Unit 1 1
Holidays and Vacation 1
Psychology 2
The Market 3
Aptitude 5
Ways of Spending Holiday 6
The Crime of the Month 7
On Being Punctual 9
Movies 11
Manners and Customs 12
On the Stock Exchange 13
Unit 2 15
The Mars 15
Dog Food 16
Man's Best Friend 18
Hair Care 19
A Package Is an Advertisement 20
Birds'Flight 22
Education in America 23
Advertisements 25
A Journey 26
Examination 27
Unit 3 29
Basketball 29
The Value of Defeat 30
Napoleon's Waterloo 31
Memory System 33
Norwegian Government 34
Examinations 36
Life and English 37
Stock Market 39
The Chip Masters 41
A Wooden Bowl 42
Unit 4 44
Apologizing Art 44
Unusual but Legal 45
Computer and Man 47
Supermarkets 48
Art of Conversation 50
Halloween 51
Crime Rates 52
Flu and Cold 54
Pay for Your College 55
Disney and His Cartoon World 56
Unit 5 58
Plankton—A New Resource of Food 58
Nobel Prize 60
A Tidal Wave 61
The Trumpet 62
Thomas Jefferson 64
Loan 65
Open-sea Areas 67
Should Women Return to Their Kitchens? 68
From Amateur to Artist 69
A Revised Schedule 71
Unit 6 72
Intelligence 72
A Daily Energy Cycle 74
American Dollars 75
Time Problem 77
Advertising 78
A New Way to Get Fresh Water 79
Great Britain 81
Memory 82
Advertisement 84
Public Schools 85
Unit 7 87
America's Influence on Chinese Culture 87
Making Friends at School 88
American Indians 90
Grandma Moses 91
Beware of Pickpockets! 92
Tears 94
Musical Instruments 95
The Baby Boom Generation 97
Mr. Weston 98
The Meaning of Money 99
Unit 8 101
A Solution to Energy Needs 101
How to Protect Tigers 102
Diana in Angola 104
Sanders 105
Wearing a Seat Belt 107
The Function of Muscles in Mental Acts 108
The American Character 109
Printing Press 110
Stress in Life 112
Philosophers 113
Unit 9 115
Quit Smoking 115
Adaptation 116
Life in the Universe 118
Modern Production 119
Acupuncture 121
From the Other Side of the Generation Gap 122
The Common Cold 124
English Vocabulary 126
Influences of Fairy Stories on Children 127
Jonathan Rivers 129
Unit 10 131
Flextime 131
Water Pollution Problems 132
The Fridge 133
Northern and Southern Polar Regions 135
Eye Contact 136
The Sense of Well Being 138
A Special Christmas 139
American Universities 141
Euthanasia 142
Judge by Appearance 144
Unit 11 146
Snoring 146
How to Negotiate for Salary 147
Rain 149
Smart Design 150
The Old and the New Rich 151
A Type of Wild Vegetation 153
Split Up 154
Newspaper in the Future 156
Speech Delivery 157
Plants Have Feelings 159
Unit 12 161
Attention to Details 161
A Born Naturalist 162
Valentine's Day 164
Nuclear Radiation 165
The Host City of the Olympics 167
An Important Railroad 168
Icebergs and Fresh Water 170
Barter 171
The Development of Artificial Intelligence 173
The Dreams of Flying 175
Unit 13 177
Tobacco Industry 177
Shakespeare's Works? 178
Stay Mentally Active 180
Job Interview 181
Education of an Aged Woman 183
The First Labor Day 184
Getting Help from Others 186
April Fool's Day 187
What Makes a Teacher 189
Parental Responsibility in the Teaching 190
Unit 14 192
Knowledge and Experience 192
Different Countries 193
Study of Some Top Referees 195
Erosion 196
Tornado 198
Jacqueline Kennedy 199
English Words 201
Bungee Jumping 202
Young People 204
Children's Intelligence 205
Unit 15 207
Women and Clothes 207
Science 208
Hotels 210
Panic Attacks 212
The History of Emigration from Ireland 213
A Fundamental Human Urge 215
Botany 217
Health 218
Human Talk 220
Phone 221
Unit 16 223
An Excellent Nursing System 223
True Happiness 224
"Hard"Science and"Soft"Science 226
Science Fiction 228
Noise 229
Stereotypes 231
Population Density 232
English Idioms and Common Expressions 234
A Broken Message 236
Fashion 237
Unit 17 239
Environment 239
The Industrial Revolution 240
Are Rich Children Happy? 242
The First North American Inhabitants 244
Office Politics 245
Toys 247
Time Crunch on Children 248
Education in the U.S 250
Interview Skills 251
OldAge 252
Unit 18 254
Police 254
Examinations 255
Long and Short Sleepers 257
Trade and Language 258
Stress 260
Help Your Kids Cope with Anxiety 262
Productivity 263
Ballet Training 265
Employment 266
Time and Energy 267
Reference Keys 269