Unit 1 Transformation of Life 1
Text A Mother's Love...A True Story 1
Text B Guest-Teaching Chinese and Learning America 8
Supplementary Exercises 15
Unit 2 Secret of Success 18
Text A President Barack Obama's Speech：Back to School Event（Ⅰ） 18
Text B President Barack Obama's Speech：Back to School Event（Ⅱ） 25
Supplementary Exercises 32
Unit 3 Fresh ideas,new mindset 35
Text A Time-One of the Great Mysteries of Our Universe 35
Text B Apple's cloud music to make piracy pay? 42
Supplementary Exercises 47
Unit 4 Beware on the Fast Track 50
Text A BRIC Wall 50
Text B Chindia at a Crossroads 57
Supplementary Exercises 62
Unit 5 Tangible and Intangible Medicine for Health 67
Text A Vitamins Are Important to Good Health 67
Text B Good Humor,Good Health 75
Supplementary Exercises 81
Unit 6 Significance of Mission 85
Text A Clinton Decides to Accept Post at State Dept.,Confidants Say 85
Text B Teacher,Can We Leave Now?No 92
Supplementary Exercises 98
Unit 7 Getting to know about laws in China and America 101
Text A People's Republic of China's Criminal Justice System 101
Text B The Rights of Employees 108
Supplementary Exercises 115
Unit 8 Charles Darwin and Biological Evolution 118
Text A Charles Robert Darwin 118
Text B Biological Evolution 125
Supplementary Exercises 132
key 135
References 143