Unit 1 College Life 1
Part Ⅰ Warming up 2
Part Ⅱ Text A:How to Make Friends for College Freshmen? 3
Part Ⅲ Text B:Why Bother Grading at All? 13
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 18
Culture Focus:Ivy League Universities 20
Unit 2 Famous People 21
Part Ⅰ Warming up 22
Part Ⅱ Text A:Seven Lessons We Can Learn From Michael Jordan 23
Part Ⅲ Text B:Bill Gates Bids a Teary Farewell to Microsoft 34
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 40
Culture Focus:George Washington 42
Unit 3 Western Life 43
Part Ⅰ Warming up 44
Part Ⅱ Text A:Are Fast Food Chains to Blame for the Nation's Obesity 45
Part Ⅲ Text B:Recession is Reshaping the American Family 56
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 62
Culture Focus:American Diet Culture 64
Unit 4 Attitude to Life 67
Part Ⅰ Warming up 68
Part Ⅱ Text A:The Way to Happiness 69
Part Ⅲ Text B:Take a Moment to Really See 80
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 86
Culture Focus:American Dream 88
Unit 5 Olympic Spirit 89
Part Ⅰ Warming up 90
Part Ⅱ Text A:The Educational Aspects of the Olympic Ideal 91
Part Ⅲ Text B:My Greatest Olympic Prize 102
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 108
Culture Focus:The Olympic Motto 109
Unit 6 Better Yourself 111
Part Ⅰ Warming up 112
Part Ⅱ Text A:Ducks Quack,Eagles Soar 113
Part Ⅲ Text B:The Best Advice I Ever Received 124
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 131
Culture Focus:Andrew Carnegie 133
Unit 7 Ways of Learning 135
Part Ⅰ Warming up 136
Part Ⅱ Text A:When a Line Forms,the Learning Begins 137
Part Ⅲ Text B:How to Succeed in College 148
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 154
Culture Focus:Library of Congress 155
Unit 8 True Love 157
Part Ⅰ Warming up 158
Part Ⅱ Text A:A Brief Visit from My Soldier Son 159
Part Ⅲ Text B:Real-life Fairy Tale 170
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 175
Culture Focus:Valentine's Day 177
Glossary 179
Phrases and Expressions 199
Proper Names 207