Unit 1 1
Uuit Overview 1
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 2
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 5
Text A The End of Dinosaurs 5
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 33
Text B Disco Dancing 33
Unit 2 41
Uuit Overview 41
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 42
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 45
Text A Television?No Thanks! 45
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 76
Text B The Tango 76
Unit 3 82
Uuit Overview 82
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 83
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 86
Text A Inspiration from Life 86
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 102
Text B The Blues—the Song of the Walking Wounded 102
Unit 4 109
Uuit Overview 109
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 110
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 113
Text A Soapy's Winter Home 113
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 126
Text B Olympic Symbols 126
Unit 5 134
Uuit Overview 134
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 135
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 138
Text A The Peoples of Britain 138
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 160
Text B Sporting Invention of British 160
Unit 6 169
Uuit Overview 169
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 170
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 173
Text A Faster Runners 173
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 193
Text B Music to Your Ears Can Be Music for Your Heart,too 193
Unit 7 199
Uuit Overview 199
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 200
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 203
Text A Death:A Part of Life 203
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 218
Text B Italian Tenor Pavarotti Died at Age 71 218
Unit 8 226
Uuit Overview 226
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 227
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 230
Text A Cooking Our Food 230
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 248
Text B Tales of Life affer the Olympics 248