Unit 1 Bond of Friendship 1
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 1
Part Ⅱ Text A：The Girlfriend Instinct：The Value of Female Friendships 4
Part Ⅲ Text B：Ten Qualities That Make a Friend a Friend 12
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 20
Unit 2 Road to Success 32
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 32
Part Ⅱ Text A：What Keeps Most People From Success? 35
Part Ⅲ Text B：How"Average"People Excel 42
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 53
Unit 3 Being True to One's Self 65
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 65
Part Ⅱ Text A：Self-Esteem 68
Part Ⅲ Text B：Declaration of Conscience 75
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 85
Unit 4 Cultural Values 97
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 97
Part Ⅱ Text A：Culture Shock：A Fish out of Water 100
Part Ⅲ Text B：American Ways 107
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 116
Unit 5 A Piece of Advice 131
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 131
Part Ⅱ Text A：The Best Advice My Mother Ever Gave Me 134
Part Ⅲ Text B：Advice to Youth 141
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 149
Unit 6 Future World 162
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 162
Part Ⅱ Text A：Cities of the Future 165
Part Ⅲ Text B：Will the World End in 2012? 174
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 183
Unit 7 Non-Human Earthlings 196
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 196
Part Ⅱ Text A：Effectively Communicate with Animals 199
Part Ⅲ Text B：The Real Monsters of Halloween 207
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 217
Unit 8 New Technology 233
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 233
Part Ⅱ Text A：New Technology and Our Lifestyle 236
Part Ⅲ Text B：It's a Small Word After All 244
Part Ⅳ Additional Theme-related Activities 254