Unit One 1
Dialogues:A.How to Write a Résumé? 1
B.Is My Résumé All Right? 1
Text:The Sea 4
Grammar:Adjectives＆Adverbs:Comparative＆Superlative Degrees 6
Writing:Paragraph—Topic Sentence 9
Reading:Polite and Rude 17
Unit Two 22
Dialogues:A.Tang Bin Goes for an Interview 22
B.What Are the Hours? 23
Text:A Letter to a Teacher 25
Grammar:Ⅰ.Attributive Clause 28
Ⅱ.Possessive Pronoun 32
Writing:Paragraph—Developer,Transitional Sentence＆Conclusion 32
Reading:It Was a Good Barn 39
Unit Three 45
Dialogues:A.I Want to Apply for the Job 45
B.What Shall I Do for the Application? 45
Text:Kites 48
Grammar:Voice 51
Writing:Paragraph—Unity 54
Reading:Home Schooling—An American Phenomenon 60
Unit Four 65
Dialogues:A.What Do You Think of This Letter? 65
B.Do You Think the End Is All Right? 65
Text:Late One Evening 67
Grammar:Ⅰ.Past Perfect 72
Ⅱ.Past Perfect Progressive 74
Writing:Paragraph—Coherence(1) 75
Reading:Changing Attitudes to Lifelong Employment 83
Unit Five 88
Dialogues:A.At a Travel Agent's 88
B.Tourist Information 88
Text:Fire!Fire! 91
Grammar:Ⅰ.Past Progressive 94
Ⅱ.The Articles 96
Writing:Paragraph—Coherence(2) 98
Reading:Ban This Noise from the Stadium 105
Unit Six 110
Dialogues:A.Finding Accommodation 110
B.A Conducted Tour 110
Text:Memory 113
Grammar:Indirect Speech 115
Writing:List＆Example Paragraphs 117
Reading:Billionaire Bill 122
Unit Seven 128
Dialogues:A.We'd Be Very Happy to Come 128
B.We Enjoyed Ourselves Very Much 128
Text:Oil 131
Grammar:"It"Structures 134
Writing:Chronological Paragraphs,Spatial Paragraphs,Process Paragraphs 135
Reading:Jogging 142
Unit Eight 147
Dialogues:A.Cheers! 147
B.What About Some Fruit? 147
Text:Crazy About Animals 150
Grammar:Present Participle 154
Writing:Classification＆Definition 155
Reading:The Web Lifestyle 160
Unit Nine 165
Dialogues:A.Where Is the Manager's Room? 165
B.Where Is the Reception Room? 166
Text:How to Make Money—And How Not to? 168
Grammar:Past Participle 174
Writing:Comparison＆Contrast 174
Reading:Laughter Is the Best Medicine 181
Unit Ten 187
Dialogues:A.How Can I Get to the Harbor? 187
B.How Can I Get to the International Hotel? 188
Text:Time to Leave the Nest Yet? 190
Grammar:Gerund 194
Writing:Cause＆Effect 195
Reading:Pocket Money 200
Appendix 205
Vocabulary List 205