Unit 1 1
Fighting with the Forces of Nature 2
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 2
Part Ⅱ Text A The Icy Defender 2
Part Ⅲ Text B The Normandy Landings 23
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 31
Writing Strategy: Providing evidence 32
Unit 2 35
Smart Cars 36
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 36
Part Ⅱ Text A Smart Cars 36
Part Ⅲ Text B Intelligent Vehicles 55
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 65
Writing Strategy: How to write a résumé 69
Unit 3 71
Job Interview 72
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 72
Part Ⅱ Text A Get the Job You Want 72
Part Ⅲ Text B A Mortal Flower 94
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 102
Writing Strategy: How to write job application letters 105
Unit 4 107
The Multicultural Society 108
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 108
Part Ⅱ Text A America as a Collage 108
Part Ⅲ Text B What's American about America? 129
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 138
Writing Strategy: Ways to begin an essay 139
Test Yourself (Units 1-4) 141
Unit 5 159
Cruelty 160
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 160
Part Ⅱ Text A A Friend in Need 160
Part Ⅲ Text B A Man of the World 181
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 190
Writing Strategy: Ways to conclude an essay 191
Unit 6 193
The Pace of Life 194
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 194
Part Ⅱ Text A Old Father Time Becomes a Terror 194
Part Ⅲ TextB Life in the Fast Lane 217
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 224
Writing Strategy: Eliminating wordiness 225
Unit 7 229
Terrorism 230
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 230
Part Ⅱ Text A The Nightmare and the Dreams 230
Part Ⅲ Text B Journey into the Shadows 252
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 260
Writing Strategy: Writing a proposition 261
Unit 8 263
TravelPart Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task 264
Part Ⅱ Text A In the Jungle 264
Part Ⅲ Text B Tllinois Journey 287
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 294
Writing Strategy: How to write reservations 297
Test Yourself (Units 5- 8) 299
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises in Parts Ⅰ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ 315
Appendix Ⅱ Tapescripts and Key to Test Papers 345
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 361