Unit 1 舞蹈世界 1
Famous Sayings 1
Lead-in 3
Reading Focus 4
Text A Isadora Duncan, the Tenth Muse 4
Text B What Do You Know About Hip -Hop Dance？ 19
Reading for Pleasure 32
Further Development 33
Unit 2 音符的世界 42
Famous Sayings 42
Lead-in 43
Reading Focus 44
Text A Franz Schubert : Rough Life, Great Achievement 44
Text B Johann Strauss Ⅱ : Fighting Against His Father 63
Reading for Pleasure 80
Further Development 80
Unit 3 演讲艺术 87
Famous Sayings 87
Lead-in 88
Reading Focus 89
Text A Winston Churchill Speech — Never Give In 90
Text B How to Become a Confident Public Speaker 105
Reading for Pleasure 116
Further Development 116
Unit 4 体育精神 123
Famous Sayings 123
Lead-in 124
Reading Focus 125
Text A My Greatest Olympic Prize 126
Text B Overcome Your Imperfections 139
Reading for Pleasure 151
Further Development 151
Unit 5 艺术奇葩 159
Famous Sayings 159
Lead-in 162
Reading Focus 163
Text A Machu Picchu — “The Lost City of Inca” 164
Text B Golden-Orb-Spiders Textile 181
Reading for Pleasure 190
Further Development 191
Unit 6 艺术家与社会 197
Famous Sayings 197
Lead-in 198
Reading Focus 199
Text A For the kids 200
Text B Oprah Winfrey's Charity Life 213
Reading for Pleasure 224
Further Development 225
Unit 7 国华精粹（Ⅰ） 231
Famous Sayings 231
Lead-in 232
Reading Focus 233
Text A Calligraphy 234
Text B The Oldest Performance Art in China—Acrobatics 249
Reading for Pleasure 262
Further Development 262
Unit 8 国华精粹（Ⅱ） 269
Famous Sayings 269
Lead-in 271
Reading Focus 271
Text A Beijing Opera 272
Text B Poetry of the Tang Dynasty 288
Reading for Pleasure 298
Further Development 298