Unit 1 Culture and Customs 1
Text A Dining Etiquette 2
Text B American Values 6
Text C Wedding Customs around the World 11
Unit 2 Sports 16
Text A Ding,from Zero to Hero 17
Text B Schumacher Retirement Marks End of an Era 20
Text C The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 24
Unit 3 Job 29
Text A The Interview 30
Text B "Apprentice"a Good Lesson in How to Land Job You Want 34
Text C 10 Hot Jobs for 2007 39
Unit 4 Kinship ＆ Love 43
Text A I Have Two Adopted Sisters 44
Text B Hunger for Your Love 48
Text C About Love 53
Unit 5 Famous People 57
Text A American Idol 58
Text B Chinese Socrates 64
Text C Musical Wizard 69
Unit 6 Education 74
Text A The'In'Crowd and Social Cruelty 75
Text B We're Raising Children Not Flowers 79
Text C Why People Should Study History 83
Unit 7 Holidays 89
Text A Father's Day and Mother's Day 90
Text B Halloween 95
Text C St.Valentine's Day and Chinese Valentine's Day 99
Unit 8 Internet 105
Text A The Rise of Baidu 106
Text B The Battle for the Internet 111
Text C Your Hobby+a Computer=Extra Money 117
Unit 9 Music 122
Text A The Final Week of TV Sensation Super Voice Girls 123
Text B Chinese Rock Music Grows Up 128
Text C Meeting the Beatles 134
Unit 10 Tourism 138
Text A Bungee Jumping 139
Text B The Giant Buddha of Leshan 144
Text C The Statue of Liberty 148
Unit 11 Pets 155
Text A Pets 156
Text B The Gifts We Give Our Dogs 160
Text C Let's Stop Keeping Pets 164
Unit 12 Technology 167
Text A Google:A Brief History of the Search Engine 168
Text B Robot 173
Text C Computer Networks 178
Unit 13 Entertainments 183
Text A No Stumping for Culture in the French Presidential Election 184
Text B Arkin Wins Supporting—Actor Oscar 189
Text C Singing and Doing the Hustle in Austin 194
Unit 14 Environment 183 198
Text A Experts Warn Warming will Harm Society,Nature 199
Text B On the Climate Change Beat,Doubt Gives Way to Certainty 204
Text C Breathing Lessons 210
Unit 15 Health 215
Text A Drinking Water Smarts 216
Text B Insomnia 221
Text C AIDS 226
Unit 16 Finance 231
Text A Shares Continue to Sink,from Hongkong to New York 232
Text B In Florida,a Company Finds a New Way to Sell Hurricane Insurance 236
Text C Marketing 241
参考答案 246