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Unit One Men and Women 2

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 2

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 3

Passage 1 Terra-cotta Warriors Get'Sex Change' 3

Passage 2 More than Just Friends?7 Secret Tests of Attraction 6

Passage 3 Jane Eyre(an excerpt) 11

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 13

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 14

Unit Two Becoming Greener 16

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 16

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 17

Passage 1 Now China's Super Rich Are Fleeing to Avoid Smog 17

Passage 2 Six Green Resolutions That Lead to Happiness 21

Passage 3 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin(an excerpt) 25

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 27

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 28

Unit Three Music World 31

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 31

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 32

Passage 1 Mounting a Musical Peak 32

Passage 2 Will We Ever...Understand Why Music Makes Us Feel Good? 36

Passage 3 The Old Man And The Sea(an excerpt) 41

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 43

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 44

Unit Four Travelling around 46

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 46

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 47

Passage 1 Overseas Travel Just the Ticket as Chinese Go on Vacation 47

Passage 2 A Museum ofMission 51

Passage 3 The American Scholar(anexcerpt) 56

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 59

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 60

Unit Five Ivory Towers 64

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 64

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 65

Passage 1 What Do You Do with Millions of Extra Graduates? 65

Passage 2 5 Mistakes to Avoid During Your Freshman Year of College 70

Passage 3 Work and Pleasure 74

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 75

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 76

Unit Six Buying Online 79

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 79

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 80

Passage 1 Web Retailer JD.com's I.P.O.Shows a Hunger for China 80

Passage 2 Amazon Holiday Delivery Woes：Send in the Drones! 84

Passage 3 Treasure Island(an excerpt) 88

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 90

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 91

Unit Seven Holidays for Fun 95

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 95

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 96

Passage 1 Halloween Gaining Popularity But Still Sees Cultural Differences 96

Passage 2 US Military to Be Used to'Track Santa Claus' 99

Passage 3 Pride and Prejudice(Chapter One) 103

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 105

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 106

Unit Eight Imagining Our Future 109

Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 109

Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 110

Passage 1 What Will China Be Like in 10 Years? 110

Passage 2 What If We Could Rebuild New York City? 113

Passage 3 A Friend in Need(an excerpt) 117

Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 119

Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 120

Appendix 123

Reference 123

Listening Scripts(Excerpt) 133