English through culture.Book four

目录
Unit 1 The Ambivalence of Abortion
Close Reading The Ambivalence of Abortion
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Putting Women Back into the Abortion Debate
Ⅱ. The Abortion Clinic Shootings:Why?
Listening One Woman's Abortion
Writing Nine Reasons Why Abortions Are Legal
Unit 2 Contested History
Close Reading Jefferson and the Equality of Men
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Why I Am Optimistic About America
Ⅱ. I Won't Be Celebrating Columbus Day
Listening Japan's Revisionist History
Writing Jefferson,Hemings Affair-Can't Be Denied
Unit 3 Capital Punishment
Close Reading Death and Justice:How Capital Punishment Affirms Life
Further Reading
Ⅰ. The Death Penalty
Ⅱ. Rolling the Dice to Decide Who Dies
Listening Considering the Penalty for a Murderer
Writing Death Penalty's False Promise
Unit 4 Gender and the English Language
Close Reading Who's in Charge of the English Language?
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Sexism in English:A 1990s Update
Ⅱ. Against the Theory of “Sexist Language”
Listening Against the Theory of “Sexist Language”
Writing Some Notes on Gender-Neutral Language
Unit 5 Images on the Screen
Close Reading The Living Room
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Not in My Living Room
Ⅱ. The New Hollywood Male
Listening The Power of the Media:Asian American Images on Television
Writing Hollywood Forsakes History for Events
Unit 6 Environmental Protection
Close Reading Carrying Capacity: Earth's Bottom Line
Further Reading
Ⅰ. A Logger's Lament
Ⅱ. Don't Say It's Global Warming
Listening A Fable for Tomorrow
Writing Not Seeing the Forest for the Dollar Bills
Unit 7 Regulating the Internet
Close Reading The Laws of Cyberspace:What Colleges Need to Know
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Young Cyber Addicts
Ⅱ. Keep the Internet Safe for Families
Listening In Love Online
Writing The Internet Advocate
Unit 8 Iconic Figures
Close Reading The King of Narcissism
Further Reading
Ⅰ. The Age of the Female Icon
Ⅱ. Banking on Sperm
Listening The Cosby Show:U.S.Situation Comedy
Writing The Age of Einstein
Unit 9 Sexual Harassment
Close Reading The Reasonable Woman Standard
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Sex and Violence:A Perspective
Ⅱ. The Price of Admission:Harassment and Free Speech in the Wild,Wild West
Listening Sexual Harassment:A Legal Explanation
Writing Sandy's Story
Unit 10 Talk Shows
Close Reading Tuning in Trouble
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Town Hall Television
Ⅱ. Dumbing Down:TV Talk-show Talk
Listening The TV Host:Oprah Winfrey
Writing Talk Shows
Unit 11 Drug Testing
Close Reading Symptoms of a Deeper Malaise
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Our Current Drug Legislation:Grounds for Reconsideration
Ⅱ. The Case Against Drug Testing
Listening Why Drug Tests Flunk
Writing Why Drug Testing Is Needed
Unit 12 Rights in Question
Close Reading What Rights Do We Have?
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Rights in Conflict
Ⅱ. What's Wrong with Animal Rights
Listening Refusing to Work When Conditions Are Dangerous
Writing From Animal Rights to Animal Liberation
Unit 13 The Paradox of Cloning
Close Reading Second Thoughts on Cloning
Further Reading
Ⅰ. The Paradox of Cloning
Ⅱ. Ewegenics
Listening Dolly and the Cloning Controversy
Writing Of Headless Mice...and Men
Unit 14 Euthanasia
Close Reading A Crime of Compassion
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Death and Dignity:A Case of Individualized Decision Making
Ⅱ. A Case of Assisted Suicide
Listening On Assisted Suicide and the Pain Relief Promotion Act
Writing Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?
Unit 15 Metaphors of War
Close Reading Metaphor and the Gulf War(Part Ⅰ)
Further Reading
Ⅰ. Metaphor and the Gulf War(Part Ⅱ)
Ⅱ. Eleven Ways of Looking at the Gulf War
Listening Iraq War Lands in the Midst of Vermont's Town Hall Meetings
Writing Rhetorical Divisiveness in Nation-building and War: An Analysis of FDR's “Pearl Harbor Address”