Unit 1 Language Learning 1
Part One In-Class Reading 3
Want to Learn a Language?Don't Make It a Mount Everest 4
Part Two After-Class Reading 13
Passage Ⅰ Reading—the Most Important Way to Learn English 13
Passage Ⅱ Improving Your Reading Strategies 18
Part Three Video Program My Fair Lady 24
Part Four Grammar 词类和句子成分 25
Unit 2 Education 31
Part One In-Class Reading 33
Part Two After-Class Reading 47
Passage Ⅰ Bill Gatesl:Education Does Count 47
Passage Ⅱ Standardized Tests? 52
Part Three Video Program It's Up to You! 57
Part Four Grammar 基本句型 58
Unit 3 Tales of People 61
Part One In-Class Reading 63
Part Two After-Class Reading 73
Passage Ⅰ The Bottom Line 73
Passage Ⅱ Who Was Mary? 78
Part Three Video Program A Place of Our Own 85
Part Four Grammar 动词的时态 85
Unit 4 Touring Around the World 91
Part One In-Class Reading 93
Beautiful Moscow 94
Part Two After-Class Reading 102
Passage Ⅰ Finland 102
Passage Ⅱ Roaming in Hong Kong 108
Part Three Video Program The Magic of Cuba 115
Part Four Grammar 动词的语态 116
Test One 119
Unit 5 Psychology 127
Part One In-Class Reading 129
Personality and Your Health 131
Part Two After-Class Reading 141
Passage Ⅰ How to Handle Stress,Anxieties and Worries 141
Passage Ⅱ Searching for Smiles 151
Part Three Video Program Stress and Health Problems 155
Part Four Grammar 非谓语动词(一)——不定式 156
Unit 6 Animal Kingdom 163
Part One In-Class Reading 165
Endangered Species 169
Part Two After-Class Reading 181
Passage Ⅰ Interesting Facts About Ants 181
Passage Ⅱ Cats and Dogs 187
Part Three Video Program The Wonderful Dogs 191
Part Four Grammar 非谓语动词(二)——动名词 193
Unit 7 Special Festivals 199
Part One In-Class Reading 201
The History of Thanksgiving Day 202
Part Two After-Class Reading 215
Passage Ⅰ Christmas in America 215
Passage Ⅱ Spring Festival 224
Part Three Video Program Thanksgiving Day 232
Part Four Grammar 非谓语动词(三)——分词 233
Unit 8 High Technology 237
Part One In-Class,Reading 239
Funny Computer Users 241
Part Two After-Class Reading 249
Passage Ⅰ Searching the Web with Yahoo! 249
Passage Ⅱ The Future of Electronics 255
Part Three Video Program Internet 261
Part Four Grammar 情态动词 262
Test Two 267