Unit 1 1
Text A-1 Why Learn Another Language? 1
Text A-2 Tips on Studying a Foreign Language 4
Text B-1 How to Study Effectively 8
Text B-2 What Is Intelligence,Anyway? 11
Unit 2 15
Text A-1 Remembering My Grandparents 15
Text A-2 Leaf and Loaf 18
Text B-1 The True Story of a Young Man 22
Text B-2 A Game of Light and Shade 24
Unit 3 27
Text A-1 A Long Walk Home 27
Text A-2 The Disappearing Generation Gap 29
Text B-1 Rites of Passage 33
Text B-2 The Last Adventure 35
Unit 4 39
Text A-1 The Fun and Excitement of "Reality" 39
Text A-2 Future Talk 42
Text B-1 E-mail Is for Old People 46
Text B-2 Talk to Me 49
Unit 5 53
Text A-1 A Young,Blind Expert on Computers 53
Text A-2 As Dream Comes True 56
Text B-1 Go for the Gold 59
Text B-2 Across the Frozen Sea 62
Unit 6 67
Text A-1 In Every Era There Are Fads,Crazes and Trends 67
Text A-2 Txt Msg Phenomenon:R U in2 It? 69
Text B-1 Reality TV:A Fad or the Future? 72
Text B-2 The My Space and Facebook Generation 75
Unit 7 79
Text A-1 Why English? 79
Text A-2 Reading—the Most Important Way to Learn English 82
Text B-1 Two Languages 86
Text B-2 Conversational Ball Games 89
Unit 8 93
Text A-1 Acid Rain 93
Text A-2 Industry and the Environment 95
Text B-1 Global Warming May Not End Up Being Warm at All 98
Text B-2 Rubbish Disposal 101
Appendix 105
Key to Comprehension Exercises 105