Unit One Language Learning 1
In-Class Reading 1
Delight of Books 1
After-Class Reading 6
Passage Ⅰ How to Read Faster 6
Passage Ⅱ Higher Education of the Future 9
Unit Two Travelling 14
In-Class Reading 14
On Going a Journey 14
After-Class Reading 18
Passage Ⅰ A Girl Who Swam the Channel 18
Passage Ⅱ Once More to the Lake 21
Unit Three Love 25
In-Class Reading 25
How to Fall in Love with Yourself 25
After-Class Reading 29
Passage Ⅰ Love Letters in Danger of Dying 29
Passage Ⅱ The Date Father Didn't Keep 32
Unit Four Internet World 36
In-Class Reading 36
Change Your Routine Life a Bit 36
After-Class Reading 40
Passage Ⅰ Hackers:The Enemy on the Internet 40
Passage Ⅱ The IPad 2 43
Unit Five College Life 48
In-Class Reading 48
College Student Homesickness 48
After-Class Reading 52
Passage Ⅰ Failing a Class 52
Passage Ⅱ Love and Loss 55
Unit Six Famous People 59
In-Class Reading 59
Bill Gates in His Boyhood 59
After-Class Reading 63
Passage Ⅰ Who Was the Real Genghis Khan 63
Passage Ⅱ J.K.Rowling 67
Unit Seven Festivals ＆ Holidays 71
In-Class Reading 71
History of Mother's Day 71
After-Class Reading 75
Passage Ⅰ Legend of the Spring Festival 75
Passage Ⅱ Halloween Lantern and Trick 78
Unit Eight Fairy Tales 82
In-Class Reading 82
The Seven Ravens 82
After-Class Reading 86
Passage Ⅰ The Fox and the Horse 86
Passage Ⅱ Cowherd and Weaving Girl 89
Unit Nine Popular Science 93
In-Class Reading 93
Five Truths about Our Energy Future 93
After-Class Reading 98
Passage Ⅰ Anyone out There?A New Way to Look for Alien Life 98
Passage Ⅱ The Thing in that Morning 102
Unit Ten Family 106
In-Class Reading 106
Of Parents and Children 106
After-Class Reading 111
Passage Ⅰ Mother's Hands 111
Passage Ⅱ Privity between Fathers 114
Key to Exercises 118
Glossary 127
Phrases ＆ Expressions 141