基礎英語教程：第二冊（簡體書）

《展望(Prospect)全國高等院校英語專業系列精品教材:基礎英語教程(第2冊)》由對外經濟貿易大學出版社出版。

Unit 1
Text A: A Letter to My Son
Text B: A Letter to My Daughter
Unit 2
Text A: The Power of Habit
Text B: To Break Bad Habits
Unit 3
Text A: Motivation--Staying Motivated
Text B: Purpose in Life
Unit 4
Text A: Against Email
Text B: Information and Copyright
Unit 5
Text A: Happy Easter
Text B: The Popularization of April Fools Traditions
Unit 6
Text A: Media Education and Media Violence
Text B: Government and Industry Responses to Media Violence
Unit 7
Text A: Soccer
Text B: The Origin of the Olympic Games
Unit 8
Text A: When Two or More Gather
Text B: Five Images of Love
Unit 9
Text A: Winning the Job Interview Game
Text B: The Giver
Unit 10
Text A: The Essence of Charm
Text B: Beauty
Unit 11
Text A: Why Boys Don't Play with Dolls
Text B: Why Women Smile
Unit 12
Text A: The Color of Success
Text B: I Have a Dream
Unit 13
Text A: Recruiting with Sustainable Design
Text B: Hydrogen: A New Role in Energy?
Unit 14
Text A: Evolution
Text B: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

7 Do not fall into the trap of dogma. There is no single simple answer to any question.
Remember during your high school debate class, I always asked you to take on the side that you don't believe in? I did that for a reason-things rarely "black and white", and there are always many ways to look at a problem. You will become a better problem solver if you recognized that. This is called "critical thinking", and it is the most important thinking skill you need for your life. This also means you need to become tolerant and supportive of others. I will always remember when I went to my Ph.D. advisor and proposed a new thesis topic. He said "I don't agree with you, but I'll support you." After the years, I have learned this isn't just flexibility, it is encouragement of critical thinking,and an empowering style of leadership, and it has become a part of me. I hope it will become a part of you, too.
8 Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don't be trapped in what others think or say. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion will create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. In his great speech given at Stanford commencement, he gave the great example where he took calligraphy, and a decade later, it became the basis of the beautiful Macintosh fonts, which later ignited desktop publishing, and brought wonderful tools like Microsoft Word to our lives. His expedition into calligraphy was a dot, and the Macintosh became the connecting line. So don't worry too much about what job you will have, and don't be too utilitarian, and if you like Japanese or Korean, go for it, even if your dad thinks "it's not useful". Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots.