Unit 1 Health 3
Listen and Speak 3
Listening Tasks 3
Speaking Tasks 6
Read and Practice 7
Text A How to Live to Be a Hundred 8
Text B Wake up Your Life by Walking 17
Practical Writing 商品介绍(Product Introduction) 25
Unit 2 Psychology 29
Listen and Speak 29
Listening Tasks 29
Speaking Tasks 32
Read and Practice 33
Text A What a Woman Wants 34
Text B To Feel Better,You Need to Think Better 45
Practical Writing 便函(Memorandum) 53
Unit 3 Pace of Life 57
Listen and Speak 57
Listening Tasks 57
Speaking Tasks 59
Read and Practice 61
Text A Pace of Life Allows No Room for Study 61
Text B Modernity or Bust 71
Practical Writing 产品使用说明书 78
Unit 4 Value 83
Listen and Speak 83
Listening Tasks 83
Speaking Tasks 86
Read and Practice 87
Text A Profits of Praise 88
Text B The Green Banana 98
Practical Writing 合同与协议(Contracts and Agreements) 106
Unit 5 Art 113
Listen and Speak 113
Listening Tasks 113
Speaking Tasks 115
Read and Practice 116
Text A The Monster 117
Text B A Rebellious Singer of This Times 127
Guided Writing 135
Unit 6 Terrorism 139
Listen and Speak 139
Listening Tasks 139
Speaking Tasks 141
Read and Practice 142
Text A Mr.President,We Need to Talk 143
Text B The Best Weapon against Fear-Love Your Neighbor 153
Guided Writing 161
Unit 7 Addiction 165
Listen and Speak 165
Listening Tasks 165
Speaking Tasks 167
Read and Practice 168
Text A Confessions of an Online Dating Addict 169
Text B Workaholics 181
Guided Writing 189
Unit 8 Music 193
Listen and Speak 193
Listening Tasks 193
Speaking Tasks 195
Read and Practice 196
Text A The Secret to Being a Successful Musician 197
Text B Arts for All 208
Guided Writing 214
Unit 9 Medicine 219
Listen and Speak 219
Listening Tasks 219
Speaking Tasks 221
Read and Practice 222
Text A To Lie or Not to Lie—The Doctor's Dilemma 223
Text B Crash Course 234
Guided Writing 243
Unit 10 Famous People 247
Listen and Speak 247
Listening Tasks 247
Speaking Tasks 249
Read and Practice 250
Text A Hepburn Survived While Others Faded Away 251
Text B Oprah Winfrey 261
Guided Writing 270
Unit 11 New Generation 275
Listen and Speak 275
Listening Tasks 275
Speaking Tasks 277
Read and Practice 279
Text A Youth Today:Adult Perceptions May Be Misperceptions 279
Text B Generation Y in the United States 290
Guided Writing 299
Unit 12 Advertising 303
Listen and Speak 303
Listening Tasks 303
Speaking Tasks 305
Read and Practice 307
Text A Kodak,Action:New Ads a Hit 307
Text B Insights into Advertising 319
Guided Writing 328
词汇表 329