Unit 1 Choice 1
Text A Citizens of the Land of Opportunity 2
Text B The Beauty in Challenge 17
Text C Make a Different Decision 24
Unit 2 Ambition 31
Text A Visions and Ideals 33
Text B Getting Motivated：Whatever Your Circumstance 48
Text C The Audacity of Ambition 53
Unit 3 Adversity 61
Text A Never Lose Hope 62
Text B Black Tulips 75
Text C Beyond Fear 83
Unit 4 Grow up 89
Text A How to Grow Old 91
Text B Straw into Gold 105
Text C The Jacket 112
Unit 5 Shopping 119
Text A When Shopping Is a Problem 121
Text B Retail Shopping as Entertainment 135
Text C Youre the Shopper and the Cashier 142
Unit 6 Language 149
Text A I'm Losing My Canadian English 151
Text B Changing Tongues 165
Text C Hearing Bilingual：How Babies Sort out Language 171
Unit 7 Disaster 181
Text A Tsunami 183
Text B Without a Warning 196
Text C The Thrill of Disaster 202
Unit 8 Man and Nature 209
Text A Man in the Realm of Nature 212
Text B A Season for Hymning and Hawing 224
Text C Camp in a California Wilderness 232