Unit 1 The Impact of Education 1
Text A What's a University Education for? 1
Text B The Difference a Teacher Can Make 10
Text C Graded By My Students 15
Text D How to Help Them Succeed 19
Unit 2 Secrets of Success 22
Text A The Winner's Guide to Success 22
Text B What Makes Olympic Champions?(Ⅰ) 32
Text C What Makes Olympic Champions?(Ⅱ) 37
Text D Born to Win 42
Unit 3 Attitudes Toward Life 45
Text A Are You An Optimist? 45
Text B Plain Talk about Handling Stress 54
Text C The Pursuit of Happiness 60
Text D The Wholeness of Life 65
Unit 4 Love and Romance 68
Text A Why We Love Who We Love(Ⅰ) 68
Text B Why We Love Who We Love(Ⅱ) 78
Text C The Love I Choose 83
Text D Life in Death 87
Unit 5 Quality of Life Issues 91
Text A So What's So Bad About Being So-So? 91
Text B Quality of Life Is Much More Than a Job 99
Text C The Land of the Lock 103
Text D The Pleasure of Ignorance 108
Unit 6 Healthy Living 112
Text A What Is Health? 112
Text B The Complete Breath 122
Text C A Pyramid of Health 129
Text D The Fat Plateau 136
Unit 7 Human Nature 140
Text A A Woman of Rare Beauty Shares Words of Rare Grace 140
Text B Enjoy Delight of the Best in Life(Ⅰ) 148
Text C Enjoy Delight of the Best in Life(Ⅱ) 153
Text D A Beautiful Smile and God's Love 156
Unit 8 Growth and Maturity 158
Text A The Trying Twenties(Ⅰ) 158
Text B The Trying Twenties(Ⅱ) 167
Text C Rowing the Bus 174
Text D The Dog Next Door 180
Unit 9 Affection and Friendship 184
Text A Fathers ＆ Sons:the Bonding Process 184
Text B The Invisible Thread 194
Text C What I Want for You 198
Text D Waiting at the Door 202
Unit 10 Practical Psychology:Verbal and Non-verbal Communication 205
Text A Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs—Psychology in Business 205
Text B Signals without Words 214
Text C The Role of Language 219
Text D The Smile 224
Unit 11 Britain and British People 226
Text A The English Reserve and Politeness(Ⅰ) 226
Text B The English Reserve and Politeness(Ⅱ) 235
Text C Values and Attitudes(Ⅰ) 239
Text D Values and Attitudes(Ⅱ) 243
Unit 12 America and American People 247
Text A The American Character(Ⅰ) 247
Text B The American Character(Ⅱ) 260
Text C Lost American Dreams 265
Text D The Media in the United States 270
参考书目 273