Unit One

　Part One　Tax Time in America

　Part Two Understanding Another Culture

Unit Two

　Part One　Portable Music Players Linked to Hearing Loss

　Part Two　Confronting Culture Shock (I)

Unit Three

　Part One　Bird Flu: Hoping for the Best, but Preparing for the Worst

　Part Two　Confronting Culture Shock (II)

Unit Four

　Part One　Lawrence Summers's Resignation as Harvard President

　Part Two　Communication and Miscommunication

Unit Five

　Part One　International Consumer Electronics Show

　Part Two　Living in Another Culture: From First Impressions to Insight

Unit Six

　Part One　President Bush's State of the Union Speech

　Part Two　Communication Across Cultures

Unit Seven

　Part One　On the Job, at Minimum Wage

　Part Two　Culture and Communication

Unit Eight

　Part One　Tools of the Trade: The Federal Reserve and the Money Supply

　Part Two　Cultural Diversity

Unit Nine

　Part One　Travel to the United States / American and British English /Oscar-Nominated Songs

　Part Two　Language and Culture (I)

Unit Ten

　Part One　Winter Cold: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Snow

　Part Two　Language and Culture (II)

Unit Eleven

　Part One　Jazz Lovers Get Together to Listen and Learn

　Part Two　Culture and Verbal Communication

Unit Twelve

　Part One　Feeling No Pain: The World of Anesthesia

　Part Two　Culture and Nonverbal Communication

Unit Thirteen

　Part One　Ride Them, Cowboys and Cowgirls! Rodeos Keep Old West Spirit Alive

　Part Two　Time and Space Across Cultures

Unit Fourteen

　Part One　Itzhak Perlman: A Citizen of the World, with His Violin as a

　Passport

　Part Two　Intercultural Perception

Unit Fifteen

　Part One　Media Group Details Attacks on the World Press in 2005

　Part Two　Intercultural Understanding

Unit Sixteen

　Part One　International Sustained Dialogue: Solving Long-Term Conflicts

　Part Two　Intercultural Adaptation

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