Life Is the Only Peaceful Way to Live Unit 11 Text Ⅰ On National Prejudices Text Ⅱ On National Prejudices in the UK Unit 12 Text Ⅰ Sounds Text Ⅱ Where I Lived, and What I Lived For