Unit 1 Changes in the Way We Live 2
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 3
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Mr.Doherty Builds His Dream Life 4
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B American fami ly Life:The Changing Picture 23
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 30
Essay Writing:Recent Changes in Chinese Family Life 30
Unit 2 Givil-Rights Heroes 32
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 33
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Freedom Givers 34
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Rosa Parks:the Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement 53
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Speech Contest 60
Essay Writing:The Civil-Rights Movement in the U.S. 60
Unit 3 Security 62
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 63
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Land of the Lock 64
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Why I Bought a Gun 80
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 88
Practical Writing:Writing Memos 88
Unit 4 Imagination and Creativity 92
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 93
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Was Einstein a Space Alien? 94
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Anecdotes about Einstein 111
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 118
Essay Writing:The Role of Imagination in the Advancement of Science and Technology 118
Test Yourself(Units1-4) 120
Unit 5 Giving Thanks 136
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 137
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Writing Three Thank-You Letters 138
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B The Power of Gratitude 155
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 161
Practical Writing:Writing Thank-You Letters 161
Unit 6 The Human Touch 164
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 165
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Last Leaf 166
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Night Watch 183
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 189
Practical Writing:Writing Notes Asking for Leave 189
Unit 7 Making a Living 192
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 193
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Life of a Salesman 194
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Bricklayer's Boy 213
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Group Discussion 220
Practical Writing:Writing Advertisements 220
Unit 8 Cloning 224
Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice 225
Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Human Cloning:A Scientist's Story 226
Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Second Thoughts on Cloning 245
Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:Mock Debate 251
Essay Writing:My Views on Human Cloning 251
Test Yourself (Units 5-8) 254
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises in Parts Ⅰ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ 270
Appendix Ⅱ Tape Scripts and Key to Test Papers 289
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 304