Unit 1 1
Text A:Canaima—Eco-tours with Angels and Devils 1
Exercises 6
Comprehension 9
Vocabulary & Structure 9
Translation 9
Writing 1 9
Text B:Getting China Cracked 10
Exercises 15
Comprehension 17
Vocabulary & Structure 17
Translation 17
Writing 2：英文写作中选词的一些基本原则 17
Leisure Reading:Heaven's Net 20
Bilingual Reading:The Beauty of Pisa in the Afternoon 20
Unit 2 23
Text A:A Right to Die 23
Exercises 30
Comprehension 34
Vocabulary & Structure 34
Translation 34
Writing 1 34
Text B:The Long Habit 35
Exercises 39
Comprehension 41
Vocabulary & Structure 41
Writing 2：英文写作中造句的一些基本原则 41
Leisure Reading:Tolerance—How? 45
Bilingual Reading:Human Life:A Poem 46
Unit3 49
Text A:Life Is a Gamble 49
Exercises 53
Comprehension 56
Vocabulary & Structure 56
Translation 56
Writing 1 56
Text B:Money—a Bad Master,a Good Servant 56
Exercises 59
Comprehension 60
Vocabulary & Structure 60
Writing 2：论述文 60
Leisure Reading:Rainy Day Blues 64
Bilingual Reading:Sorrows of the Millionaire 65
Unit 4 68
Text A:Tolerance Is the Best Medicine 68
Exercises 70
Comprehension 73
Vocabulary & Structure 73
Translation 73
Writing 1 73
Text B:Choose Optimism 73
Exercises 76
Comprehension 78
Vocabulary & Structure 78
Translation 78
Writing 2：习作评讲（一） 78
习作评讲（二） 80
Leisure Reading:Where Real Strength Lies 81
Bilingual Reading:Intellectual Ambition 82
Unit 5 85
Text A:Why Do We Laugh? 85
Exercises 90
Comprehension 92
Vocabulary & Structure 92
Translation 92
Writing 1 92
Text B:Laugh and the World Laughs with You 93
Exercises 95
Comprehension 97
Vocabulary & Structure 97
Translation 97
Writing 2:Abstracts（摘要） 97
Leisure Reading:Those Were the Days 99
Bilingual Reading:Love of Self 100
Unit 6 102
Text A:The Art of Asking Embarrassing Questions 102
Exercises 105
Comprehension 108
Vocabulary & Structure 108
Translation 108
Writing 1 108
Text B:Times 2005 Top 20 Universities of the UK 108
Exercises 113
Comprehension 115
Vocabulary & Structure 115
Translation 115
Writing 2:Resumes（简历） 115
Leisure Reading:Fried Rice Mystery 118
Bilingual Reading:The Pleasure of Reading 119
Unit 7 122
Text A:Cultural Globalization Is Not Americanization 122
Exercises 131
Comprehension 136
Vocabulary & Structure 136
Translation 136
Writing 1 136
Text B:Towards Globalization 136
Exercises 143
Comprehension 145
Vocabulary & Structure 145
Translation 145
Writing 2:Letters of Complaint（投诉信） 145
Leisure Reading:Nosy Imagination 148
Bilingual Reading:A True Instinct for the Beautiful 149
Unit 8 151
Text A:At the Tailors 151
Exercises 158
Comprehension 162
Vocabulary & Structure 162
Translation 162
Writing 1 162
Text B:How to Avoid Foolish Opinions 162
Exercises 167
Comprehension 169
Vocabulary & Structure 169
Translation 169
Writing 2:Letters of Certification（证明信） 169
Leisure Reading:On Life's Stage 171
Bilingual Reading:What I Have Lived For 171
Unit 9 174
Text A:A Planet in Jeopardy 174
Exercises 181
Comprehension 184
Vocabulary & Structure 184
Translation 184
Writing 1 184
Text B:Buildings That Breathe 185
Exercises 190
Comprehension 193
Vocabulary & Structure 193
Translation 193
Writing 2:Job Application Letters（求职信） 193
Leisure Reading:Winning Life's Marathon 198
Bilingual Reading:The Balance of Nature 199
Unit 10 201
Text A:Is Holly Working Today? 201
Exercises 206
Comprehension 210
Vocabulary & Structure 210
Translation 210
Writing 1 210
Text B:Man's Best Friend 210
Exercises 218
Comprehension 221
Vocabulary & Structure 221
Translation 221
Writing 2:Letters of Recommendation（推荐信） 221
Leisure Reading:Say No More 225
Bilingual Reading:The Value of Time 226
Unit 11 229
Text A:At What Cost Beauty? 229
Exercises 235
Comprehension 240
Vocabulary & Structure 240
Translation 240
Writing 1 240
Text B:Depression?Here's Help 240
Exercises 247
Comprehension 250
Vocabulary & Structure 250
Translation 250
Writing 2:Scholarship Application Letters（奖学金申请信） 250
Leisure Reading:Fraser's Mystery 253
Bilingual Reading:Of Studies 254
Unit 12 257
Text A:Inaugural Address 257
Exercises 264
Comprehension 269
Vocabulary & Structure 269
Translation 269
Writing 1 269
Text B:Reverend Martin Luther King,Jr.Speaks at"Freedom March" 269
Exercises 276
Comprehension 281
Vocabulary & Structure 281
Writing 2 281
Leisure Reading:A Gift from the Gods 284
Bilingual Reading:Gettysburg's Address 285
Appendix 287
Test One 287
Test Two 303
Test Three 319
Test Four 339