Unit 1 1
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 1
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 4
Text A Mama's Soup Pot 5
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 16
Text B As Time Goes By 17
Unit 2 22
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 22
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 25
Text A The Information Age 25
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 37
Text B The MP3 Piracy 38
Unit 3 43
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 43
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 46
Text A Body Language Speaks Louder Than Words 47
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 59
Text B Non-verbal Communication 60
Unit 4 65
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 65
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 68
Text A Living a Well-balanced Life 68
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 80
Text B How to Live a Well-balanced Life 81
Unit 5 86
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 86
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 89
Text A Violence in Sports 89
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 102
Text B Drugs and Sports 103
Unit 6 109
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 109
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 112
Text A History of Progress in Music 112
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 125
Text B The Beatles 126
Unit 7 131
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 131
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 134
Text A Fashion 134
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 149
Text B Sweet Revenge 150
Unit 8 155
Part Ⅰ PREPARATORY 155
Part Ⅱ LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 158
Text A Piano Lessons 159
Part Ⅲ TOWARD PRODUCTIVE LANGUAGE 170
Text B Chase Kear's Miracles 171
Vocabulary 176