Unit 1 LoveIn-Class Reading A Good Heart to Lean On 1
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：A Kiss for Kate 7
Passage Ⅱ：Benefits from Pets 12
Unit 2 Psychology in Our Daily LifeIn-Class Reading Is There a Doctor in the Body? 18
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：The Psychology of Money 20
Passage Ⅱ：How to Jump Queue Fury 24
Passage Ⅲ：Comforting Thoughts 28
Unit 3 CultureIn-Class Reading Bridging Cultural Gaps Gracefully 33
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：Dining Customs in America 39
Passage Ⅱ：Chinese and American Culture 42
Passage Ⅲ：Specific Taboos 47
Unit 4 Holidays and Special DaysIn-Class Reading A Merry Christmas 51
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：Merry Christmas 56
Passage Ⅱ：April Fools'Day 61
Unit 5 MoneyIn-Class Reading Time Spent Agonizing over Money 69
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：Elias:A Parable 75
Passage Ⅱ：A Letter to God 80
Unit 6 ShoppingIn-Class Reading Consumer Behavior of Young People 85
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：About Buying Things 92
Passage Ⅱ：The Older Subculture 95
Passage Ⅲ：Bargains 98
Unit 7 Emotions and HealthIn-Class Reading The Secrets of Good Health 103
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：Your Anger Can Kill You 108
Passage Ⅱ：How to Live to Be 100 113
Unit 8 Social ProblemsIn-Class Reading Latchkey Children——Knock,Knock,Is Anybody Home? 118
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：it's a Mugger's Game in Manhattan 123
Passage Ⅱ：Thief 126
Unit 9 The Joy of TravelIn-Class Reading Transformative Travel 133
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：The Romance of Train Travel 138
Passage Ⅱ：Aruba 141
Unit 10 Man and AnimalsIn-Class Reading Aggression in Humans and Animals 146
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：Shouldthe Navy Draft Dolphins? 153
Passage Ⅱ：Animals on the Job 157
Unit 11 AdvertisingIn-Class Reading What Advertising Does to Us 161
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：Advertising:The Selling of a Product 165
Passage Ⅱ：Should Advertising Be Banned? 166
Unit 12 Reflections on LifeIn-Class Reading A Diary of the Century 171
After-Class ReadingPassage Ⅰ：Age and Youth 176
Passage Ⅱ：Let the Questions In 179