Unit One Foreign Language Learning 1
Text A Learn a Foreign Language 3
Text B 5 Great Reasons to Learn a Foreign Language 9
Grammar in Focus Tense 14
Unit Two College Life 19
Text A What to Expect from College Life 21
Text B College Talk 29
Grammar in Focus The Voice 33
Unit Three Love and Friendship 37
Text A Unconditional Love 39
Text B The Story of Kyle 45
Grammar in Focus Modal Verbs 50
Unit Four Lifestyle and Health 54
Text A Small Changes Yield Big Benefits 56
Text B Easy Ways to Lose Weight 63
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs:Infinitives 67
Test One 72
Unit Five Sports and Sportsmanship 84
Text A She Was Not Born to Walk 86
Text B My Olympic Story 92
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs:Participles 96
Unit Six Success against Adversity 100
Text A A Tale of Two Hands 102
Text B A Violin with Three Strings 110
Grammar in Focus Non-finite Verbs:Gerunds 114
Unit Seven Art and Architecture 119
Text A An Impossible Bridge 121
Text B The Pritzker Prize,the Nobel of Architecture 129
Grammar in Focus The Comparative Degree 134
Unit Eight Journey through Life 138
Text A The Two Roads 140
Text B Run through the Rain 147
Grammar in Focus Conjunctions and Clauses 151
Test Two 155
Unit Nine Speaking in Public 166
Text A Welcoming Remarks by Bill Gates 168
Text B The Queen's Speech on Diana's Death 175
Grammar in Focus Attributive Clauses 179
Unit Ten Moral Values 183
Text A The Praying Hands 185
Text B Moral Values in America 192
Grammar in Focus Reference and Concord 197
Unit Eleven Cultural Differences 201
Text A American Customs and Etiquette 204
Text B Chinese Business Culture and Etiquette 210
Grammar in Focus The Subjunctive Mood 215
Unit Twelve Different Words,Different Worlds 219
Text A How Do Men and Women Think Differently? 221
Text B How Do Men and Women Speak Differently? 228
Grammar in Focus Inversion 232
Test Three 236
Glossary 247