Unit 1 Trade 1
Text Unique Problems in International Trade 2
After-class Reading The Soft Sell 14
Unit 2 Environment 19
Text Water Problems 20
After-class Reading Let's Leave Our Children a Living Planet 32
Unit 3 Man and Animals 38
Text Giant Pandas and Their Conservation 39
After-class Reading Heartstrings 52
Unit 4 War and Peace 57
Text Peace 58
After-class Reading Rise of an"Iraq Generation"in Europe? 70
Unit 5 Biography 78
Text A Beautiful Mind 79
After-class Reading Bill Gates in His Boyhood 93
Unit 6 Speech 99
Text This Is a Historic Occasion 100
After-class Reading How to Give a Good Speech 113
Unit 7 Health 118
Text A Nation Obsessed with Health Issues 119
After-class Reading Stress:Why You Have It and How You Improve Your Health 133
Unit 8 Insurance 139
Text Being Overweight Carries Life Insurance Pains 140
After-class Reading The Basics of Travel Insurance 152
Unit 9 Automobile 158
Text Volkswagen—"People's Car" 159
After-class Reading Motorcar 174
Unit 10 Energy 180
Text Saving Energy and Energy Conservation 181
After-class Reading Energy Crisis 192
Listening and Speaking 200
Unit 1 Friends and Friendship 200
Unit 2 Traveling 206
Unit 3 Festivals and Holidays 213
Unit 4 Expressing Attitudes 219
Unit 5 Music and Movies 226
Unit 6 Sports 232
Unit 7 News 238
Unit 8 Job Hunting 244
Unit 9 Internet 250
Unit 10 Job Interview 257
Glossary 265
Phrases and Expressions 282