Reading Skill：Finding the Main Idea 1
Unit 1 Generation 3
Text Ⅰ：The Law vs.the Piano 4
Text Ⅱ：Bricklayer’s Boy 15
Unit 2 Music 19
Text Ⅰ：A History of Music in America 20
Text Ⅱ：Listening to Music 31
Unit 3 Climate 35
Text Ⅰ：More Voices Needed in Climate Debate 36
Text Ⅱ：Types of Climate 47
Unit 4 Work 51
Text Ⅰ：Why People Work 52
Text Ⅱ：Who Makes It to the Top？ 63
Reading Skill：Recognizing the Pattern of Details 67
Unit 5 The African-Americans 69
Text Ⅰ：How Barack Obama Became the First African American President of the US：The Untold Story 70
Text Ⅱ：The First Black Woman Receiving Nobel Prize in Literature 81
Unit 6 Greek Stories 85
Text Ⅰ：Orpheus and Eurydice 86
Text Ⅱ：The Return of Odysseus 98
Unit 7 Attitude Towards Life 102
Text Ⅰ：The Simple Wisdom in Having the Right Attitude 103
Text Ⅱ：Dare Mighty Things 115
Unit 8 First Aid 119
Text Ⅰ：First Aid 120
Text Ⅱ：How to Deal with Common Emergencies 132
Reading Skill：Outlining 137
Unit 9 Creativity 139
Text Ⅰ：Where Do Those Bright Ideas Come from？ 140
Text Ⅱ：How to Get a Great Idea？ 150
Unit 10 Travel 153
Text Ⅰ：What Are the Different Types of Tourism 154
Text Ⅱ：Tourism 166
Unit 11 Examinations 170
Text Ⅰ：Types of Examinations 171
Text Ⅱ：Cheating：Alive and Flourishing 182
Unit 12 Intellectual Property 186
Text Ⅰ：Copyright 187
Text Ⅱ：The Apple Versus Samsung Patent Showdown Explained 198
Unit 13 War 202
Text Ⅰ：The Changing Nature of War 203
Text Ⅱ：How Did World War Ⅱ Start？ 214
Unit 14 Housing 220
Text Ⅰ：Show Me the Way to Go Home 221
Text Ⅱ：Mobile Homes 231
Unit 15 Drama 235
Text：A Question of Ethics 236