Unit 1 Growing Up 1
Part Ⅰ Warming up 2
Part Ⅱ Text A:Rustling Raspberries 3
Part Ⅲ Text B:Standing Tall—A Little Person Teaches a Big Lesson 13
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 19
Culture Focus:Coming-of-age Ceremonies 20
Unit 2 Discrimination 23
Part Ⅰ Warming up 24
Part Ⅱ Text A:How Can Women Have It All? 25
Part Ⅲ Text B:After 40 Years,Age Discrimination Still Gets Second-class Treatment 35
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 42
Culture Focus:The Feminist Movement 44
Unit 3 Jobs and Careers 45
Part Ⅰ Warming up 46
Part Ⅱ Text A:How a Good Candidate Clears the H.R. Hurdles 47
Part Ⅲ Text B:Constraining America's Brightest 57
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 64
Culture Focus:Making College Relevant to Employment 65
Unit 4 Natural Disasters 67
Part Ⅰ Warming up 68
Part Ⅱ Text A:As Disaster Follows Disaster,Relief Groups Feel the Strain 69
Part Ⅲ Text B:Bracing for the Flood 81
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 89
Culture Focus:September 11 Attacks 90
Unit 5 Family 93
Part Ⅰ Warming up 94
Part Ⅱ Text A:Clearing Paths to the Past 95
Part Ⅲ Text B:Shrines to Childhood 105
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 112
Culture Focus:The American Family 113
Unit 6 Internet Security 115
Part Ⅰ Warming up 116
Part Ⅱ Text A:Typing in an E-mail Address,and Giving up Your Friends' as Well 117
Part Ⅲ Text B:Top Ten Cyber Security Tips 128
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 134
Culture Focus:Hollywood Hacker Movies 136
Unit 7 Save Ourselves 139
Part Ⅰ Warming up 140
Part Ⅱ Text A:To Plant a Tree 141
Part Ⅲ Text B:To Catch a Rising Rainbow 152
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 160
Culture Focus:Earth Day 161
Unit 8 Culture Shock 163
Part Ⅰ Warming up 164
Part Ⅱ Text A:Living in Switzerland:The Reality Is More Complex than the Image 165
Part Ⅲ Text B:Culture Shock:It's the Little Things that Count in the Biggest Ways 177
Part Ⅳ Structured Writing 183
Culture Focus:Swiss Chocolate 185
Glossary 187
Phrases and Expressions 211
Proper Names 217