CONTENTSLESSON ONE 1
Text A Private Space 2
Dialogues Deciding Between Work and Entertainment 6
Word Study lead,hope 7
Text A Measuring the Costs of Our Decisions 21 8
Grammar The Present Perfect Continuous Tense 8
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense 9
Exercises 10
Text B Psychological Space 17
LESSON TWO 21
Text A Time Across Cultures 22
Dialogues Going to the Doctor 26
Word Study agree,fill 27
Grammar The Future Perfect Continuous Tense 28
The Sequence of Tenses 29
Exercises 30
Text B A Cultural Difference:Being on Time 36
LESSON THREE 39
Text A Hard Life for Millionaires 40
Dialogues Having a Rise 45
Word Study pick，hang 46
Grammar The Modal Verb Ⅰ 48
Exercises 51
Text B Everybody Can Do Something 57
LESSON FOUR 61
Text A Fashion and Status 62
Dialogues Volunteer Work 66
Word Study pull,shape 66
The Appositive Clause 69
Grammar The Passive Voice Ⅱ 69
Exercises 70
Text B The Language of Clothes 76
LESSON FJVE 79
Text A How to Heal a Friendship 80
Word Study appear,shake 84
Dialogues Would You Like to Go Out with Me Alone？ 84
Grammar The Participle Ⅰ 86
Exercises 89
Text B Mystery of the White Gardenia 96
LESSON SJX 101
Text A Culture Shock 102
Diala9ues Changing Offices 106
Word Study reach,inspire 107
Grammar The Gerund Ⅰ 109
Exercises 112
Text B A New Attitude to Gratitude 120
REVJSJON EXAMJNATJON（One～Six） 125
LESSON SEVEN 131
Text A The Risks of Investment 132
Dialogues Buying a Car 137
Word Study stay，share 138
Grammar The Direct Speech and the Indirect Speech Ⅰ 140
Exercises 143
Text B The Psychology of Money 150
LESSON EJGHT 155
Text A Making the Grade 156
Dialogues Lost and Found 161
Word Study cease,force 162
Grammar The Direct Speech and the Indirect Speech Ⅱ 164
Exercises 165
Text B How to Read Faster 171
LESSON NJNE 175
Text A Why People Change Careers 176
Dialogues Getting Things Fixed 181
Word Study wake,act 181
Grammar The Article Ⅱ 183
Exercises 185
Text B Choosing a Career 193
LESSON TEN 197
Text A Paging Dr.Carson 198
Dialogues Friday the Thirteenth 204
Word Study choose,sympathize 205
Grammar The Pronoun Ⅱ 206
Exercises 207
Text B Three Days to See 213
LESSON ELEVEN 217
Dialogues Getting Admitted to a Good University 222
Word Study fail,lift 223
Grammar The Uses of“It” 226
Exercises 227
Text B Costs of Work,Study,or Play 234
LESSON TWELVE 239
Text A Verne's Vision of the 20th Century 240
Dialogues Planning a Travel 245
Word Study owe,despise 246
Grammar The Infinitive Ⅱ 247
Exercises 250
Text B The Information Age 256
REVJSJON EXAMJNATJON（Seven～Tweeve） 261
APPENDJX 271
Vocabulary 272