UNIT 1 Education in the Air 1
Integrated Skills Development 1
Passage A．Open Education 1
B．Do Some Majors Have a Gender Bias? 6
Applied Writing Application Form 12
Grammar Focus Comparative Degree of Adjectives and Adverbs 14
Merry Learning 17
Words Phrases 18
Passage A．Christmas 21
Integrated Skills Development 21
UNIT 2 Western Holidays 21
B．April Fool 26
Applied Writing Visiting Card,Christmas Card and New Year's Card 32
Grammar Focus Superlative Degree of Adjectives and Adverbs 35
Merry Learning 38
Words Phrases 38
UNIT 3 Social Customs 41
Integrated Skills Development 41
Passage A．Different Cultures and Different Customs 41
B．Travel Manners 45
Applied Writing Sign and Poster 51
Grammar Focus Attributive Clause 52
Merry Learning 54
Words Phrases 55
UNIT 4 How to Use a Bank 57
Integrated Skills Development 57
Passage A．Banking Services 57
B．US Monetary System 61
Applied Writing Check and Draft 68
Grammar Focus Subject Clause 71
Merry Learning 72
Words Phrases 73
UNIT 5 How Does the Stock Exchange Work? 77
Integrated Skills Development 77
Passage A．The Stockbroker 77
B．Stock 81
Applied Writing Prospectus 88
Grammar Focus Adverbial Clauses of Time,Space,Condition and Concession 89
Merry Learning 91
Words Phrases 91
Test One(Unit 1—Unit 5) 93
Passage A．The Power of Persuasion 103
UNIT 6 Do You Follow Ads? 103
Integrated Skills Development 103
B．Advertising:The Selling of a Product 108
Applied Writing Classified Ads 113
Grammar Focus Adverbial Clauses of Manner and Comparison 115
Merry Learning 117
Words Phrases 117
UNIT 7 Are You a Football Fan? 121
Integrated Skills Development 121
Passage A．The Most Dramatic Cup Final Wembley 121
B．The Professional Footballer 127
Applied Writing Timetable and Programme 134
Grammar Focus Adverbial Clauses of Cause,Result and Purpose 137
Merry Learning 138
Words Phrases 139
UNIT 8 Food Culture 141
Integrated Skills Development 141
Passage A．Eat Like French Women 141
B．Business Lunch and Culture 145
Applied Writing Advertisement of Sale 150
Grammar Focus Present and Past Participles Used as Attributive 152
Words Phrases 155
Merry Learning 155
UNIT 9 Online Smiley Face 159
Integrated Skills Development 159
Passage A．Online Smiley Face 159
B．Agog over Google 165
Applied Writing Operating Instructions 171
Grammar Focus Infinitives as Object,Adverbial and Attributive 174
Merry Learning 175
Words Phrases 176
Passage A．Overload:More Time Is Less Time 179
Integrated Skills Development 179
UNIT 10 Do They Save Time or Waste Time? 179
B．If Microsoft Built Cars 185
Applied Writing Trouble Shooting Guide 191
Grammar Focus Object Complement 195
Merry Learning 196
Words Phrases 196
Test Two(Unit 6—Unit 10) 199
Vocabulary 209
Phrases 222