Unit 1 1
Text A What is in a name？ 1
Text B Properly speaking... 4
Unit 2 9
Text A Special food 9
Text B Health tips-Here’s looking Ah-CHOO 13
Unit 3 17
Text A Words can give you power 17
Text B Doing away with King’s English 21
Text A Paradox of our times 26
Unit 4 26
Text B My first job 29
Unit 5 34
Text A Let dictionary be your friend 34
Text B Three most important festivals in UK 38
Unit 6 42
Text A For or against smoking in public places 42
Text B Stress for success 45
Unit 7 49
Text A Football 49
Text B The message behind the smile 53
Text A The brain-the most powerful computer in the universe 57
Unit 8 57
Text B Understanding your owner 61
Unit 9 65
Text A Going home 65
Text B Food and culture 69
Unit 10 74
Text A Mid-Autumn Feast 74
Text B A look at tomorrow 78
Unit 11 82
Text A Paper-a really tough material 82
Text B John Williams 86
Text A Australia 91
Unit 12 91
Text B The young and the old 95
Unit 13 99
Text A The glorious past of China 99
Text B Do feelings only belong to human beings？ 103
Unit 14 108
Text A Job for the future 108
Text B Teens like part-time jobs 112
Unit 15 117
Text A All that is happening in the music world 117
Text B They youngest painter in the world 121
Text A To swim the English Channel at 58 126
Unit 16 126
Text B Secret message to ourselves 130
Unit 17 135
Text A Receiving education in Britain 135
Text B A birthday present 139
Unit 18 144
Text A Languages easy for kids 144
Text B Turning off TV：a quiet hour 148
Unit 19 152
Text A Sam Adams，industrial engineer 152
Text B The dinner party 156
Text A Going grocery shopping：Let your fingers do the walking 160
Unit 20 160
Text B World water rising 164
Unit 21 168
Text A The risks of life 168
Text B Lessons from Jefferson 172
Unit 22 177
Text A My first interview 177
Text B Public relations 181
Unit 23 187
Text A How is paper money printed？ 187
Text B The origins of writing 191
Unit 24 196
Text A The rich get richer faster than ever 196
Text B A hidden temple 200
Unit 25 204
Text A Whatever happened to the future 204
Text B Massive shock strikes western India 207
Unit 26 211
Text A Seize the day，achieve dreams 211
Text B The queen of Central Park 215
Text A Back to nature 220
Unit 27 220
Text B The Bermuda Triangle 224
Unit 28 231
Text A Life upstairs in the forest 231
Text B The missing monarchs 234
Unit 29 239
Text A Teenager’s nightmare 239
Text B “Greyhound ——a long-distance bus in U. S. 242
Unit 30 247
Text A Back to life 247
Text B Geneva 251
Key to the exercises(练习答案) 256