Unit 1 Campus Life 2
Reading 2
Text A Student Leadership Today 2
Text B The Day I Flunked out of Law School 6
Text C Hospitality/Culinary 12
Listening 13
Types of Interviewing 13
Speaking and Writing 14
Unit 2 We Are What We Eat 18
Reading 18
Text A How Much Do You Eat?How Much Do You Burn? 18
Text B Childhood"Globesity" 23
Text C Sports and Calories Used 28
Listening 30
US Drink Companies Not to Sell Sugary Soda in Schools 30
Speaking and Writing 31
Unit 3 Cyberspace 34
Reading 34
Text A Job-hunting Online 34
Text B Are You Being Watched Online? 38
Text C How to Write a Resume? 44
Listening 46
Online Dating 46
Speaking and Writing 47
Unit 4 The Adolescent Life Today 50
Reading 50
Text A The Multitasking Generation 50
Text B Teen Brains and Drugs 54
Text C Memos 60
Listening 63
Thumb Culture 63
Speaking and Writing 64
Unit 5 Changes in the Family 66
Reading 66
Text A Changes in the Family 66
Text B The Nest Is Empty 70
Text C Adyertisement 76
Listening 78
Doing the DINK 78
Speaking and Writing 79
Unit 6 Sportsmanship 82
Reading 82
Text A Olympics—Past and Present 82
Text B Guilty vs Innocent 86
Text C This Week's Highlights 92
Listening 93
Fuwa 93
Speaking and Writing 94
Unit 7 Music and Life 98
Reading 98
Text A How Jazz Began 98
Text B Music 103
Text C Speaker Distance Setting 109
Listening 110
Music Power 110
Speaking and Writing 111
Unit 8 Sentiment 114
Reading 114
Text A Impact 114
Text B I Forgive You 119
Text C Bailey Guarantee 126
Listening 128
A Mother's Love 128
Speaking and Writing 129
Appendices 131
Words and Expressions in Each Unit 131
Glossary 142