Unit 1 1
Text A:Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year 1
Text B:Eleven Things Done by American College Students 15
Unit 2 17
Text A:Choose Your Destiny 17
Text B:Face Adversity with a Smile 31
Unit 3 33
Text A:Language and Thought 33
Text B:A Brief History of the English Language 47
Unit 4 49
TextA:Out of Our Gourds 49
Text B:Halloween 63
Unit 5 65
Text A:Have You Seen the Tree? 65
Text B:Tree-mendous 82
Unit 6 85
Text A:The Little Prince 85
Text B:The Tablecloth 104
Unit 7 105
Text A:Simple till Six 105
Text B:Harmful Ingredients in Packaged Foods 120
Unit 8 121
TextA:The Power of Silence 121
Text B:A Good Turn Deserves Another 133
Unit 9 135
Text A:What Is Fashion? 135
Text B:Gabrielle"Coco"Chanel 151
Unit 10 153
TextA:Lindo Rong 153
Text B:24 City 169
Unit 11 171
TextA:The Many Applications for Intemet Use 171
Text B:The Internet and Its Future Directions 187
Unit 12 189
Text A:President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address 189
Text B:What I Want for You 205
Unit 13 207
Text A:Bottled Water vs.Tap Water 207
Text B:Water:The World's Most Valuable Stuff 221
Unit 14 223
Text A:Why We Travel 223
Text B:To Live in New York 237