Unit One New Life,New Beginning 1
Part One Listening Comprehension:Telling Differences between Similar Sounds 2
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Skimming 6
Part Three Intensive Reading:College Dorm Life 11
Part Four Oral Practice:Meeting People for the First Time 22
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Sentence Writing 25
Practical Writing—Business Cards 28
Unit Two Holidays 31
Part One Listening Comprehension:Identifying Time 32
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Scanning 37
Part Three Intensive Reading:Coping with Santa Claus 42
Part Four Oral Practice:Weather and Climate 52
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Sentence Expansion(1) 56
Practical Writing—Greeting Cards 59
Unit Three Friendship 61
Part One Listening Comprehension:Identifying Phone Number 62
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Word Formation 66
Part Three Intensive Reading:The Value of Friendship 72
Part Four Oral Practice:Friends and Friendship 82
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Sentence Expansion(2) 86
Practical Writing—Congratulation Cards 88
Unit Four Traffic and Transportation 91
Part One Listening Comprehension:Identifying Adverbials of Frequency 92
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Reading in Sense Groups 95
Part Three Intensive Reading:Public Transportation Expands around the World 100
Part Four Oral Practice:Transportation 111
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Writing Complete,Grammatically Correct Sentences 114
Practical Writing—Signs 117
Unit Five Social Manners 119
Part One Listening Comprehension:Identifying the Place or Situation 120
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Developing Good Reading Habits 124
Part Three Intensive Reading:A Smile Matters 129
Part Four Oral Practice:Social Manners 140
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Sentence Fragments 143
Practical Writing—Invitation Cards 146
Unit Six Environment 149
Part One Listening Comprehension:Identifying Possibilities 150
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Transition 154
Part Three Intensive Reading:Water,Water Everywhere? 159
Part Four Oral Practice:Environment 170
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Modifiers 173
Practical Writing—Notes 175
Unit Seven Love and Marriage 179
Part One Listening Comprehension:Identifying Similarities and Differences 180
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Looking for Topic Sentence(1) 183
Part Three Intensive Reading:The Power and Freedom of Commitment 188
Part Four Oral Practice:Love and Marriage 198
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Varying Sentence Length and Sentence Pattern 201
Practical Writing—Announcements 203
Unit Eight Creativity 205
Part One Listening Comprehension:Identifying Agreement and Disagreement 206
Part Two Reading Comprehension:Looking for Topic Sentence(2) 210
Part Three Intensive Reading:Every Child is Born a Genius 215
Part Four Oral Practice:Creativity 225
Part Five Writing:General Writing—Sentence Variety 228
Practical Writing—Notices 230
Glossary 233