Unit 1 Learning Strategies 1
Text A Motivation 1
Text B A Language Teacher's Personal Opinion 4
Unit 2 Royal Family 7
Text A Princess Diana 7
Text B A Fairy-Tale Wedding 9
Unit 3 Education 13
Text A American Education 13
Text B Changes to Come in U.S. Education 16
Unit 4 Animals' Intelligence 19
Text A Lightening 19
Text B The Race 22
Unit 5 Moral Lessons 26
Text A Wealth,Success and Love 26
Text B The Rich Man and the Poor Man 28
Unit 6 A Tender Feeling 32
Text A They are Coming for Christmas 32
Text B My Forever Valentine 34
Unit 7 Carelessness 38
Text A The Wedding Dress 38
Text B The Date Father Didn't Keep 41
Unit 8 Dream 44
Text A A Girl in Her Wheelchair 44
Text B Never Too Old to Live for Your Dream Test Yourself(1) 50
Unit 9 Functions of Laugh 57
Text A What's in a Smile 57
Text B Why We Laugh 60
Unit 10 On Success 64
Text A The True Meaning of a Real Millionaire 64
Text B What Makes a Millennial Mind 67
Unit 11 Life 71
Text A An Office Boy or a Billionaire 71
Text B Four Words That Changed a Life 74
Unit 12 Terrorism 77
Text A The Terrorist 77
Text B Bomb 79
Unit 13 Culture 83
Text A Wall Street 83
Text B The White House 86
Unit 14 Values 90
Text A Values of Today 90
Text B Values of the Real American 93
Unit 15 Trust 97
Text A Trust 97
Text B Dusk 99
Unit 16 American Families 103
Text A Characters of American Residence 103
Text B Changing American Families Test Yourself(2) 109
Unit 17 Study Habits 115
Text A How to Get Straight A's 115
Text B Does Cramming Help? 117
Unit 18 Happiness 121
Text A Happiness 121
Text B A Simple Truth about Happiness 123
Unit 19 Memory of Mother 127
Text A Every Day Is My Mother's Day 127
Text B A Doll and a White Rose 130
Unit 20 Mutual Gain 133
Text A An Angel to Mr. Gillespie 133
Text B The Person Who Went out of His Way 135
Unit 21 Genetic Engineering 140
Text A Life Before Sex Strikes Fear in the Soul 140
Text B One Giant Leap into the Unknown 143
Unit 22 Friends 147
Text A True Friends 147
Text B The Monkey and the Crocodile 149
Unit 23 Neighbors 154
Text A Spring Thaw 154
Text B Just Detours 156
Unit 24 Protection of Environment 159
Text A Develop Your Own Helping Rituals 159
Text B The Butterfly on the Redwood 161
Test Yourself(3) 165
Keys to Book One 172