Unit 1 Ways of Learning 2
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 3
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Learning,Chinese-Style 4
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Children and Money 21
Part Ⅳ Comgrehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 27
Practical Writing:Writing Notices 27
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 2
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 4
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 29
Unit 2 Values 30
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 31
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A A Life Full of Riches 32
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B The Richest Man in America,Down Home 49
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 55
Essay Writing:Bill Gates as a Great Philanthropist 55
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 30
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 32
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 57
Unit 3 The Generation Gap 58
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 59
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Father Knows Better 60
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Text Generation Gap:UR2 Old 78
Part Ⅳ Comgrehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Acting out the Play 85
Practical Writing:Writing Posters 85
Para Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 58
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 60
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 87
Unit 4 The Virtual World 88
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 89
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A A Virtual Life 90
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Mother's Mad about the Internuts 105
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 111
Practical Writing:Writing Email Messages 111
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 88
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 90
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 113
Test Yourself(Units 1-4) 114
Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles 130
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 131
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A True Height 132
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Fourteen Steps 149
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 155
Essay Writing:The Change in Hal Manwaring 155
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 130
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 132
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 157
Unit 6 Women,Half the Sky 158
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 159
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A A Woman Can Learn Anything a Man Can 160
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Beginning Anew 176
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 181
Practical Writing:Devising Questionnaires 181
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 158
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 160
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 183
Unit 7 Learning about English 184
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 185
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Glorious Messiness of English 186
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B The Role of English in the 21st Century 203
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 209
Essay Writing:Information Transfer 210
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 184
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities 186
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 211
Unit 8 Protecting Our Environment 212
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 213
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A A Fable for Tomorrow 214
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Excerpts from Silent Spring 229
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Mock Debate 235
Essay Writing:My Thoughts on Environmental Protection 235
Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan 212
Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Tets and Classroom Activities 214
Part Ⅲ Supplementary Exercises 237
Test Yourself(Units 5-8) 238
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises in Parts Ⅰ，Ⅲ，Ⅳ 254
Appendix Ⅱ Tape Scripts and Key to Test Papers 254
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 255