Unit 1 Education 1
Tuning Up 2
Focus Reading 3
Getting Started 3
Text A:Importance of College Education 3
Comprehension Checking 7
Vocabulary Building 9
Construction Modeling 10
Critical Thinking 11
Extended Reading 12
Getting Started 12
Text B:Fresh Start 12
Comprehension Checking 14
Vocabulary Building 15
Translation Training 16
Critical Writing 16
Unit 2 Family 17
Tuning Up 18
Focus Reading 19
Getting Started 19
Text A:A Boy with a Mission 19
Comprehension Checking 24
Vocabulary Building 26
Construction Modeling 27
Critical Thinking 28
Extended Reading 29
Getting Started 29
Text B:A Letter from Obama to His Daughter 29
Comprehension Checking 31
Vocabulary Building 32
Translation Training 33
Critical Writing 34
Unit 3 Student Success 35
Tuning Up 36
Focus Reading 37
Getting Started 37
Text A:7 Strategies to Raise Your GPA This Semester 37
Comprehension Checking 43
Vocabulary Building 45
Construction Modeling 46
Critical Thinking 47
Extended Reading 48
Getting Started 48
Text B:Qualities of a Good Student 48
Comprehension Checking 51
Vocabulary Building 52
Translation Training 53
Critical Writing 53
Unit 4 Friends 54
Tuning Up 55
Focus Reading 56
Getting Started 56
Text A:An Indispensable Life Course 56
Comprehension Checking 60
Vocabulary Building 62
Construction Modeling 64
Critical Thinking 64
Extended Reading 65
Getting Started 65
Text B:Making Friends Is a Learning Practice 65
Comprehension Checking 68
Vocabulary Building 69
Translation Training 70
Critical Writing 70
Unit 5 Shopping Online 71
Tuning Up 72
Focus Reading 73
Getting Started 73
Text A:Top 4 Advantages of Shopping Online 73
Comprehension Checking 78
Vocabulary Building 79
Construction Modeling 81
Critical Thinking 81
Extended Reading 82
Getting Started 82
Text B:Shops Exploit People's Herd Mentality to Increase Sales 82
Comprehension Checking 84
Vocabulary Building 85
Translation Training 86
Critical Writing 86
Unit 6 Animals 87
Tuning Up 88
Focus Reading 88
Getting Started 88
Text A:Do Animals Have a Culture? 89
Comprehension Checking 93
Vocabulary Building 94
Construction Modeling 96
Critical Thinking 96
Extended Reading 97
Getting Started 97
Text B:How Could You? 97
Comprehension Checking 100
Vocabulary Building 101
Translation Training 102
Critical Writing 102
Unit 7 Etiquette 103
Tuning Up 104
Focus Reading 104
Getting Started 104
Text A:Is Honesty the Best Policy? 105
Comprehension Checking 108
Vocabulary Building 110
Construction Modeling 112
Critical Thinking 112
Extended Reading 113
Getting Started 113
Text B:Whatever Happened to Manners? 113
Comprehension Checking 116
Vocabulary Building 117
Translation Training 118
Critical Writing 118
Unit 8 Time Manageent 119
Tuning Up 120
Focus Reading 121
Getting Started 121
Text A:Five Ways to Get More Time 121
Comprehension Checking 126
Vocabulary Building 128
Construction Modeling 129
Critical Thinking 130
Extended Reading 131
Getting Started 131
Text B:Time-Conscious Americans 131
Comprehension Checking 134
Vocabulary Building 135
Translation Training 136
Critical Writing 136
Glossary 137