Unit 1 Love 1
Text A On the shoulders of a hero 4
Dialogue The Godfather 11
Text B Return to paradise 13
Guided writing Introduction to narrative writing 18
Grammar Subjunctive mood 1 20
Unit 2 Nature 24
Text A Thepond in winter 26
Dialogue Vacation plans 34
Text B An experiment in living 36
Guided writing Introduction to descriptive writing 41
Grammar Subjunctive mood 2 44
Unit 3 Public speeches 48
Text A Two truths to live by—hold fast,and let go 50
Dialogue Let yourself go 58
Text B Princess Diana's eulogy 59
Guided writing Introduction to argumentative writing 66
Grammar Subject-verb concord 1 70
Unit 4 Sports 74
Text A Athletes should be role models 76
Dialogue Little league 83
Text B An interview with Michael Jordan 85
Guided writing Introduction to expository writing 89
Grammar Subject-verb concord 2 92
Unit 5 Success 96
Text A The winner's guide to success 98
Dialogue A national figure—Winston Churchill 105
Text B How to spell success 107
Guided writing Notices 112
Grammar As-clauses 114
Unit 6 Legend and mythology 118
Text A Mulan 120
Dialogue About literature 128
Text B Turtle and the sky bowl 129
Guided writing Note writing 1 133
Grammar Relative clause 1 135
Unit 7 Genetic engineering 140
Text A Science has spoiled my supper 142
Dialogue A self-service market 150
Text B Genetically engineered foods—risk to humanity 151
Guided writing Note writing 2 157
Grammar Relative clause 2 160
Unit 8 Information technology 162
Text A Internet:Savior or murderer? 164
Dialogue The information superhighway 172
Text B I'd rather you called 174
Guided writing Note writing 3 179
Grammar Negative sentence 182
Unit 9 Law and life 188
Text A A brush with the law 190
Dialogue Speeding doesn't pay 199
Text B Mobile phone companies sued 201
Guided writing Letter writing 1 208
Grammar Inversion 210
Unit 10 The aims of education 214
Text A Lives on the boundary 216
Dialogue Back to school 224
Text B Can a former dropout save New York's schools? 226
Guided writing Letter writing 2 232
Grammar Emphatic construction 234
Unit 11 The outer space 238
Text A Is there life elsewhere in the universe 240
Dialogue Global positioning system(GPS) 248
Text B Voyager I:Now the most distant human-made object in space 250
Guided writing Letter writing 3 256
Grammar Modification 1 258
Unit 12 Ethnic Americans 262
Text A Chinese-American women in American culture 264
Dialogue Enjoy learning from a new culture 272
Text B Freedom's woman 274
Guided writing Letter and resume writing 279
Grammar Modification 2 280
Appendix Glossary 285