Unit One 1
Part A:Reading Skills—Making Inferences(Ⅰ) 1
Reading Selection One:The Ugly Truth about Beauty 5
Reading Selection Two:Sex,Lies and Conversation 9
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 15
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 21
Description(Ⅰ) 21
Part D:Literary Appreciation 24
Unit Two 30
Part A:Reading Skills—Making Inferences(Ⅱ) 30
Reading Selection One:Kids Today:Dumb and Dumber? 34
Reading Selection Two:E equals MC-what? 40
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 46
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 51
Description(Ⅱ) 51
Part D:Literary Appreciation 55
Unit Three 65
Part A:Reading Skills—Drawing Conclusions(Ⅰ) 65
Reading Selection One:Young Cyber Addicts 68
Reading Selection Two:Freedom of Expression on the Internet 73
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 78
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 85
Exposition(Ⅰ) 85
Part D:Literary Appreciation 88
Unit Four 94
Part A:Reading Skills—Drawing Conclusions(Ⅱ) 94
Reading Selection One:Drop of Blood Reveals Family History 98
Reading Selection Two:Designing the Superman 102
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 108
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 115
Exposition(Ⅱ) 115
Part D:Literary Appreciation 118
Unit Five 127
Part A:Reading Skills—Making Judgments 127
Reading Selection One:Perils of Prohibition 131
Reading Selection Two:You Don't Have to Be Perfect 135
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 141
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 147
Parallelism(Ⅰ) 147
Part D:Literary Appreciation 150
Unit Six 158
Part A:Reading Skills—Recognizing Tones(Ⅰ) 158
Reading Selection One:Mind/Body Programming 162
Reading Selection Two:Do Animals Think? 166
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 171
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 177
Parallelism(Ⅱ) 177
Part D:Literary Appreciation 182
Unit Seven 186
Part A:Reading Skills—Recognizing Tones(Ⅱ) 186
Reading Selection One:Electric Tales-21st Century Books 190
Reading Selection Two:Cars of the Future Come under Scrutiny 193
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 199
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 206
Argumentation(Ⅰ) 206
Part D:Literary Appreciation 209
Unit Eight 217
Part A:Reading Skills—Reading with a Critical and Analytical Mind 217
Reading Selection One:Meanwhile on MTV,They're Shooting Up Classrooms 220
Reading Selection Two:A Trend in Suburban Shootings 225
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 231
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 238
Argumentation(Ⅱ) 238
Part D:Literary Appreciation 241
Unit Nine 249
Part A:Reading Skills—Reading for Full Understanding(Ⅰ) 249
Reading Selection One:Finding Spirit on the Subway 255
Reading Selection Two:Senior Ready to Launch His Career And a Company 258
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 264
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 270
Development by a Combination of Methods 270
Part D:Literary Appreciation 272
Unit Ten 278
Part A:Reading Skills—Reading for Full Understanding(Ⅱ) 278
Reading Selection One:Problematic or promising? 283
Reading Selection Two:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race 288
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 295
Part C:Guided Writing and Translation 301
Tips for Writing Through the CET-4 301
Part D:Literary Appreciation 303