Unit One Festivals and Holidays 1
In-Class Reading 1
Passage Ⅰ Carnival in Brazil 1
Passage Ⅱ Valentine's Day 3
After-Class Reading 6
Passage Ⅰ Chinese Festivals:Keeping Traditions Alive 6
Passage Ⅱ The First Thanksgiving 11
阅读技巧：快速阅读方法简介 15
Unit Two Campus Life 19
In-Class Reading 19
Passage Ⅰ How to Deal with College Classes 19
Passage Ⅱ The Virtual College 21
After-Class Reading 24
Passage Ⅰ The American Education System 24
Passage Ⅱ Saying Goodbye 29
阅读技巧：阅读速度 33
Unit Three VIP and VIP'sTalks 37
In-Class Reading 37
Passage Ⅰ Bill Gates'Advice to Students:Get a Sound,Broad Education 37
Passage Ⅱ Yang Zhenning:When Will There Be a Nobel Prize-Winning Work on Chinese Soil? 39
After-Class Reading 42
Passage Ⅰ Condoleezza Rice 42
Passage Ⅱ Yao:A Life in Two Worlds 46
阅读技巧：略读 51
Unit Four Love Stories 53
In-Class Reading 53
Passage Ⅰ Love for Rose 53
Passage Ⅱ Banjo 55
After-Class Reading 58
Passage Ⅰ Go Out and Make a Difference 58
Passage Ⅱ A Small Boy's Mother 62
阅读技巧：扫读 66
Unit Five Cultural Difference 69
In-Class Reading 69
Passage Ⅰ Avoiding Cultural Taboos 69
Passage Ⅱ Table Manners:A Cultural Difference 71
After-Class Reading 73
Passage Ⅰ Traveling Student 73
Passage Ⅱ Beyond Assumptions:One Woman's Experience of Living Abroad in the U.S.A 78
阅读技巧：预测 83
Unit Six Interpersonal Relationship 86
In-Class Reading 86
Passage Ⅰ As My Daughter Leaves for College,I Let Go 86
Passage Ⅱ Cybercourtship 89
After-Class Reading 91
Passage Ⅰ After Twenty Years 91
Passage Ⅱ Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles'Heel 96
阅读技巧：获取中心思想 100
Unit Seven Science and Technology 103
In-Class Reading 103
Passage Ⅰ Wireless Wearable 103
Passage Ⅱ The World Is Getting Smaller 105
After-Class Reading 108
Passage Ⅰ The Internet:What Lies Ahead? 108
Passage Ⅱ New Genes-New Hope or Future Disaster? 113
阅读技巧：根据上下文猜词悟意 118
Unit Eight Life and Health 120
In-Class Reading 120
Passage Ⅰ You Have a Cold! 120
Passage Ⅱ Protein 122
After-Class Reading 125
Passage Ⅰ Yoga 125
Passage Ⅱ What You Eat Can Sabotage Your Sleep 129
阅读技巧：信号词 134
Unit Nine Animals 135
In-Class Reading 135
Passage Ⅰ How Do the Animals Spend the Winter? 135
Passage Ⅱ Cats and Man 137
After-Class Reading 140
Passage Ⅰ Animals as Teachers 140
Passage Ⅱ Animals"Speak"Many Strange Languages 144
阅读技巧：推理 148
Unit Ten Sports and Leisure Time 150
In-Class Reading 150
Passage Ⅰ Lessons for Your Life and Business from Wimbledon 150
Passage Ⅱ Beijing 2008:Five Mascots for the Beijing Games 152
After-Class Reading 155
Passage Ⅰ Sports and Exercise Safety 155
Passage Ⅱ Tennis,Then and Now 160
阅读技巧：段落结构 164
Keys to Fast Reading(Book One) 166