Part Ⅰ 3
Unit 1 Learning Strategies 3
Passage 1 Concentration in Reading 4
Passage 2 Reading Provides Necessary Survival Skills 6
Unit 2 Job Seeking 10
Passage 1 Winning the Job Interview Game 11
Passage 2 Secrets of Success at an Interview 13
Unit 3 Ways to Success 17
Passage 1 Mistakes Winners Don't Make(Ⅰ) 18
Passage 2 Mistakes Winners Don't Make(Ⅱ) 20
Unit 4 Marriage and Family 23
Passage 1 Wedding Customs and Superstitions 24
Passage 2 The Traditional American Wedding 26
Unit 5 Love and Life 30
Passage 1 Black Umbrellas,Golden Hearts 31
Passage 2 Gifts of Love 32
Unit 6 Teens and Parents 36
Passage 1 Tips for Working Parents—from Kids 37
Passage 2 Three Types of Parents 39
Unit 7 Child Raising 43
Passage 1 How Much Money Is Needed to Raise a Child? 44
Passage 2 Are Fairy Tales Good for Children? 46
Unit 8 Entertainment 49
Passage 1 Peking Opera 50
Passage 2 Television 51
Unit 9 Health and Fitness 56
Passage 1 The Futull Is Full of Good Health 57
Passage 2 American Attitude to Health 59
Unit 10 Social Life 62
Passage 1 Numbers 63
Passage 2 Watch Your Hand Gestures 65
Unit 11 Modern Science and Our Life 69
Passage 1 Cyber Step-mother 70
Passage 2 The Coming E-commerce Boom 72
Unit 12 Current Cares 76
Passage 1 Women Victimized by Rape,While Their Attackers Go Free 77
Passage 2 A Pink-collar Worker's Blues 79
Unit 13 Environment and Climate 82
Passage 1 The Killer Smogs 83
Passage 2 Saving the Rainforests for Future Generations 84
Unit 14 Advertisement 89
Passage 1 Advertising:The Selling of a Product 90
Passage 2 The Man Who Sold Cars 92
Unit 15 Tourism Today 96
Passage 1 Tourism 97
Passage 2 "Smokeless"Industry 99
Unit 16 Sports and Games 102
Passage 1 Sports Around the World 103
Passage 2 X-sports 104
Unit 17 Friendship 108
Passage 1 How American View Friendship and Love 109
Passage 2 Making Friends with Americans 110
Unit 18 Women Today 114
Passage 1 Women's Marriage in Japan 115
Passage 2 The American Women Today 116
Unit 19 Animal Myths 120
Passage 1 Why Do Humans and Apes Cradle Babies on Their Left Side? 121
Passage 2 Do Animals Think? 123
Unit 20 Geography 126
Passage 1 The Bermuda Triangle 127
Passage 2 The Atlantic Ocean 128
Part Ⅱ 135
Unit 1 Learning Strategies 135
Passage 1 The Learning Revolution:Relearn How to Read 136
Passage 2 Improving Your Memory 138
Unit 2 Job Seeking 142
Passage 1 Finding a Job 143
Passage 2 Good Luck to Your Job Seeking 145
Unit 3 Ways to Success 148
Passage 1 Annual Performance Review:Tool for Success? 149
Passage 2 How to Be a Leader 151
Unit 4 Marriage and Family 155
Passage 1 Families 156
Passage 2 The Changing American Family 158
Unit 5 Love and Life 161
Passage 1 A Simple Act of Love 162
Passage 2 The Yellow Shirt 164
Unit 6 Teens and Parents 167
Passage 1 American Parents 168
Passage 2 Prince of Rides 170
Unit 7 Child Raising 173
Passage 1 Children's Self-esteem 174
Passage 2 Premature Preschool Education 176
Unit 8 Entertainment 179
Passage 1 Hobbies 180
Passage 2 Universal Entertainment 182
Unit 9 Health and Fitness 185
Passage 1 Fallacies About Food 186
Passage 2 Passion for Health 188
Unit 10 Social Life 192
Passage 1 Food in America 193
Passage 2 American Love Card-sending 195
Unit 11 Modern Science and Our Life 198
Passage 1 Lasers,Super Light 199
Passage 2 Implanted Lenses 201
Unit 12 Current Cares 205
Passage 1 Unemployment 206
Passage 2 AIDS:Is Anyone Safe? 208
Unit 13 Environment and Climate 212
Passage 1 What Can We Do Towards Global Climate Change? 213
Passage 2 What's Wrong with Global Warming? 216
Unit 14 Advertisement 220
Passage 1 An Advertising Gimmick Shown on TV 221
Passage 2 On Advertising Today 223
Unit 15 Tourism Today 226
Passage 1 Technology Brings Virtual Reality to the Tourism Experience 227
Passage 2 A Dreamlike Paradise—the Disney Land 229
Unit 16 Sports and Games 233
Passage 1 Sports in Britain 234
Passage 2 Olympic Games 235
Unit 17 Friendship 239
Passage 1 Making Friends 240
Passage 2 A Friendship for All Time 242
Unit 18 Women Today 246
Passage 1 Frenchwomen Today 247
Passage 2 The Second Wave of Feminism 249
Unit 19 Animal Myths 252
Passage 1 Animals and Pain Ⅰ 253
Passage 2 Animals and Pain Ⅱ 255
Unit 20 Geography 258
Passage 1 The World's Oldest Ice 259
Passage 2 Icebergs Don't Sleep 261
Keys to Exercises 265