Unit 1 Happy Family LifePart Ⅰ Warming up 3
Part Ⅱ All you need is love? 6
Part Ⅲ First meetings 9
Part Ⅳ A Valentine story 10
Unit 2 Shaping and Reshaping PersonalityPart Ⅰ Warming up 15
Part Ⅱ Self-esteem 17
Part Ⅲ How to deal with depression and anger? 19
Part Ⅳ Short talks on listening skills 21
Represent the Ideas Clear and Clean——OutliningUnit 3 All Can SucceedPart Ⅰ Warming up 25
Part Ⅱ The road to success 29
Part Ⅲ Good better best 32
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 34
Unit 4 Getting Ready for the Future CareerPart Ⅰ Warming up 39
Part Ⅱ Painting for pay 43
Part Ⅲ Choosing a career 45
Part Ⅳ My pet hate 47
Unit 5 Creative MindsPart Ⅰ Warming up 51
Part Ⅱ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅰ) 54
Part Ⅲ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅱ) 56
Part Ⅳ Short talks on listening skills 58
Letting Things Go—Speed and VocabularyUnit 6 It's Great to Be a ChampionPart Ⅰ Warming up 63
Part Ⅱ They are the champion! 66
Part Ⅲ Luck in the hat 68
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 70
Unit 7 Leisure TimePart Ⅰ Warming up 75
Part Ⅱ Mozart's music still alive today 79
Part Ⅲ The man with the horn 81
Part Ⅳ Bank Holiday DIY 83
Unit 8 Everybody Can Help the EnvironmentPart Ⅰ Warming up 87
Part Ⅱ Campaign California Re-Leaf 91
Part Ⅲ PBS—a biodegradable plastic product 93
Part Ⅳ Short talks on listening skills 95
The"Inverted Pyramid" in News ReportingUnit 9 News Ⅰ:Disasterspart Ⅰ Warming up 99
Part Ⅱ News items 104
Part Ⅲ Torrential storms in Kenya 106
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 108
Unit 10 News Ⅱ:HealthPart Ⅰ Warming up 113
Part Ⅱ Hand washing 117
Part Ⅲ Lifestyle ＆ environmental factors vs cancers 118
Part Ⅳ Doctors on the Internet 120
Unit 11 News Ⅲ:Spacepart Ⅰ Warming up 125
Part Ⅱ Astronomers discover solar system 128
Part Ⅲ Compton Gamma Ray Observatory 129
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 130
Unit 12 Dictation 131
Vocabulary 143
Acknowledgements 172