Unit One:IS THERE LIFE ON EARTH? 1
Discourse Analysis 1
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 2
Useful Words and Expressions 5
Key to Study and Practice 10
Reading Activity 15
Key to Guided Writing 17
Unit Two:THE DINNER PARTY 19
Discourse Analysis 19
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 21
Useful WordS and Expressions 25
Key to Study and Practice 29
Reading Activity 34
Key to Guided Writing 36
Unit Three:LESSONS FROM JEFFERSON 38
Discourse Analysis 38
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 39
Useful Words and Expressions 43
Key to Study and Practice 49
Reading Activity 56
Key to Guided Writing 59
Unit Four:MY FIRST JOB 60
Discourse Analysis 60
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 61
Useful Words and Expressions 64
Key to Study and Practice 69
Reading Activity 74
Key to Guided Writing 76
Unit Five:THE PROFESSOR AND THE YO-YO 78
Discourse Analysis 78
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 79
Useful Words and Expressions 82
Key to Study and Practice 88
Reading Activity 93
Key to Guided Writing 95
Unit Six:THE MAKING OF A SURGEON 97
Discourse Analysis 97
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 98
Useful Words and Expressions 102
Key to Study and Practice 108
Reading Activity 113
Key to Guided Writing 115
Unit Seven:THERE'S ONLY LUCK 118
Discourse Analysis 118
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 119
Useful Words and Expressions 124
Key to Study and Practice 130
Reading Activity 134
Key to Guided Writing 135
Unit Eight:HONESTY:IS IT GOING OUT OF STYLE? 137
Discourse Analysis 137
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 139
Useful Words and Expressions 143
Key to Study and Practice 149
Reading Activity 156
Key to Guided Writing 159
Unit Nine:WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE,ANYWAY? 160
Discourse Analysis 160
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 161
Useful Words and Expressions 164
Key to Study and Practice 168
Reading Activity 173
Key to Guided Writing 176
Unit Ten:PROFITS OF PRAISE 177
Discourse Analysis 177
Difficult Sentences and Useful Patterns 178
Useful Words and Expressions 181
Key to Study and Practice 187
Reading Activity 193
Key to Guided Writing 195
Appendix:Chinese Translations of the Texts 196