Reading Skill:Context Clue to Word MeaningI 1
Unit1 University Student Life 2
TextA On Being a Student 3
TextB Getting the Best Value for Time 8
Unit2 Culture Shock 14
TextA Making a Cultural Change 15
TextB The Problem of Adjustment in New Cultural Environments 20
Unit3 Movie 25
TextA How Do the Movies Do It 26
TextB The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse 31
Unit4 Food 38
TextA A Food Tour of the United States 39
TextB Dinner Invitations 43
Reading Skill:Context Clue to Word Meaning II 51
Unit5 Business 52
TextA Levi Strauss Company 53
TextB W Edwards Deming 58
Unit6 Sports 64
TextA Football Fans and Football Violence 65
TextB How the Olympic Games Started 70
Unit7 Shyness 77
TextA Overcome Shyness 78
TextB How to Make a Good Impression 82
Unit8 Native Peoples 89
TextA Native American Influences on Modem A merican Culture 90
TextB Endangered Peoplel 95
Reading Skill:Understanding Sentences 101
Unit9 Bible Stories 102
TextA The Story of Crcation 103
TextB The Birth of Jesus Christ 107
Unit10 Festivals and Holidays 113
TextA Christmas 114
TextB Fourth of July 118
Unit11 Advertisements 125
TextA The Advertising Standards Authority An Advertising Watchdog 126
TextB How Advertisement Is Done 132
Unit12 Agriculture 139
TextA The Agricultural Revolution 140
TextB Agricultural News 144
Reading Skill :Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea 151
Unit13 Psychology 152
TextA Maslow s Hierarchy of Needl 153
TextB Generdl Psychology:the Study of Behavior 159
Unit14 Mysteries 165
TextA Have You Ever Seen aUFO 166
TextB A Dustbin of Unsolved Mysteries 171
Unit15 Computer 178
TextA Multimedia Language-Learning CD ROMS 179
TextB Michael Dell s Two-Billion-Dollar Dream 184
Unit16 Physical Fitness 191
TextA SomeMyths atout Physical Fitness 192
TextB Getting Thin-for Good 197
Unit17 Pseudoscience 204
TextA Analyze Yourself with the Help of Doodles 205
TextB Horoscopes 211
Unit18 Fiction 218
TextA Whitewashing Aunt Polly l Fence 219
TextB Rip Van Winkle 224