Unit 1 College Life 1
Listening Tasks 1
Part One Conversations 1
Part Two Dialogue 1
Part Three Passage 2
Speaking Task 2
Read＆Explore 3
Passage 1 Yawning（打呵欠） 3
Passage 2 Let Them Watch It 4
Language Practice 5
Grammar 7
Fast Reading 9
One Thing Missing 9
Elephants 11
Unit 2 Family Ties 14
Listening Tasks 14
Part One Conversations 14
Part Two Dialogue 14
Part Three Passage 15
Speaking Task 16
Read＆Explore 17
Passage 1 Parents as a Guide（指导） 17
Passage 2 A Hard Journey Home 18
Language Practice 19
Fast Reading 22
Father's Role in His Boy 22
The World's Largest Family 24
Unit 3 Way of Learning 27
Listening Tasks 27
Part One Conversations 27
Part Two Dialogue 27
Part Three Passage 27
Speaking Task 28
Read＆Explore 29
Passage 1 Police Work 29
Passage 2 Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover 30
Language Practice 31
Grammar 33
Fast Reading 35
Social Customs and Behavior 35
The History of Films 37
Unit 4 Love and Romance 39
Listening Tasks 39
Part One Conversations 39
Part Two Dialogue 39
Part Three Passage 39
Speaking Task 40
Read＆Explore 41
Passage 1 A Caring Girl 41
Passage 2 Children's Letters to Einstein 42
Language Practice 44
Fast Reading 46
Cycling for Air-with Love 46
To Be a Good Teacher 48
Unit 5 On Being Oneself 50
Listening Tasks 50
Part One Conversations 50
Part Two Dialogue 50
Part Three Passage 51
Speaking Task 51
Read＆Explore 52
Passage 1 George W.Bush 52
Passage 2 Hemp（大麻） 53
Language Practice 55
Grammar 56
Fast Reading 58
The Elephant and the Fly 58
The Hours that Count in My Life 60
Unit 6 Adventure 62
Listening Tasks 62
Part One Conversations 62
Part Two Dialogue 62
Part Three Passage 63
Speaking Task 64
Read＆Explore 64
Passage 1 Computer Crime 64
Passage 2 AIDS 66
Language Practice 67
Fast Reading 70
Believe It or Not 70
Tipping in the United States 71
Unit 7 Friends and Friendship 74
Listening Tasks 74
Part One Conversations 74
Part Two Dialogue 74
Part Three Passage 75
Speaking Task 75
Read＆Explore 76
Passage 1 Internet 76
Passage 2 Tarzan of the Apes（人猿泰山） 77
Language Practice 79
Grammar 80
Fast Reading 84
Friend and Acquaintance（熟人） 84
Pictures and Languages 85
Unit 8 Money Matters 88
Listening Tasks 88
Part One Conversations 88
Part Two Dialogue 89
Part Three Passage 89
Speaking Task 90
Read＆Explore 91
Passage 1 What a Lucky Boy! 91
Passage 2 Professor Sabbatucci's Noble Act 92
Language Practice 94
Fast Reading 96
The High Cost of Living 96
David Jones and His Salary 98
Unit 9 Holiday Celebrations 100
Listening Tasks 100
Part One Conversations 100
Part Two Dialogue 100
Part Three Passage 101
Speaking Task 102
Read＆Explore 102
Passage 1 Senses 102
Passage 2 Friends and Friendship 103
Language Practice 105
Grammar 107
Fast Reading 109
An Awkward（尴尬的）Moment 109
A Blessing（福音）in Disguise（伪装） 111
Unit 10 Computer and Internet 113
Listening Tasks 113
Part One Conversations 113
Part Two Dialogue 114
Part Three Passage 114
Speaking Task 115
Read＆Explore 115
Passage 1 Newspaper 115
Passage 2 Computer and Changes in Language 116
Language Practice 118
Fast Reading 120
Laziness 120
Intelligence 121
Unit 11 Sports 124
Listening Tasks 124
Part One Conversations 124
Part Two Dialogue 125
Part Three Passage 125
Speaking Task 126
Read＆Explore 127
Passage 1 Schools and Education 127
Passage 2 The Bermuda Triangle 128
Language Practice 129
Grammar 131
Fast Reading 133
Doing a Favor can Be Dangerous 133
Hong Kong Weather 135
Unit 12 Dreams and Ambitions 138
Listening Tasks 138
Part One Conversations 138
Part Two Dialogue 139
Part Three Passage 139
Speaking Task 140
Read＆Explore 141
Passage 1 Teen Smoking Rates 141
Passage 2 Meals away from Home 142
Language Practice 143
Fast Reading 146
Food Shopping 146
First Impressions 148