Unit 1 Going to College 2
Reading 2
Text A Leaving Home for College 2
Text B Saving Money for College by My Own 5
Text C Looking Up a Word 10
Listening 12
Tips for English Learning 12
Speaking and Writing 13
Unit 2 Wildlife 16
Reading 16
Text A Snakes 16
Text B The Female Mosquitoes 19
Text C Reading Newspaper Stories 24
Listening 25
The Polar Bear 25
Speaking and Writing 26
Unit 3 Famous People 30
Reading 30
Text A Tim Duncan:A Champion's Heart 30
Text B Making the Impossible Possible 33
Text C An Application Form of a University 39
Listening 41
Walt Disney 41
Speaking and Writing 42
Unit 4 Important Occasions 44
Reading 44
Text A The Double Ninth Festival 44
Text B Christmas Orange 47
Text C Mother's Pride 52
Listening 54
Spring Festival 54
Speaking and Writing 55
Unit 5 Evergreen Love 58
Reading 58
Text A Lu Ji Concealed Tangerines 58
Text B Love Can Last Forever 60
Text C Love Yourself 65
Listening 67
Mom's Love 67
Speaking and Writing 68
Unit 6 Fad ＆ Fashion 72
Reading 72
Text A Addictions of Our Times 72
Text B Fashion Victims 74
Text C Personality Test 80
Listening 81
Cross Embroidery 81
Speaking and Writing 81
Unit 7 Outside World 84
Reading 84
Text A Rambling in Fenghuang 84
Text B Spotlight on Chengdu 87
Text C Tourist Information 92
Listening 94
Reasons for Traveling 94
Speaking and Writing 95
Unit 8 Touching Stories 98
Reading 98
Text A The Importance of Being Honest 98
Text B Trust 102
Text C Singapore Classified Advertisement 106
Listening 107
Han Kang—the One-Price Man 107
Speaking and Writing 108
Appendices 109
Words and Expressions in Each Unit 109
Glossary 118