Reading Skill：Context Clues to Word Meaning 1
Unit 1 University Student Life 3
Texts：Ten Commandments for a College Freshman 4
Getting the Best Value for Time 12
Unit 2 Culture Shock 17
Texts：Making a Cultural Change 18
Culture Shock：A Fish out of Water 27
Unit 3 The Movies 33
Texts：Why Some People Love Horror Movies 34
How to Watch a Movie? 44
Unit 4 Food 49
Texts：A Food Tour of the United States 50
Eating the Sichuanese Way 59
Reading Skill：Understanding Sentences 63
Unit 5 Bible Stories 65
Texts：Genesis 66
The Birth of Jesus Christ 75
Unit 6 Business 79
Texts：Levi Strauss＆Company 80
What Is the WTO? 89
Unit 7 Sports 95
Texts：Nanjing Secures 2014 Youth Olympic Games 96
How the Olympic Games Started? 106
Unit 8 Shyness 111
Texts：Overcome Shyness 112
How to Make a Good Impression? 121
Unit 9 Festivals and Holidays 125
Texts：Christmas 126
Celebrating the Chinese New Year at Home and Abroad 135
Reading Skill：Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea 141
Unit 10 Advertising 143
Texts：International Advertising as a Communication Process 144
How Advertising Is Done? 152
Unit 11 Psychology 157
Texts：Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs—Psychology in Business 158
General Psychology：The Study of Behavior 168
Unit 12 Information Technology 171
Texts：Open Education's Wide World of Possibilities 172
Apple's iPhone：The Untold Story 181
Unit 13 Physical Fitness 185
Texts：Eight Myths About Physical Fitness 186
Fitness Fundamentals：Begin and Maintain an Exercise Program 195
Unit 14 Pseudoscience 199
Texts：Analyze Yourself with the Help of Doodles 200
Horoscopes 210
Unit 15 Fiction 215
Texts：How to Read Fiction：A Letter from Howard Pease to a Fan 216
The Old Man and the Sea(An Excerpt) 224