Reading Skill Ⅰ Skimming 1
UNITS TITLE 1
Unit One 3
Lesson One The Peoples of Britain 3
Lesson Two American Parents 9
Passage One Mother s Day 13
Passage Two Retirement 15
Passage Three Special Birthday Gifts 16
Unit Two 19
Lesson One The Grass Is Always Greener 19
Lesson Two Books 24
Passage One The Missing Shoes 28
Passage Two Computer Translation 29
Passage Three Live and Learn 31
Lesson One A Hand to Hold 34
Unit Three 34
Lesson Two Friendship in Different Cultures 40
Passage One Flood of the Blind Migrants 44
Passage Two The American Way: Freedom 45
Passage Three The British Educational System 47
Unit Four 50
Lesson One Searching the Web with Yahoo! 50
Lesson Two Seal Watch 55
Passage One The Farmer and the Foxes 60
Passage Two Message from the Sea 61
Passage Three My First Car 63
Unit Five 65
Lesson One Tighten Your Belt 65
Lesson Two Future of Linguistics 70
Passage One The Man Who Will Be King 73
Passage Two Best Friends 75
Passage Three Another Kennedy Is Lost to the World 77
Reading Skill Ⅱ Identifying the main idea 80
Unit Six 82
Lesson One Preview, Read, Write, Recite 82
Lesson Two How to Find Time to Read 91
Passage One Male and Female Roles 95
Passage Two Employment—the Utopian Goal 96
*Passage Three 98
Unit Seven 100
Lesson One The Dog 100
Lesson Two The Partnership of Dog and Human 104
*Passage One 108
Passage Two Life of a Dog 110
Passage Three Caring For a Dog 111
Lesson One Noah s Ark 113
Unit Eight 113
Lesson Two Flood Control 120
*Passage One 124
Passage Two Floods and Dams 126
Passage Three Waterways 127
Unit Nine 129
Lesson One Some Theories about Play 129
Lesson Two Children and Play 134
Passage One The Period of Adolescence 138
Passage Two Cost of a Miracle 140
Passage Three Benefits of Play 142
Unit Ten 144
Lesson One Cross Over, Sawyer! 144
Lesson Two Laugh Your Stress Away 152
Passage One Humor 156
Passage Two The Animals Went in Two by Two 158
Passage Three Cartoons 160
Reading Skill Ⅲ Word Formation (A: Prefixes) 163
Unit Eleven 166
Lesson One New Rules For Landing a Job Interview 166
Lesson Two When You re Too Shy 171
Passage One How to Deal with Difficult People(1) 177
Passage Two How to Deal with Difficult People(2) 179
Passage Three A Society of Employees 181
Unit Twelve 183
Lesson One Start One s Own Business? 183
Lesson Two How the United States Economy Works: an Overview 187
Passage One The Role of Federal Reserve Banks 193
Passage Two Matching Products and Markets 195
Passage Three Setting the Price 196
Lesson One International Monetary Fund 199
Unit Thirteen 199
Lesson Two Demand and Supply 204
Passage One The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 208
Passage Two Marketing is Good for You: 210
Passage Three Heinzight 212
Unit Fourteen 215
Lesson One The Calorie Density Diet 215
Lesson Two Coming Soon: The Next Great Flu Epidemic 220
Passage One Aspirin: Exciting New Benefits 226
Passage Two Work, Play and Rest 228
Passage Three The Food We Eat 230
Unit Fifteen 232
Lesson One Have Airlines Forgotten Their Passengers? 232
Lesson Two How You Can Fight Back 238
Passage One Night, Night! It s Bedtime for Business Class 243
Passage Two Body Language 245
Passage Three Kinesics 246
Reading Skill Ⅳ Transition 249
Unit Sixteen 250
Lesson One My Brother s Way 250
Lesson Two Chasing the Wild Bulls 255
Passage One Closing the Gap 260
Passage Two My Son Gets Wheels 262
Passage Three My Father Was a Cop 264
Unit Seventeen 266
Lesson One Finding My Father 266
Lesson Two That Day in the Trench 272
Passage One Growing Straight and True 276
Passage Two Sam s Way 278
Passage Three Blues—Jazz 280
Unit Eighteen 282
Lesson One A Question of Trust 282
Lesson Two Singing in the Key of Me 287
Passage One The Incredible Ice Cream Machine 293
Passage Two One Ingredient Missing 295
Passage Three Who Are the Happiest People? 297
Unit Nineteen 300
Lesson One UFOs—A Second Look 300
Lesson Two Bringing Work Home 305
Passage One Black Movement 309
Passage Two The Wind 310
Passage Three How to Be True to Yourself 311
Unit Twenty 313
Lesson One American Family Life 313
Lesson Two News and Entertainment Media 319
Passage One New Rules For a Happy Marriage 325
Passage Two If You Think We Think Alike, Think Again 328
Passage Three Click Your Way to an M.B.A 330