Unit One Text Shades of Grey1 Further Reading Rich North,Hungry South19 Reading Appreciation The Great Fall of China?26 Unit Two Text Some Meanings of Authentic Love29 Further Reading An Echo of Krystalnacht44 Reading Appreciation Love Is Not like Merchandise50 Unit Three Text Life in the Fourth Millennium52 Further Reading Future World70 Reading Appreciation Alienation and the Internet76Unit Four Text HighTech Farming:Is It Inhumane—and Dangerous?78 Further Reading Will Frankenfood Feed the World?95 Reading Appreciation Intellectual Ambition100 Unit Five Text Streets of the Lost102 Further Reading Diogenes and Alexander123 Reading Appreciation The Right Attitude!131 Unit Six Text Japanese and American Workers:Two Casts of Mind133 Further Reading The Art of Global Thinking:East,West:Conflicting or Complementary?152 Reading Appreciation Russell on Wisdom160 Unit Seven Text Conversation161 Further Reading The Miracle of Language176 Reading Appreciation Inaugural Address183 Unit Eight Text The OnGoing Traveler:Norman Lewis 186 Further Reading The Monster206 Reading appreciation Write Your Own Life213