Unit 1 Happiness 1
Part One Preparation 1
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 2
In-Class Reading Finding Happiness 3
Passage Ⅰ You Can t Buy Happiness 9
Passage Ⅱ A Simple Truth about Happiness 13
Passage Ⅲ Optimism 16
Part Four Further Development 19
Quiz 20
Unit 2 Human Behavior 24
Part One Preparation 24
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 24
In-Class Reading What, Me? Showing Off? 26
Passage Ⅰ When to Keep Your Mouth Shut 33
Passage Ⅱ Overcoming Procrastination: A Practical Approach 36
Passage Ⅲ How We Can Change Our Wasteful Habits 39
Part Four Further Development 43
Quiz 43
Unit 3 Attitudes Toward Word 46
Part One Preparation 46
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 46
In-Class Reading Making Work Meaningful: Secrets of the Future-Focused Corporation 47
Passage Ⅰ Work Lovers or Work Addicts? 56
Passage Ⅱ Company Man 58
Passage Ⅲ A Day in the Life of Salaryman 62
Part Four Further Development 65
Quiz 66
Unit 4 Honesty 71
Part One Preparation 71
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 72
In-Class Reading Cheating: Alive and Flourishing 73
Passage Ⅰ How Honest Are We? 80
Passage Ⅱ The Truth about Lying 84
Passage Ⅲ Is Business Bluffing Ethical? 89
Part Four Further Development 92
Quiz 94
Unit 5 Appearance 96
Part One Preparation 96
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 96
In-Class Reading Physical Attractiveness 97
Passage Ⅰ Dress for Success 104
Passage Ⅱ Neat People versus Sloppy People 106
Passage Ⅲ Turning Boys into Girls 109
Part Four Further Development 111
Quiz 112
Unit 6 Advertising Campaigns 114
Part One Preparation 114
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 114
In-Class Reading Advertising Claims 116
Passage Ⅰ Insights into Advertising 124
Passage Ⅱ Developing an Advertising Campaign 127
Passage Ⅲ Advertisement Appreciation 131
Part Four Further Development 135
Quiz 136
Unit 7 Today s Youth 140
Part One Preparation 140
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 140
In-Class Reading Profiles of Today s Youth: They Couldn t Care Less 141
Passage Ⅰ Me, Stuart, Mum and Dad 151
Passage Ⅱ College Pressures 155
Passage Ⅲ Postgaduate Paralysis 160
Part Four Further Development 165
Quiz 166
Unit 8 The Media 171
Part One Preparation 171
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 171
In-Class Reading It s Radio! 173
Passage Ⅰ What Makes TV Most Entertaining? 179
Passage Ⅱ Sounding the Waters 183
Passage Ⅲ The Power of the Press 186
Part Four Further Development 190
Quiz 191
Unit 9 Computer Technology 195
Part One Preparation 195
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 195
In-Class Reading Hackers Crackers and Trackers 196
Passage Ⅰ Microchips 202
Passage Ⅱ Workplace of the 90s: High-Tech Sweatshop? 206
Passage Ⅲ Lost in the E-mail 210
Part Four Further Development 214
Quiz 215
Unit 10 Medical Ethics 220
Part One Preparation 220
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 220
In-Class Reading A License to Kill 221
Passage Ⅰ Required Course: Beside Manner 101 227
Passage Ⅱ Human Cloning, Don t Just Say No! 231
Passage Ⅲ How the Gene Test Can Affect Your Insurance 234
Part Four Further Development 236
Quiz 237
Unit 11 Criminal Punishment and Crime Prevention 240
Part One Preparation 240
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 240
In-Class Reading Death and Justice 241
Passage Ⅰ The Death Penalty 250
Passage Ⅱ The Criminals Go Unpunished 256
Passage Ⅲ Crime Prevention 260
Part Four Further Development 264
Quiz 264
Unit 12 Ambition 268
Part One Preparation 268
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 268
In-Class Reading Ambition 270
Passage Ⅰ Hacker or Mike? 276
Passage Ⅱ Romantic Ambition 280
Passage Ⅲ The Virtues of Ambition 284
Part Four Further Development 287
Quiz 288