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Unit 1　Culture and Customs 1

Text A　Dining Etiquette 2

Text B　American Values 6

Text C　Wedding Customs around the World 11

Unit 2　Sports 16

Text A　Ding,from Zero to Hero 17

Text B　Schumacher Retirement Marks End of an Era 20

Text C　The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 24

Unit 3　Job 29

Text A　The Interview 30

Text B　"Apprentice"a Good Lesson in How to Land Job You Want 34

Text C　10 Hot Jobs for 2007 39

Unit 4　Kinship ＆ Love 43

Text A　I Have Two Adopted Sisters 44

Text B　Hunger for Your Love 48

Text C　About Love 53

Unit 5　Famous People 57

Text A　American Idol 58

Text B　Chinese Socrates 64

Text C　Musical Wizard 69

Unit 6　Education 74

Text A　The'In'Crowd and Social Cruelty 75

Text B　We're Raising Children Not Flowers 79

Text C　Why People Should Study History 83

Unit 7　Holidays 89

Text A　Father's Day and Mother's Day 90

Text B　Halloween 95

Text C　St.Valentine's Day and Chinese Valentine's Day 99

Unit 8　Internet 105

Text A　The Rise of Baidu 106

Text B　The Battle for the Internet 111

Text C　Your Hobby+a Computer=Extra Money 117

Unit 9　Music 122

Text A　The Final Week of TV Sensation Super Voice Girls 123

Text B　Chinese Rock Music Grows Up 128

Text C　Meeting the Beatles 134

Unit 10　Tourism 138

Text A　Bungee Jumping 139

Text B　The Giant Buddha of Leshan 144

Text C　The Statue of Liberty 148

Unit 11　Pets 155

Text A　Pets 156

Text B　The Gifts We Give Our Dogs 160

Text C　Let's Stop Keeping Pets 164

Unit 12　Technology 167

Text A　Google:A Brief History of the Search Engine 168

Text B　Robot 173

Text C　Computer Networks 178

Unit 13　Entertainments 183

Text A　No Stumping for Culture in the French Presidential Election 184

Text B　Arkin Wins Supporting—Actor Oscar 189

Text C　Singing and Doing the Hustle in Austin 194

Unit 14　Environment 183 198

Text A　Experts Warn Warming will Harm Society,Nature 199

Text B　On the Climate Change Beat,Doubt Gives Way to Certainty 204

Text C　Breathing Lessons 210

Unit 15　Health 215

Text A　Drinking Water Smarts 216

Text B　Insomnia 221

Text C　AIDS 226

Unit 16　Finance 231

Text A　Shares Continue to Sink,from Hongkong to New York 232

Text B　In Florida,a Company Finds a New Way to Sell Hurricane Insurance 236

Text C　Marketing 241

参考答案 246