Unit One Color 1
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 1
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 2
Text A 2
The Color of Friendship 2
Words and Expressions 3
Text B 6
Mixing Colors 6
Words and Expressions 8
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 10
Part Ⅳ Grammar: Word-Formation 11
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 13
Unit Two Sculpture 15
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 15
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 16
Text A 16
The Statue of Liberty 16
Words and Expressions 17
Text B 20
Sculpture as an Art Form 20
Words and Expressions 21
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 23
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Absolute Construction 25
Part Ⅴ PracticalWriting 26
Unit Three Gardening 28
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 28
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 29
Text A 29
Chinese Gardens 29
Words and Expressions 30
Text B 34
Planting Trees 34
Words and Expressions 35
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 38
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Ellipsis 39
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 40
Unit Four Calligraphy 42
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 42
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 43
Text A 43
Chinese Calligraphy 43
Words and Expressions 44
Text B 47
How to Write Chinese Calligraphy—Essentials of Writing Techniques 47
Words and Expressions 48
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 50
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Inversion 51
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 53
Unit Five Exhibition 55
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 55
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 56
Text A 56
Organize an Exhibition Without Tearing Your Hair Out 56
Words and Expressions 57
Text B 60
Staff in Exhibition 60
Words and Expressions 61
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 64
Part Ⅳ Grammar:"There be" Structure 66
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 68
Unit Six Paper-cut 70
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 70
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 71
Text A 71
Paper-cut 71
Words and Expressions 72
Text B 75
Qiao Xiaoguang and Contemporary Paper-cut 75
Words and Expressions 76
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 79
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Modal Verb 80
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 81
Unit Seven Opera 83
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 83
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 84
Text A 84
Peking Opera 84
Words and Expressions 85
Text B 88
Soap Operas 88
Words and Expressions 89
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 92
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Subjunctive Mood 93
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 96
Unit Eight Jewelry 98
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 98
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 99
Text A 99
One of the World's Largest Diamonds 99
Words and Expressions 100
Text B 103
Chinese Jade,Just Jewelry? 103
Words and Expressions 104
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 107
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Sentence of Real Condition 108
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 110
Unit Nine Acting 111
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 111
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 112
Text A 112
Battle Hymn 112
Words and Expressions 113
Text B 118
Betrayed 118
Words and Expressions 118
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 123
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Indirect Speech 125
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 127
Unit Ten Museum 129
Part Ⅰ Warm-up 129
Part Ⅱ In-focus:Read and Reflect 130
Text A 130
The Palace Museum—Forbidden City in Beijing 130
Words and Expressions 131
Text B 135
The Louvre:The World's Best Museum? 135
Words and Expressions 136
Part Ⅲ Listening and Speaking 142
Part Ⅳ Grammar:Emphatic Structure 143
Part Ⅴ Practical Writing 145
参考文献 147