Unit 1　Language and Society 1 　Text A　Sociolinguistic Phenomenon: An Imaginary World 2 　Text B　Sociolinguistic Phenomenon: A Real but Exotic World 4 　Text C　Relationships Between Language and Society 10 Unit 2　Language and Culture 13 　Text A　Language and Culture 14 　Text B　Language Driven by Culture, Not Biology, Study Shows 17 　Text C　Lost in Translation 22 Unit 3　Language and Sex 28 　Text A　Language and Sex (I) 29 　Text B　Language and Sex (II) 32 　Text C　Language and Women’s Place 40 　Text D　Gender Differences in Communication 43 Unit 4　Word Borrowing and Language Contact 47 　Text A　Borrowing in the English Language 49 　Text B　Loan Word 51 　Text C　How Languages Influence Each Other 57 　Text D　Contact Explanations and Internal Explanations of Change 60 Unit 5　English Idioms 64 　Text A　Understanding Idioms 65 　Text B　English Idioms 75 　Text C　Top Ten American Idioms and Their Origins 78 Unit 6　Metaphors and Thought 80 　Text A　Metaphors We Live By 82 　Text B　Teaching Metaphor Through Pop Culture 92 　Text C　Thanksgiving Metaphors: “A Lot on My Plate” 94 　Text D　Metaphor and Cultural Coherence 97 Unit 7　Euphemisms and Taboos in Different Cultures 100 　Text A　Taboo and Euphemism 101 　Text B　Why Do We Use Euphemisms? 104 　Text C　Taboo 110 　Text D　Contamination and Camouflage in Euphemisms 113 Unit 8　Cultural Thought Patterns in Intercultural Education 118 　Text A　Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter-cultural Education (I) 120 　Text B　Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter-cultural Education (II) 130 　Text C　An American Writing Teacher in China 138 Unit 9　Cultural Relativism 143 　Text A　Understanding Cultural Relativism 144 　Text B　This Forest Is Ours 150 　Text C　Education Abroad—Going Native or Standing Firm 154 　Text D　The Challenge of Cultural Relativism 156 Unit 10　Linguistic Relativism 161 　Text A　Language and Thought Processes 162 　Text B　Language and Thought 169 　Text C　Language May Shape Human Thought 173 Unit 11　Linguistic Imperialism 175 　Text A　What Is Linguistic Imperialism? 176 　Text B　Global English 177 　Text C　Quebec: A Case of Cultural and Linguistic Imperialism? 186 　Text D　Lingua Franca Discourse 190 Unit 12　Language in an Online Global World 194 　Text A　Always on: New Literacy and Language in an Online Global World 195 　Text B　Emojis, a New Writing System, a New Language, or Nothing New under the 　　　　 Sun? 204 　Text C　The Age of Twitter 208