Unit One Men and Women 2
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 2
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 3
Passage 1 Terra-cotta Warriors Get'Sex Change' 3
Passage 2 More than Just Friends?7 Secret Tests of Attraction 6
Passage 3 Jane Eyre(an excerpt) 11
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 13
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 14
Unit Two Becoming Greener 16
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 16
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 17
Passage 1 Now China's Super Rich Are Fleeing to Avoid Smog 17
Passage 2 Six Green Resolutions That Lead to Happiness 21
Passage 3 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin(an excerpt) 25
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 27
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 28
Unit Three Music World 31
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 31
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 32
Passage 1 Mounting a Musical Peak 32
Passage 2 Will We Ever...Understand Why Music Makes Us Feel Good? 36
Passage 3 The Old Man And The Sea(an excerpt) 41
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 43
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 44
Unit Four Travelling around 46
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 46
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 47
Passage 1 Overseas Travel Just the Ticket as Chinese Go on Vacation 47
Passage 2 A Museum ofMission 51
Passage 3 The American Scholar(anexcerpt) 56
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 59
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 60
Unit Five Ivory Towers 64
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 64
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 65
Passage 1 What Do You Do with Millions of Extra Graduates? 65
Passage 2 5 Mistakes to Avoid During Your Freshman Year of College 70
Passage 3 Work and Pleasure 74
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 75
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 76
Unit Six Buying Online 79
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 79
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 80
Passage 1 Web Retailer JD.com's I.P.O.Shows a Hunger for China 80
Passage 2 Amazon Holiday Delivery Woes:Send in the Drones! 84
Passage 3 Treasure Island(an excerpt) 88
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 90
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 91
Unit Seven Holidays for Fun 95
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 95
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 96
Passage 1 Halloween Gaining Popularity But Still Sees Cultural Differences 96
Passage 2 US Military to Be Used to'Track Santa Claus' 99
Passage 3 Pride and Prejudice(Chapter One) 103
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 105
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 106
Unit Eight Imagining Our Future 109
Part Ⅰ Pre-reading Activities 109
Part Ⅱ Reading Tasks 110
Passage 1 What Will China Be Like in 10 Years? 110
Passage 2 What If We Could Rebuild New York City? 113
Passage 3 A Friend in Need(an excerpt) 117
Part Ⅲ Post-reading Tasks 119
Part Ⅳ Cultural Panorama 120
Appendix 123
Reference 123
Listening Scripts(Excerpt) 133