Unit One 1
Passage 1 "Hey,Son,I Love You Too." 1
Passage 2 Dating with My Mother 11
Passage 3 A Surprise Gift for Mother 20
Unit Two 30
Passage 1 Small Business Owner 30
Passage 2 Elementary School Teaching 37
Passage 3 A Pound of Butter 45
Unit Three 56
Passage 1 How to Study in College 56
Passage 2 Why I Came to College 67
Passage 3 Educational Attitude 80
Unit Four 95
Passage 1 A Home for the Future 95
Passage 2 Artificial Waterways 103
Passage 3 Danger—Keep off! 111
Unit Five 120
Passage 1 Chinese-American 120
Passage 2 Cultural Conflicts 130
Passage 3 The Girl with the Large Eyes 139
Unit Six 150
Passage 1 Magic 150
Passage 2 The Disc Jockey 159
Passage 3 The Movie Industry 168
Unit Seven 179
Passage 1 Biospheres in Space 179
Passage 2 Better Living with Machinery 188
Passage 3 Walking in Space 197
Unit Eight 207
Passage 1 Left-Handedness 207
Passage 2 Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys? 214
Passage 3 Traveling Students 223
Keys to Exercises 234
Vocabulary 258
Phrases and Expressions 270