Unit 1 Love 1
Part One Preparation 1
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 1
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 2
In-Class Reading A Good Heart to Lean On 2
After-Class Reading 8
Passage Ⅰ A Kiss for Kate 8
Passage Ⅱ Benefits from Pets 10
Part Four Further Development 12
Quiz 1 14
Unit 2 Psychology in Our Daily Life 18
Part One Preparation 18
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 18
In-Class Reading Is There a Doctor in the Body? 19
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 19
After-Class Reading 23
Passage Ⅰ The Psychology of Money 23
Passage Ⅱ How to Jump Queue Fury 25
Passage Ⅲ Comforting Thoughts 29
Part Four Further Development 30
Quiz 2 31
Unit 3 Culture 34
Part One Preparation 34
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 34
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 36
In-Class Reading Bridging Cultural Gaps Gracefully 36
After-Class Reading 43
Passage Ⅰ Dining Customs in America 43
Passage Ⅱ Chinese and American Culture 48
Passage Ⅲ Specific Taboos 53
Part Four Further Development 56
Quiz 3 58
Unit 4 Holidays and Special Days 62
Part One Preparation 62
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 62
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 63
In-Class Reading A Merry Christmas 63
After-Class Reading 69
Passage Ⅰ Merry Christmas 69
Passage Ⅱ April Fools Day 72
Part Four Further Development 76
Quiz 4 78
Unit 5 Money 82
Part One Preparation 82
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 83
In-Class Reading Time Spent Agonizing over Money 84
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 84
After-Class Reading 90
Passage Ⅰ Elias: A Parable 90
Passage Ⅱ A Letter to God 97
Part Four Further Development 103
Quiz 5 104
Unit 6 Shopping 109
Part One Preparation 109
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 109
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 110
In-Class Reading Consumer Behavior of Young People 110
After-Class Reading 120
Passage Ⅰ About Buying Things 120
Passage Ⅱ The Older Subculture 124
Passage Ⅲ Bargains 129
Part Four Further Development 134
Quiz 6 136
Unit 7 Emotions and Health 140
Part One Preparation 140
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 140
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 141
In-Class Reading The Secrets of Good Health 141
After-Class Reading 149
Passage Ⅰ Your Anger Can Kill You 149
Passage Ⅱ How to Live to Be 100 155
Part Four Further Development 159
Quiz 7 160
Unit 8 Social Problems 163
Part One Preparation 163
In-Class Reading Latchkey Children—Knock, Knock, Is Anybody Home? 164
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 164
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 164
After-Class Reading 175
Passage Ⅰ It s a Mugger s Game in Manhattan 175
Passage Ⅱ Thief 179
Part Four Further Development 183
Quiz 8 185
Unit 9 The Joy of Travel 189
Part One Preparation 189
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 190
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 191
In-Class Reading Transformative Travel 191
After-Class Reading 197
Passage Ⅰ The Romance of Train Travel 197
Passage Ⅱ Aruba 200
Part Four Further Development 202
Quiz 9 203
Unit 10 Man and Animals 206
Part One Preparation 206
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 207
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 208
In-Class Reading Aggression in Humans and Animals 208
After-Class Reading 216
Passage Ⅰ Should the Navy Draft Dolphins? 216
Passage Ⅱ Animals on the Job 219
Part Four Further Development 222
Quiz 10 224
Unit 11 Advertising 228
Part One Preparation 228
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 228
In-Class Reading What Advertising Does to Us 229
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 229
After-Class Reading 237
Passage Ⅰ Advertising: The Selling of a Product 237
Passage Ⅱ Should Advertising Be Banned? 239
Part Four Further Development 246
Quiz 11 247
Unit 12 Reflections on Life 250
Part One Preparation 250
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 250
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 251
In-Class Reading A Diary of the Century 251
After-Class Reading 257
Passage Ⅰ Age and Youth 257
Passage Ⅱ Let the Questions In 262
Part Four Further Development 265
Quiz 12 268