阅读技巧：如何确定文章的主旨大意 1
UNIT 1 5
Text A Mind Your Manners 5
Text B American Superstitions 7
Text C Different Ways in Viewing the World 8
UNIT 2 11
Text A University and Imagination 11
Text B Development of Universities 13
Text C Time Is Life 14
UNIT 3 18
Text A Stop Environmental Degradation 18
Text B Pollution 20
Text C Sea Pollution 22
UNIT 4 25
Text A Is College Education Really So Important? 25
Text B Job Application:What Do Interviewers Think? 27
Text C How to Write a Personal Letter 29
阅读技巧：如何寻找细节 33
UNIT 5 36
Text A Social Changes in Women's Lives 36
Text B Marrying Early 38
Text C Laura Bush:A Second Look at the First Lady 40
UNIT 6 44
Text A Advertising 44
Text B An Unsuccessful Murder 46
Text C Writing for the Trades 47
UNIT 7 51
Text A British Newspapers 51
Text B Lateness in Different Cultures 53
Text C What You Need to Know about Novel Writing:Interview with Sidney Sheldon 55
UNIT 8 58
Text A The Sinking of Bismarck 58
Text B Learn to Change 60
Text C How to Survive a Hotel Fire 62
阅读技巧：如何推测词义 66
UNIT 9 70
Text A Dealing with Parents and Others 70
Text B Generation Gap 72
Text C You Are What You Think 74
UNIT 10 77
Text A Nobel Prize in Literature 77
Text B Appearance and Success 79
Text C What Successful People Have in Common? 81
UNIT 11 85
Text A The Problem of Youth 85
Text B Group Pressure 87
Text C Invisible Women 88
UNIT 12 92
Text A Personal Choice and Health 92
Text B Positive Reinforcement 94
Text C Hair Fall 95
阅读技巧：如何预测与推理 100
UNIT 13 104
Text A Stress 104
Text B Rushed Age 106
Text C Dealing with Fears 107
UNIT 14 112
Text A Changes in American Families 112
Text B Attitudes Influence Children's Achievement 114
Text C Emotional Child Abuse 115
UNIT 15 119
Text A Time Spent in a Bookshop 119
Text B Insomnia 121
Text C Cultivating the Library Habit 123
UNIT 16 126
Text A Do Computers Help in Education? 126
Text B Computer Crimes 128
Text C The Blog Revolution 130
KEYS 133