Unit 1 AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE 1
Lead-in Dialogue 1
Listening＆Speaking 2
Text A American Government 9
Text B Melting Pot 20
Unit 2 EDUCATION 29
Lead-in Passage 29
Listening＆Speaking 30
Text A Raising Children in America 36
Text B Divorced Parents Do a Good Job 46
Unit 3 INTERNATIONAL NEWSLead-in Passage 53
Listening＆Speaking 54
Text A United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali Poised for Political Breakthrough 61
Text B Who's Counting? 73
Unit 4 BUSINESS ENGLISHLead-in Dialogue 81
Listening＆Speaking 82
Text A Job Advertisement Ⅰ 89
Text B Job Advertisement Ⅱ 101
Unit 15 OFFICE CULTURE 107
Lead-in Dialogue 107
Listening＆Speaking 108
Text A Conflict in the Workplace 114
Text B Will Job Hopping Land You at Your Dream Job? 125
Unit 6 HISTORY OF ENGLISHLead-in Passage 131
Listening＆Speaking 132
Text A Global English 138
Text B A Changed and Changing Language 149
Unit 7 E-GOVERNMENT 157
Lead-in Passage 157
Listening＆Speaking 158
Text A Hong Kong E-Government 164
Text B Customer Relationship Management 174
Unit 8 TOURISM ECONOMY 181
Lead-in Passage 181
Listening＆Speaking 182
Text A Trade Deal Could Mean More Chinese Tourists in America 188
Text B Medical Tourism 199
Unit 9 LITERATURE 205
Lead-in Passage 205
Listening＆Speaking 206
Text A J.K.Rowling and Harry Potter 211
Text B J.R.R.Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings 221
Unit 10 E-BUSINESS 229
Lead-in Passage 229
Listening＆Speaking 230
Text A E-commerce:the Future of Business 237
Text B Is eBay Dead in China 247
Appendix Glossary 254