Unit 1 1
Holidays and Vacation 1
Psychology 2
The Market 3
Aptitude 5
Ways of Spending Holiday 6
The Crime of the Month 8
On Being Punctual 9
Movies 11
Manners and Customs 12
On the Stock Exchange 14
Unit 2 16
The Mars 16
Dog Food 17
Man's Best Friend 19
Hair Care 20
A Package Is an Advertisement 22
Birds'Flight 23
Education in Amenrica 25
Advertisements 26
A Journey 28
Examination 29
Unit 3 31
Basketball 31
The Value of Defeat 32
Napoleon's Waterloo 33
Memory System 35
Norwegian Government 37
Intelligence 38
Life and English 40
Stock Market 42
The Chip Masters 43
A Wooden Bowl 45
Unit 4 47
Apologizing Art 47
Unusual but Legal 48
Computerand Man 50
Supermarkets 51
Art of Conversation 53
Halloween 54
Crime Rates 56
Flu and Colcd 57
Pay for Your College 59
Disney and His Cartoon World 60
Unit 5 62
Plankton—A New Resource of Food 62
Nobel Prize 64
A Tidal Wave 65
The Trumpet 66
Thomas Jefferson 68
Loan 69
Open-sea Areas 71
Should Women Return to Their Kitchens? 72
From Amateur to Artist 74
A Revised Schedule 75
Unit 6 77
Intelligence 77
A Daily Energy Cycle 79
American Dollars 80
Time Problem 82
Advertising 83
A New Way to Get Fresh Water 85
Great Britain 86
Trees 87
Advertisement 89
Public Schools 90
Unit 7 92
America's Influence on Chinese Culture 92
Making Friends at School 93
American Indians 95
Grandma Moses 96
Beware of Pickpockets! 98
Tears 99
Musical Instruments 101
The Baby Boom Generation 102
Mr.Weston 103
The Meaning of Money 104
Unit 8 106
A Solution to Energy Needs 106
How to Protect Tigers 107
Diana in Angola 109
Sanders 111
Wearing a Seat Belt 112
The Function of Muscles in Mental Acts 113
The American Character 115
Printing Press 116
Stress in Life 117
Philosophers 118
Unit 9 120
Quit Smoking 120
Adaptation 121
Life in the Universe 123
Modem Production 125
Acupuncture 126
From the Other Side ofthe Generation Gap 128
The Common Cold 129
English Vocabulary 131
Influences of Fairy Stories on Childten 133
Jonathan Rivers 134
Unit 10 136
Flextime 136
Language and Culture 137
The Fridge 139
Northem and Southern Polar Regions 140
Eye Contact 142
The Sense of Well Being 143
A Special Christmas 145
American Univetsities 146
Euthanasia 148
Judge by Appearance 149
Unit 11 151
Snoring 151
How to Negotiate for Salary 152
Rain 154
Smart Design 155
The Old ancthe New Rich 156
A Type of Wild Vegetation 158
Split Up 160
Newspaper in the Future 161
Speech Delivery 163
Plants Have Feelings 164
Unit 12 166
Attention to Details 166
A Born Naturalist 167
Valentine's Day 169
Nuclear Radiation 170
The Host City ofthe Olympics 172
An Important Railroad 174
Icebergs and Fresh Water 175
Barter 177
The Development of Artificial Intelligence 178
The Dreams of Flying 180
Unit 13 182
Tobacco Industry 182
Shakespeare's Works? 183
Stay Mentally Active 185
Job Interview 187
Education of an Aged Woman 188
The First Labor Day 190
Getting Help from Others 191
April Fool's Day 193
What Makes a Teacher 194
Parental Responsibility in the Teaching 196
Unit 14 198
Knowledge and Experience 198
Different Countries 199
Study of Some Top Referees 201
Erosion 202
Tornado 204
The Curse on TV 205
English Words 207
Bungee Jumping 209
Young People 210
Children's Intelligence 212
Unit 15 214
Women and Clothes 214
Science 215
Horels 217
Memoroies of School Years 219
The History of Emigration from Ireland 220
A Fundamental Hurnan Urge 222
Botany 224
Health 225
Human Talk 227
Phone 228
Unit 16 230
An Excellent Nursing System 230
True Happiness 231
"Hard"Science and"Soft" Science 233
Science Fiction 235
Noise 236
Stereotypes 238
Poplation Density 240
English Idioms and Common Expressions 241
A Broken Message 243
Fashion 244
Unit 17 246
Environment 246
The Industrial Revolution 247
Are Rich Children Happy? 249
The First North American Inhabitants 251
Office Politics 252
Toys 254
Time Crunch on Children 255
Education in the U.S 257
Interview Skills 258
Old Age 260
Unit 18 262
Police 262
Examinations 263
Long and Short Sleepers 265
Trade and Language 266
Stress 268
Help Your Kids Cope with Anxiety 270
Productivity 271
Ballet Training 273
Employment 274
Time and Energy 276
Reference Keys 278