Unit One Growing Up 1
Text A The Baby Eagle 3
Text B Through the Eyes of a Child 10
Translation in Focus Amplification 15
Unit Two Dealing with Relationships 19
Text A Friendship of American Style 21
Text B Valentine's Day 28
Translation in Focus Omission 34
Unit Three Make a Miracle 38
Text A The Price of a Miracle 40
Text B Power of Encouragement 46
Translation in Focus Conversion of Part of Speech 50
Unit Four Riddles of Food 55
Text A We Are What We Eat 57
Text B Just Slow Down and Eat 64
Translation in Focus Translation of English and Chinese Numerals 68
Unit Five Parents'Love 84
Text A A Goodbye Kiss 86
Text B Living with Your Teen:Understanding the Changing Parent-Teen Relationship 92
Translation in Focus Translation of Negative Sentences 96
Unit Six Animal Legend 103
Text A The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac 105
Text B A Clever Dog 111
Translation in Focus The Adjustment of Sentence Order 115
Unit Seven Colorful Culture 119
Text A Cool Shirt!What Does It Mean Exactly? 121
Text B Local Dialects Making Noise 128
Translation in Focus The Conversion of Sentence Constituents 133
Unit Eight This I Believe 137
Text A Being Content with Myself 139
Text B A Kind and Generous Heart 146
Translation in Focus Translation of Sentences with Passive Voice 151
Unit Nine Study and Career 165
Text A Does a Degree Guarantee You a Good Job? 167
Text B Unleashing Your Creativity 174
Translation in Focus Translation of Attributive Clause 178
Unit Ten Thinking Positively 181
Text A Dreams 183
Text B A Positive Attitude Works 189
Translation in Focus Translation of Adverbial Clause 192
Unit Eleven Hi-tech and Modern Life 196
Text A Calling All the World's Mobile Phone Users 198
Text B New Tricks of ID Thieves 205
Translation in Focus Literal Translation or Liberal Translation 209
Unit Twelve Celebrities and Fashion 213
Text A Single Celebrities Look for Love 215
Text B Dresses Show Queen's'Model-Perfect'Figure 222
Translation in Focus Translation of English Long Sentences 227
Test Three 231
Glossary 241