Unit One 1
Text A Why I Want a Wife 1
Text B Why I Want a Husband 12
Unit Two 21
Text A The Family:Past,Present,and Future 21
Text B Families 32
Unit Three 41
Text A How to Be a Successful Language Learner? 41
Text B Is Learning English Easy or Not? 50
Unit Four 60
Text A A Plate of Peas 60
Text B A Coke and a Smile 71
Unit Five 78
Text A Not a Chance to Regret 78
Text B One Hour of Time 87
Unit Six 96
Text A You Never Really Lose Your Value 96
Text B If I Were a Boy Again 106
Unit Seven 113
Text A The Man Who Create Mickey Mouse 113
Text B Disneyland 124
Unit Eight 131
Text A What We Eat and Drink 131
Text B Fallacies about Food 139
Unit Nine 146
Text A Poll Reveals TV News too Negative 146
Text B Television—a Blessing or a Curse? 154
Unit Ten 162
Text A Net Has Become a British Way of Life 162
Text B Hacking 170
Unit Eleven 177
Text A Goal of American Education 177
Text B The British School System 186
Unit Twelve 194
Text A The Delights of Books 194
Text B Time Spent in a Bookshop 204
Unit Thirteen 211
Text A Mystery Monsters of Loch Ness 211
Text B Eskimos 221
Unit Fourteen 228
Text A How New York Became America's Largest City 228
Text B Cities in the United States 238
Unit Fifteen 245
Text A American Men don't Cry 245
Text B American Stores 255
Unit Sixteen 263
Text A Current Attitudes towards Physical Fitness 263
Text B Dieting Your Way to Health 273
Vocabulary 281
参考文献 300