UNIT 1 1
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills How Are You These Days? 2
PART Ⅱ Text A Standard English for the 2008 Olympic Games 6
PART Ⅲ Text B Summer Holidays in England 10
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Simple English Sentences 13
UNIT 2 15
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills May I Introduce Mr.Collins? 16
PART Ⅱ Text A What Is a Typical Day like for a Child in England——A Diary of a Boy in England 20
PART Ⅲ Text B Talking about Food 24
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Compound Sentences by Using Coordinating Conjunctions 28
UNIT 3 29
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills You've Done a Very Good Job 30
PART Ⅱ Text A A New Era for World Economy 34
PART Ⅲ Text B The History of Money 39
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Complex Sentences(1)——Noun Clauses 42
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Please Accept My Congratulations 44
UNIT 4 48
PART Ⅱ Text A Eating Problem 48
PART Ⅲ Text B Bike for a Better City 52
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Complex Sentences(2)——Adverbial Clauses 55
UNIT 5 57
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Thank You Very Much! 58
PART Ⅱ Text A The Start of American Music 62
PART Ⅲ Text B The Titanic 66
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Complex Sentences(3)——Attributive Clauses 70
UNIT 6 71
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills I'm So Sorry for That 72
PART Ⅱ Text A Horse Shoeing in New York 76
PART Ⅲ Text B About London 80
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct English Sentences by Using"There be"Patterns 84
UNIT 7 85
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Goodbye,and Have a Nice Day! 86
PART Ⅱ Text A Reaching Next Town 90
PART Ⅲ Text B A Story of Little Mozart 93
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Inversions 96
UNIT 8 97
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Do You Have Much Snow There? 98
PART Ⅱ Text A How to Tell Weather 102
PART Ⅲ Text B Life of the Elephant 105
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Sentences with Formal Subject"It" 108
UNIT 9 109
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills We Are Completely Lost 110
PART Ⅱ Text A Television Industry in America 115
PART Ⅲ Text B American Popular Music 118
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write Correct Sentences by Using Conjunctions 121
UNIT 10 123
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Could You Tell Me Something about Christmas? 124
PART Ⅱ Text A Beethoven and His Music 129
PART Ⅲ Text B Air Jordan 133
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Develop English Sentences(1)——Prepositional Phrases 136
UNIT 11 137
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills How's Everything Going with Your Class? 138
PART Ⅱ Text A Examinations at English Secondary School 144
PART Ⅲ text B School System in America 148
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Develop English Sentences(2)——Non-Predicate Phrases 152
UNIT 12 153
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills How do You Relax? 154
PART Ⅱ Text A Shopping Malls 160
PART Ⅲ Text B Instruction Books 163
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Develop English Sentences(3)——Independent Structure 166
UNIT 13 167
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills What Seems to Be Bothering You? 168
PART Ⅱ Text A Child Labor 174
PART Ⅲ Text B American Women Today 178
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Combine Short Sentences 181
UNIT 14 183
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills I Prefer Some Historical Sites 184
PART Ⅱ Text A Distant Learning 189
PART Ⅲ Text B Finding It Online 193
PART Ⅳ Writing Work Sentence Conversion(1) 196
UNIT 15 197
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Oh,What a Nice Large Supermarket! 198
PART Ⅱ Text A Ernest Hemingway 202
PART Ⅲ Text B Festivals in the Villages of Spain 207
PART Ⅳ Writing Work Sentence Conversion(2) 211
UNIT 16 213
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills I Need to Buy Some Books 214
PART Ⅱ Text A The Sahara Desert 219
PART Ⅲ Text B The Golden Gate 223
PART Ⅳ Writing Work Envelope Writing 226
UNIT 17 227
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Would You Care for a Cocktail before Dinner? 228
PART Ⅱ Text A Mrs.Clarke'S Thursdays 234
PART Ⅲ Text B A Story of Buying Ticket 238
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Write a Letter 241
UNIT 18 243
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills I can't Find My Baggage 244
PART Ⅱ Text A Solar Energy 248
PART Ⅲ Text B Vitamins 252
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Make up Your Resume(1) 255
UNIT 19 257
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills I'd Like to Apply for a Library Card 258
PART Ⅱ Text A History of Olympic Games 264
PART Ⅲ Text B Exercise 268
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Make up Your Résumé(2) 271
UNIT 20 273
PART Ⅰ Communication Skills Where Is the Bus Stop? 274
PART Ⅱ Text A The Other Woman in My Life 278
PART Ⅲ Text B Small Talk Necessary to Your Career 281
PART Ⅳ Writing Work How to Make up Your Résumé(3) 284