Unit 1 1
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 1
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 4
Text A My Greatest Olympic Prize 4
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 15
Text B Extreme Sports 15
Unit 2 19
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 19
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 22
Text A Art Fairs Are Not Supermarkets 23
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 33
Text B Dragon Dance 33
Unit 3 37
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 37
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 40
Text A Six Celebrities Share What They've Learned 40
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 52
Text B Talking to Your Parents 52
Unit 4 57
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 57
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 60
Text A Ways of Handling Stress 61
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 72
Text B Stress 72
Unit 5 77
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 77
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 80
Text A A Brief History of Pop Music 81
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 92
Text B Music and Health 92
Unit 6 96
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 96
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 99
Text A How We Are Being Americanized 99
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 111
Text B Americanization or Globalization 111
Unit 7 116
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 116
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 119
Text A Confucius 119
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 131
Text B History and Modem Technology Unite in the Mogao Grottoes 131
Unit 8 136
Part Ⅰ Preparatory 136
Part Ⅱ Language in Context 139
Text A War on Terrorism 140
Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language 152
Text B The History of Instruments 152
Vocabulary 157