Unit1 Life 1
Passage1 The Names of the Months 1
Passage2 The Boy Who Made Music 6
Passage3 Culture Shock 11
Passage4 The Thousandth Goal 16
Passage5 Anger Is Dangerous To Your Health 19
Passage6 Columbus 24
Passage7 Bruce and the Spider 28
Passage8 Eating habits 32
Passage9 The Best Advice I Ever Had 36
Passage10 Meals in Britain 40
Unit2 Culture 43
Passage1 The Italian Character 43
Passage2 The English Character 46
Passage3 The American Character 50
Passage4 The United States as a Multicultural Society 53
Passage5 Time As Americans See it 57
Unit3 Science and Technology 60
Passage1 The Mystery of Hypnosis 60
Passage2 Will We Travel to the Stars? 63
Passage3 The Gorilla Who Can Talk with Sign Language 67
Passage4 Rats'Brain Waves-A Hope to Trapped People 71
Passage5 Is the Era of Cellphone Ads Coming to Us? 74
Unite4 Eating 82
Passage1 Dinning Customs in America 82
Passage2 TheBuffet Supper 86
Passage3 Who Pays the Check? 90
Passage4 Fast food nation 94
Passage5 Health impact of soft drinks 98
Passage6 American Food Habits 102
Unite5 Movies 106
Passage1 Saving Private Ryan 106
Passage2 Sky High 110
Passage3 The Cider House Rules 113
Passage4 Adaptation 117
Unite6 Figures 121
Passage1 Angel 121
Passage2 The Rush Hour of Jackie Chan 125
Passage3 A New Toy for Curie's Daughter 130
Passage4 The Life for Equality-Martin Luther King 134
Passage5 Winston Churchill:His Other Life 139
Unite7 Animals 144
Passage1 Spare That Spider 144
Passage2 Bats 148
Passage3 The Butterfly Effect 151
Passage4 Porpoises 154
Passage5 Bird Flight 158
Unit8 Globe 161
Passage1 Animals in Australia 161
Passage2 Are Western Festival Undermining Chinese Culture 164
Passage3 Best Gifts Given by God 167
Passage4 Business Lunch and Culture 171
Passage5 Christmas Celebrations Around the World 175
Passage6 Education in New Zealand 179
Passage7 London-A Shopping Tour 182
Passage8 Some of England's Tourist Attractions 185
Passage9 The Abandoned cars 188
Passage10 Welcome to Canada 191