Unit 1 Love of Reading 2
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 3
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A One Writer's Beginnings 4
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Prison Studies 26
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Proctice:group discussion 33
Essay Writting:writing an essay on any of the given topics 33
Writing Strategy:Sentence Variety 34
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 2
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 4
Unit 2 Diet 36
Part Ⅰ Listaning TaskListening Practice 37
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Let's Go Veggie! 38
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Where's the Beef? 59
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:mock debate 66
Essay Writing:writing an essay on any of the given topics 66
Writing Strategy:The Relation of Argumentation and Other Types of Writing 66
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 36
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 38
Unit 3 Lying 68
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 69
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Truth about Lying 70
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B White Lies 90
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:speech'contest 97
Practical Writing:writing letters of apology 97
Writing Strategy:How to Write Letters of Apology 100
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 68
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of The Texts and Classroom Activities 70
Unit 4 Unforgettable Teachers 103
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 103
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskTtxt A Take This Fish and look at It 104
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Unforgettable Miss Bessie 125
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:group discussion 132
Essay Writing:writing an essay on any of the given topics 132
Writing Strategy:Using Combination of Methods for Developing Essays 132
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 102
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 104
Unit 5 Global Warming 152
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 153
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Heat Wave 154
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts 174
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:speech contest 181
Essay Writing:writing an essay on any of the given topics 181
Writing Strategy:Revising 182
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 152
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 154
Unit 6 The American Civil War 185
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 185
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Grant and Lee 186
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B A Brief History of the American Civil War 206
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:group discussion 213
Practical Writing:writing a summary 213
Writing Strategy:How to Write a Summary 214
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 184
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 186
Unit 7 Gambling Addiction 217
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 217
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Going for Broke 218
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B A Life Lost to Gambling 239
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:mock debate 246
Practical Writing:writing an IOU and a rectipt 246
Writing Strategy:Tips on How to Write an IOU and a Receipt 247
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 216
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 218
Unit 8 Marriage 248
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 249
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Legacy 250
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Why Marriages fail 272
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:group discussion 279
Practical Writing:writing a report on a book or an article 279
Writing Strategy:How to Write a Book Report 280
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 248
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 250
Test Yourself（Units 5-8） 282
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises in Parts Ⅰ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ 298
Appendix Ⅱ Tape Scripts and Key to Test Papers 299
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 300