Unit 1 AchievingYour Goals 1
Text A Managing Your Time 2
Text B Motivation 10
Unit 2 Enjoying Music 14
Text A The Functions and Effects of Music 15
Text B Introduction of Peking Opera 25
Unit 3 Education 29
Text A Education 30
Text B How Books Helped Shape My Life 37
Unit 4 Getting Close to Hemingway 43
Text A A Clean，Well-Lighted Place 44
Text B Indian Camp 52
Unit 5 Understanding Teenagers 57
Text A The Open Window 58
Text B The Ling 66
Unit 6 Social Norms 70
Text A English Talk Rules： the Mobile Phone 71
Text B A Kiss Is Just a...Pain 78
Unit 7 Dreams 82
Text A A Brother’s Dreams 83
Text B Dreams 90
Unit 8 Friendship 94
Text A Friend，Good Friends—and Such Good Friends 95
Text B The Turning Point of My Life 102
Unit 9 Language and Culture 105
Text A If Black English Isn’t a Language，Then Tell Me，What Is？ 106
Text B Conversational Ballgames 115
Unit 10 We Are Different 118
Text A Your Actions Speak Louder 119
Text B An Individualist American in Socialist China—Cultural Barriers to Sino-U.S.Friendship 128
Unit 11 The Greatest Love—Parental Love 134
Text A On the Shoulders of a Hero 135
Text B Mother and Son 142
Unit 12 The Secret of Success 147
Text A Application and Perseverance Give Results 148
Text B My Most Unforgettable Character 158
Unit 13 Your Attitude toward Life 163
Text A On Running after One’s Hat 164
Text B The Scroll Marked One 173
Unit 14 Chicken Soup for the Soul 178
Text A My Irreplaceable Treasure 179
Text B The Call to Parenthood 187
生词总表 191