Unit One Speeches about Olympics 1
Text A Opening Speeches on Olympic Games 4
Text B Speeches for the ⅩⅢ Paralympic Games 15
Writing in Focus 23
Unit Two Sports Skill or Technology 30
Text A Swimming Records Fall:Is There Something in the Water? 33
Text B High-tech Devices at the Olympic Games 42
Writing in Focus 50
Unit Three Iconic Sportsmen 53
Text A Great Olympic Moments:Daley Thompson and the Decathlon 56
Text B Tales of Life After the Olympics 67
Writing in Focus 73
Test One 77
Unit Four Learning Revolution 84
Text A A Do-it-yourself Guide 87
Text B Relearn How to Read—Faster,Better,More Easily 95
Writing in Focus 101
Unit Five Memory 104
Text A Visual Memory 107
Text B Memory Aids 117
Writing in Focus 123
Unit Six Film:Past and Future 128
Text A A Brief History of AMPAS 131
Text B The Future of Movies 142
Writing in Focus 149
Test Two 153
Unit Seven Effective Learning Strategy 159
Text A Holistic Learning Strategy 162
Text B Master Chinese to Excel in English 170
Writing in Focus 176
Unit Eight Power of Music 181
Text A Coldplay—Brit-Pop's New Force 184
Text B The Power of Mozart 193
Writing in Focus 201
Unit Nine One Picture Is Worth Ten Thousand Words 205
Text A The Intriguing Mona Lisa 208
Text B Cartoons in America from Donald Duck to New Yorker Cartoons 218
Writing in Focus 225
Test Three 230
Unit Ten Leadership in a New and Challenging Era 237
Text A The Complex Challenges in the New Era 240
Text B On Military Leadership 250
Writing in Focus 257
Unit Eleven Wings of Success—Attitude 261
Text A Aptitude+Attitude=Altitude 263
Text B Positive Attitude for Unlimited Success 273
Writing in Focus 278
Unit Twelve Public Speeches 285
Text A President-Elect Barack Obama's Victory Speech 288
Text B 2008 Stanford Graduates Commencement Address 297
Writing in Focus 302
Test Four 307