Unit 1 Ambition 1
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) To Buy a Miracle 3
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Are You Too Shy To Succeed? 7
Passage 3(Appreciation) Passion:Your Key for Achieving Success 11
Unit 2 Science 13
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Solar Eclipse 15
Passage 2(Fast Reading) From Earth to Moon 18
Passage 3(Appreciation) Scientific Imagination in the Fairy Tales 21
Unit 3 Culture 25
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Esther Pan 27
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Chinese Number Gesture 31
Passage 3(Appreciation) Those Childhood Days 36
Unit 4 Life 41
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) TV Shows and Long Bus Trips 43
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Silent Suffering 46
Passage 3(Appreciation) Free to Fly with the Wind 50
Unit 5 People Around Us 53
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) WHO Says Mother's Milk is the Best 55
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Mom 59
Passage 3(Appreciation) A Perfect Son 64
Unit 6 Society 69
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Is Google Getting Ready to Enter the E-Book Market? 71
Passage 2(Fast Reading) One-room Schools 75
Passage 3(Appreciation) Two Kinds of“Conversation” 78
Unit 7 Art and Technology 81
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Fire Making 83
Passage 2(Fast Reading) The Trouble with Biofuels 86
Passage 3(Appreciation) The Most Beautiful Heart 91
Unit 8 Diet and Health 93
Passage 1(Intensive Reading) Lack of Sleep Affects Kids'Alertness 95
Passage 2(Fast Reading) Is chocolate really good for you? 99
Passage 3(Appreciation) Four Factors That Determine How Long You Will Live 103