Unit One 1
Text A:Chinatown 1
Text B:The Chinese People Today 9
Unit Two 14
Text A:U.S. Agriculture 14
Text B:Lives of American Farmers 22
Unit Three 26
Text A:A Restaurant in Chinatown 26
Text B:Fast-food Restaurants in the United States 34
Unit Four 36
Text A:The Language of Social Occasions 36
Text B:Misunderstanding 47
Grammar Ⅰ 52
Unit Five 64
Text A:A Great Misfortune 64
Text B:Watching Americans at Work 73
Unit Six 77
Text A:The Applications of the Computer 77
Text B:Computers in Business 87
Unit Seven 92
Text A:An English Christmas 92
Text B:Welcome to London 101
Unit Eight 107
Text A:Travel 107
Text B:Introductions 117
Grammar Ⅱ 123
Unit Nine 142
Text A:American English 142
Text B:The Language of Shakespeare 150
Unit Ten 155
Text A:Information 155
Text B:Information and Decision-making 164
Unit Eleven 170
Text A:The Poverty Problem 170
Text B:The Rich and the Poor of the World 180
Unit Twelve 186
Text A:What is a Good Advertisement? 186
Text B:Advantages and disadvantages of Advertising 196
Grammar Ⅲ 201
Appendix Ⅰ.Phrases and Expressions 219
Appendix Ⅱ.Vocabulary List 224