Unit 1 College Life 1
Section One Open Your Mouth 1
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 6
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 9
Passage 1 The Key to a Freshman in College 9
Passage 2 My First Year of College 15
Extra Reading The Teaching Methods in American Colleges 17
Section Four Loose Your Hands 19
Grammar Noun 19
Applied Writing Business Card 21
Section Five Relax Your Mind 22
Unit 2 Family and Friends 23
Section One Open Your Mouth 23
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 28
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 32
Passage 1 True Friendship 32
Passage 2 The Changing American Family 37
Extra Reading Our Parents 40
Section Four Loose Your Hands 41
Grammar Preposition＆Article 41
Applied Writing Greeting Card（Ⅰ） 43
Section Five Relax Your Mind 44
Unit 3 Communications 45
Section One Open Your Mouth 45
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 50
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 54
Passage 1 The Importance of Cell Phones in Modern Society 54
Passage 2 A Smaller World 60
Extra Reading Safe or Harmful? 62
Section Four Loose Your Hands 64
Grammar Pronoun 64
Applied Writing Greeting Card（Ⅱ） 67
Section Five Relax Your Mind 68
Unit 4 Food Culture 69
Section One Open Your Mouth 69
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 74
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 77
Passage 1 Garlic—Your Healthy Food 77
Passage 2 Pay Attention to the Food You Eat 82
Extra Reading Food and Face 85
Section Four Loose Your Hands 86
Grammar Tense（Ⅰ） 86
Applied Writing Invitation Letter 90
Section Five Relax Your Mind 90
Unit 5 Shopping 91
Section One Open Your Mouth 91
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 96
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 100
Passage 1 Mall of America 100
Passage 2 Holiday Shopping on the Job?Call It"Cyber Monday" 105
Extra Reading Saving People Money So They Can Live Better 108
Section Four Loose Your Hands 109
Grammar Tense（Ⅱ） 109
Applied Writing Answering an Invitation Card 112
Section Five Relax Your Mind 113
Unit 6 Sports 114
Section One Open Your Mouth 114
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 119
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 123
Passage 1 Sports and Health 123
Passage 2 My Favorite Sport 128
Extra Reading Olympics 130
Section Four Loose Your Hands 132
Grammar Tense（Ⅲ） 132
Applied Writing Note 136
Section Five Relax Your Mind 137
Unit 7 Advertisements 138
Section One Open Your Mouth 138
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 143
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 146
Passage 1 Does Post Card Advertising Really Work? 146
Passage 2 Get a Good Buy 152
Extra Reading Ads 154
Section Four Loose Your Hands 155
Grammar Modal Verb 155
Applied Writing Personal Ad 158
Section Five Relax Your Mind 159
Unit 8 Weather 160
Section One Open Your Mouth 160
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 165
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 168
Passage 1 The Lost Homeland 168
Passage 2 Natural Disasters 173
Extra Reading Influences of Weather on People 176
Section Four Loose Your Hands 177
Grammar Numeral＆There be Clause 177
Applied Writing Merchandise-Selling Advertisement 180
Section Five Relax Your Mind 181
Unit 9 Health 182
Section One Open Your Mouth 182
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 187
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 190
Passage 1 Be Alert to Online Medical Information 190
Passage 2 Keep away from Lead 195
Extra Reading Being a Victim of My Own Cleverness 197
Section Four Loose Your Hands 198
Grammar Passive Voice 198
Applied Writing Direction for Medicine Administration 202
Section Five Relax Your Mind 203
Unit 10 Hobbies 204
Section One Open Your Mouth 204
Section Two Cheer up Your Ears 209
Section Three Brighten Your Eyes 212
Passage 1 British Children Are Encouraged to Read More 212
Passage 2 A Well-Balanced Life 218
Extra Reading Several Ways to Get Financial Aid at U.S.Colleges 220
Section Four Loose Your Hands 222
Grammar Direct Speech＆Indirect Speech 222
Applied Writing Flight Schedule＆Train Schedule 225
Section Five Relax Your Mind 226
Appendixes 227
Ⅰ．Glossary 227
Ⅱ．Phrases and Expressions 247
Ⅲ．Phonetics 253