Unit 1 人生风景线 3
1 The Miracle of Mermaids 美人鱼的奇迹 3
2 Angel on a Doorstep 门阶上的天使 14
3 The Days in the Shoe Store 在鞋店的日子里 22
Unit 2 成长日记 35
1 A Nine-Year-Old s Brush With Magic 九龄童挑战法术 35
2 Some Things You Just Know 心领神会 41
3 The Day We Became Brothers 我们成为兄弟的那天 50
Unit 3 酸甜父母心 62
1 Confessions of a Sports Mom 运动员母亲的心声 62
2 My Son,My Enemy 吾儿吾敌 69
3 Celebrating a Lifetime 爱儿初长成 77
Unit 4 美国风情 88
1 Times Square Where We Greet the New Year 除夕夜的好去处--时报广场 88
2 Disney s Five Ways to Make Dream Come True 迪斯尼的成功之道 98
3 The Admiral of Halloween 万圣节集会上的将军 108
Unit 5 生活指南 123
1 Take Charge of Your Day 驾驭你的每一天 123
2 Eight Symptoms You Must Not Ignore 切莫掉以轻心的八种症状 134
3 Your Claim Is Denied 拒付赔偿 144
1 The Love She Searched For 寻找真爱 157
Unit 6 永远的戴妃 157
2 The Naughty Girl Next Door 隔壁淘气的女孩 165
3 The Mirror of Ourselves 对照自己 174
Unit 7 新闻勇士 185
1 The Time of Our Lives 我们生活中的《时代周刊》 185
2 To See and Know Everything 实践出真知 202
3 Luce s Values--Then and Now 创始人的价值观 212
Unit 8 网络一隅 225
1 From Soup to Nuts 应有尽有 225
2 A Cheaper Way to Phone 廉价电话 233
3 Are You Talking to Me 你在跟我说话吗 241
Unit 9 医学科技 253
1 A Gene for the Genius 天才基因 253
2 A Scare in the West 西方人的恐慌 261
3 Near-death Cocktail That Does You Good 死亡路上走一回 270
Unit 10 代价沉重 283
1 Walk at Your Own Risk 路责自负 283
2 Justice for Kipp 还我公道 294
3 That Was No Accident 人为灾祸 307
ANSWER KEYS 318