Understanding English and American Cultures 2

1.The College Student's Goal...5 2.Robin Hood...10 3.Travel Can Broaden the Mind...14 4.My Advice...19 5.International Culture...23 6.The Phantom of the Opera...27 7.You Can Succeed...35 8.It's Up to Us in a Time of Technolgy...46 9.East and West...50 10.Les Miserables...54 11.Time and LIfe and you...62 12.Advance to a Young Man...62 13.Vincent Van Gogh's Letters...73 14.The World of Literature...78 15.If I Were Senventeen Again...83 16.How Viewers Grow Addicted to Television...90 17.Ten Principles of Health and Illness...94 18.The Old Man and the SEa...98 19.The Age of Automation...105 20.Patterns of Culture...108 21.How to Find Time to Read...111 22.Understanding Shakespeare...117 23.The Death Penalty in the United States...131 24.The Gift of Fire...134 25.Does the Moon Influence Your Moods?...139 26.The King Of Comedy...147 27.On Dreams...151 28.Leisure Time Activities...156 29.The Adventure of Tom Sawyer...159 30.Global Warming...164 31.The Significane of Dental Health to Total Health...168 32.Nine Steps to a Longer Life...178 33.A Christmas Carol...186 34.The End of Books...200 35.The Luncheon...213 36.History of Women in America...221 37.Elementary and Secondary Education...233 38.Understanding American Holidays...249 39.A Land of Milk and Honey...263 40.Television and Radio...268 41.Hidden Disability...273 42.The Great Speech...277 43.Knowledge and Wisdom...281 44.The Great Stone Face...284