Unit 1 3
Warm-up Activity 3
Text A The Violin in the Late-Afternoon Sun 4
Text B Life in a Violin Case 12
Critical Thinking 17
Grammar Subordinate Clause 18
Writing Topic Sentences 20
Cultural Focus The Chinese Guqin 22
Unit 2 25
Warm-up Activity 25
Text A Walt Disney&It All Started with a Mouse 26
Text B Coco Chanel&A Woman of Her Own 34
Critical Thinking 40
Grammar Nominal Clause （1） 41
Writing Paragraph Development by Examples 44
Cultural Focus Qi Baishi 46
Unit 3 49
Warm-up Activity 49
Text A The Story of Fast Food 50
Text B Genetically Modified Food：Which Side Are You on？ 58
Critical Thinking 64
Grammar Nominal Clause（2） 64
Writing Paragraph Development by Comparison and Contrast 67
Cultural Focus Let Food Be Your Medicine 70
Unit 4 73
Warm-up Activity 73
Text A The Right Thing to Do 74
Text B My Greatest Olympic Prize 82
Critical Thinking 88
Grammar Relative Clause （1） 89
Writing Paragraph Development by Space Sequence 92
Cultural Focus Chinese Taiji Quan 94
Unit 5 97
Warm-up Activity 97
Text A My Favorite Liar 98
Text B Can Technology Kill Off the Exam？ 106
Critical Thinking 112
Grammar Relative Clause （2） 113
Writing Paragraph Development by Time Sequence 115
Cultural Focus Four-， Five- and Seven-Character Poetry 118
Unit 6 121
Warm-up Activity 121
Text A The Price of Fame 122
Text B Commencement Address at Stanford University（excerpted） 130
Critical Thinking 134
Grammar Adverbial Clause （1） 135
Writing Paragraph Development by Cause and Effect 138
Cultural Focus Symbols of Luck and Good Fortune in China 140
Unit 7 143
Warm-up Activity 143
Text A How to View Art 144
Text B Is Impressionism Too Popular for Its Own Good？ 152
Critical Thinking 157
Grammar Adverbial Clause （2） 159
Writing Paragraph Development by Classification 161
Cultural Focus Chinese Calligraphy 164
Unit 8 167
Warm-up Activity 167
Text A How Safe Can Artificial Intelligence Be？ 168
Text B Technology Pervading Global Society 177
Critical Thinking 182
Grammar Adverbial Clause （3） 183
Writing Concluding Sentences 186
Cultural Focus The Four Great Inventions 190
附录 193
附录Ⅰ词汇表 193
附录Ⅱ短语表 201