Unit 1 College Life 10
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 10
Intensive ReadingUniversities and Their Function 14
Extensive ReadingFeeling the Pinch 20
Reading & WritingThe College Experience 24
Unit 2 Learning to Learn 28
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 28
Intensive ReadingLive and Learn 34
Extensive ReadingSpeaking of Success 41
Reading & WritingTaking Notes on Your Journey—The Art of Journal Writing 45
Unit 3 Computer and Internet 52
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 52
Intensive ReadingThe Internet in Society's Evolution 58
Extensive ReadingAlienation and the Internet 65
Reading & WritingIs the Internet a Portal to Hell? 71
Unit 4 Personality and Interpersonal Relationships 76
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 76
Intensive ReadingGet a Dynamic Personality for Super Success 81
Extensive ReadingThe Power of Positive Thinking 88
Reading & WritingProfits of Praise 93
Unit 5 Stress and Mental Health 98
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 98
Intensive ReadingStress 106
Extensive ReadingLess Pressure,Better Performance 113
Reading & WritingPressure on Students Causes Social Problems 121
Unit 6 Food and Health 126
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 126
Intensive ReadingThe Paradox of Our Diet 132
Extensive ReadingFast Food as Healthy Food? 139
Reading & WritingA Dietary Minority 143
Unit 7 Sports 150
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 150
Intensive ReadingPresence of Olympism 153
Extensive ReadingX-sports 161
Reading & WritingWin or Lose,Sportsmanship Helps You Get Through 166
Unit 8 Art and Music 172
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 172
Intensive ReadingLessons of Greatness in the Birthday Business 178
Extensive ReadingPlaying a Violin with Three Strings 186
Reading & WritingHow Does Music Affect Intelligence? 190
Unit 9 Holidays and Celebrations 198
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 198
Intensive ReadingHolidays:A Step to Acculturation 204
Extensive ReadingGlobal Gift Giving 211
Reading & WritingHoliday Parties Get Made Over:More Fun,Less Tradition 216
Unit 10 Travel and Tourism 222
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 222
Intensive ReadingTourism 226
Extensive ReadingWhy I Love Traveling 233
Reading & WritingThrough the Mists of Time 238
Unit 11 Jobs 244
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 244
Intensive ReadingMeaning at Work 248
Extensive ReadingMore Than Just a Job 255
Reading & WritingLoving the Job You Hate 260
Unit 12 Great People 266
Warm-up ActivitiesListening & Speaking 266
Intensive ReadingAchieving Personal Greatness 269
Extensive ReadingLincoln's Autobiography 275
Reading & WritingA Beautiful Mind:The Life of Mathematical Genius John Nash 283
Words & Expressions 289