Unit 1 People Around Us 2
Get Started 2
Listen and Respond 3
Read and Explore 4
Text A Something for Stevie 4
Text B The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget 14
Optional Classroom Activities 22
Enhance Your Language Awareness 23
Enjoy English 31
Unit 2 Love 32
Get Started 32
Listen and Respond 33
Read and Explore 34
Text A How Deep Is Your Love? 34
Text B Holding Hands 42
Optional Classroom Activities 48
Enhance Your Language Awareness 49
Enjoy English 58
Unit 3 Friendship 60
Get Started 60
Listen and Respond 61
Read and Explore 62
Text A What Is Friendship? 62
Text B After Twenty Years 69
Optional Classroom Activities 77
Enhance Your Language Awareness 77
Enjoy English 86
Unit 4 Sports 88
Get Started 88
Listen and Respond 89
Read and Explore 90
Text A My Greatest Olympic Prize 90
Text B What Makes Olympic Champions? 99
Optional Classroom Activities 107
Enhance Your Language Awareness 109
Enjoy English 117
Practice Test I（Units 1-4） 118
Unit 5 Health 134
Get Started 134
Listen and Respond 135
Read and Explore 137
Text A Set Your Body's Time Clock to Work for You 137
Text B A Whisper of AIDS 146
Optional Classroom Activities 153
Enhance Your Language Awareness 155
Enjoy English 163
Unit 6 Happiness 164
Get Started 164
Listen and Respond 165
Read and Explore 166
Text A The Eighth Tuesday We Talk About Money 166
Text B Material Things and Happiness 178
Optional Classroom Activities 185
Enhance Your Language Awareness 185
Enjoy English 194
Unit 7 Education 196
Get Started 196
Listen and Respond 197
Read and Explore 198
Text A Another School Year:Why? 198
Text B The Four Pillars of Education in the Twenty-First Century 210
Optional Classroom Activities 218
Enhance Your Language Awareness 219
Enjoy English 229
Unit 8 Intercultural Communication 230
Get Started 230
Listen and Respond 231
Read and Explore 233
Text A Culture Shock 233
Text B Rich Met My Mother 242
Optional Classroom Activities 250
Enhance Your Language Awareness 250
Enjoy English 259
Practice Test Ⅱ（Units 5-8） 260
Appendix Ⅰ Sample Essays for Theme-Related Writing 274
Appendix Ⅱ Text Translation 280
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 300