Unit 1 Fighting with the Forces of Nature 1
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 2
PartⅡ Text A The Icy Defender 2
PartⅢ Text B The Normandy Landings 23
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 31
Writing Strategy: Providing evidence 32
Unit 2 Smart Cars 35
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 36
PartⅡ Text A Smart Cars 36
PartⅢ Text B Intelligent Vehicles 55
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 65
Writing Strategy: How to write a résumé 69
Unit 3 Job Interview 71
PartⅡ Text A Get the Job You Want 72
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 72
PartⅢ Text B A Mortal Flower 94
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 102
Writing Strategy: How to write job application letters 105
Unit 4 The Multicultural Society 107
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 108
PartⅡ Text A America as a Collage 108
PartⅢ Text B What s American about America? 129
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 138
Writing Strategy: Ways to begin an essay 139
Test Yourself (Units 1-4) 141
Unit 5 cruelty 159
PartⅡ Text A A Friend in Need 160
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 160
PartⅢ Text B A Man of the World 181
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 190
Writing Strategy: Ways to conclude an essay 191
Unit 6 The Pace of Life 193
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 194
PartⅡ Text A Old Father Time Becomes a Terror 194
PartⅢ Text B Life in the Fast Lane 217
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 224
Writing Strategy: Eliminating wordiness 225
Unit 7 Terrorism 229
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 230
PartⅡ Text A The Nightmare and the Dreams 230
PartⅢ Text B Journey into the Shadows 252
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 260
Writing Strategy: Writing a proposition 261
Unit 8 Travel 263
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 264
PartⅡ Text A In the Jungle 264
PartⅢ Text B Illinois Journey 287
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 294
Writing Strategy: How to write reservations 297
Test Yourself(Units 5-8) 299
AppendixⅠ Key to Exercises in Parts Ⅰ,Ⅲ, Ⅳ 315
AppendixⅡ Tapescripts and Key to Test Papers 345
AppendixⅢ Glossary 361