Unit 1 Happy Family LifePart Ⅰ Warming up 1
Part Ⅱ All you need is love? 4
Part Ⅲ First meetings 9
Part Ⅳ A Valentine story 12
Unit 2 Shaping and Reshaping PersonalityPart Ⅰ Warming up 15
Part Ⅱ Self-esteem 19
Part Ⅲ How to deal with depression and anger? 22
Part Ⅳ Short talks on listening skills 25
Represent the Ideas Clear and Clean—OutliningUnit 3 All Can SucceedPart Ⅰ Warming up 27
Part Ⅱ The road to success 30
Part Ⅲ Good better best 34
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 38
Unit 4 Getting Ready for the Future CareerPart Ⅰ Warming up 41
Part Ⅱ Painting for pay 46
Part Ⅲ Choosing a career 49
Part Ⅳ My pet hate 52
Unit 5 Creative MindsPart Ⅰ Warming up 55
Part Ⅱ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅰ) 60
Part Ⅲ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅱ) 63
Part Ⅳ Short talks on listening skills 66
Letting Things Go—Speed and VocabularyUnit 6 It's Great to Be a ChampionPart Ⅰ Warming up 68
Part Ⅱ They are the champion! 72
Part Ⅲ Luck in the hat 76
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 79
Unit 7 Leisure TimePart Ⅰ Warming up 82
Part Ⅱ Mozart's music still alive today 86
Part Ⅲ The man with the horn 89
Part Ⅳ Bank Holiday DIY 92
Unit 8 Everybody Can Help the EnvironmentPart Ⅰ Warming up 94
Part Ⅱ Campaign California Re-Leaf 97
Part Ⅲ PBS—a biodegradable plastic product 100
Part Ⅳ Short talks on listening skills 102
The"Inverted Pyramid" in News ReportingUnit 9 News Ⅰ:DisastersPart Ⅰ Warming up 104
Part Ⅱ News items 108
Part Ⅲ Torrential storms in Kenya 111
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 114
Unit 10 News Ⅱ:HealthPart Ⅰ Warming up 117
Part Ⅱ Hand washing 123
Part Ⅲ Lifestyle ＆ environmental factors vs cancers 125
Part Ⅳ Doctors on the Internet 127
Unit 11 News Ⅲ:SpacePart Ⅰ Warming up 131
Part Ⅱ Astronomers discover solar system 136
Part Ⅲ Compton Gamma Ray Observatory 137
Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation 139
Unit 12 Dictation 141
Vocabulary 147
Acknowledgements 176