Unit 1 Public and Private People:People and Family 1
Lesson 1 Mahatma Gandhi 2
Lesson 2 Virginia Woolf 10
Lesson 3 Trouble in Paradise 18
Lesson 4 A War Story 26
Lesson 5 WW Ⅱ-Oskar and Emilie Schindler 34
Lesson 6 An Interview with Yao Ming 44
Unit 2 Big,Small,Beautiful or Ugly?Describing Things 55
Lesson 7 Air Pollution 56
Lesson 8 How to Grow the Reddest,Juiciest Tomatoes 66
Unit 3 That's Not Right!Ethics,Debating,Crime and the Law 75
Lesson 9 When It's Okay to Tell White Lies 76
Lesson 10 Gay Marriage 84
Lesson 11 Violence and the Media 92
Lesson 12 Homelessness in the City 100
Lesson 13 You've Been Misunderstood 106
Lesson 14 Horoscopes 116
Unit 4 What More Could You Want?Food,Leisure and Travel 125
Lesson 15 Distinguishing between Different Types of Wine 126
Lesson 16 Cricket and Baseball 134
Lesson 17 Dress Codes for Different Occasions 142
Lesson 18 Going to Town 150
Unit 5 A Hard Day's Work:Business,Education and the Working World 157
Lesson 19 Working Abroad 158
Lesson 20 A Dull Lecture 166
Lesson 21 The Perfect Job 174
Lesson 22 The Overheads of Setting Up a Restaurant Business 184
Lesson 23 Buying Insurance over the Phone 194
Unit 6 The Art of Words:Art,English and Literature 203
Lesson 24 The Four Seasons 204
Lesson 25 Different English Accents 212
Lesson 26 A Chapter from a Classic Novel 218
Unit 7 The Science of Numbers:Money,Technology,Maths and Science 127
Lesson 27 Mathematics in Ancient Egypt 228
Lesson 28 Hybrid Cars 236
Lesson 29 Internet Banking 242
Lesson 30 Remote Learning:University Online 250
Lesson 31 Magnets 258
Lesson 32 The New Space Race 266
Lesson 33 Future Transport 276
Unit 8 Rulers of the World:Government and Politics 285
Lesson 34 Western Health Care 286
Lesson 35 The USA:World Police or World Invader? 294
Lesson 36 Russian Terrorism 302
Lesson 37 Abusing Power-Government Corruption 310