Unit1 Education Is a Key 1
PartⅠ Warming up 1
PartⅡ Educational systems 4
PartⅢ Remarks on modern education 8
PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills 10
Thinking Ahead of the Speaker—Anticipation Heplps 10
Unit2 Language—A Vehicle in Communication 12
PartⅠ Warming up 12
PartⅡ What makes a good or bad student? 16
PartⅢ Some facts about English 19
PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation 23
Unit3 Getting Ready for the Future Career 25
PartⅠ Warming up 25
PartⅡ Painting for Pay 30
PartⅢ Choosing a career 34
You Just Can t Remember So Much! —Learn to Select,Learn to Simplify 38
PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills 38
Unit4 All Can Succeed 40
PartⅠ Warming up 40
PartⅡ Successful People 43
PartⅢ The work of Gordon Parks—an internationally known African American artist 46
PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation 50
Unit5 Shaping and Reshaping Personality(Ⅰ) 52
PartⅠ Warming up 52
PartⅡ Self-esteem 58
PartⅢ Balancing work and family 61
PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation 64
Unit6 Shaping and Reshaping Personality(Ⅱ) 66
PartⅠ Warming up 66
PartⅡ Hand washing 69
PartⅢ How to deal with depression and anger? 71
PartⅣ Expressions that spring from a hand 75
PartⅠ Warming up 78
Unit7 For the Glory of Sport(Ⅰ) 78
PartⅡ Sydney 2000 83
PartⅢ News form the Olympics 86
PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation 90
Unit8 For the Glory of Sport(Ⅱ) 93
PartⅠ Warming up 93
PartⅡ The sporting spirit 96
PartⅢ Extracurricular activities 100
PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills 104
Represent the Ideas Clear and Clean—Outlining 104
Unit9 Everybody Can Help the Environment 107
PartⅠ Warming up 107
PartⅡ Campaign California Re-Leaf 109
PartⅢ Steps to improving recycling 112
PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation 114
PartⅠ Warming up 117
Unit10 News(Ⅰ) 117
PartⅡ News items 121
PartⅢ Israel early elections 126
PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills 130
The“Inverted Pyramid ”in News Reporting 130
Unit11 News(Ⅱ) 132
PartⅠ Warming up 132
PartⅡ News Items 135
PartⅢ Nasdaq 141
PartⅣ “Bulls”and“bears” 144
Unit12 News(Ⅲ) 148
PartⅠ Warming up 148
PartⅡ News items 151
PartⅢ Torrential storms in Kenya 156
PartⅣ Language Study and language appreciation 160
Acknowledgements 163