Unit 1 Myths and Legends 1
Part One Preparation 2
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 3
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 6
Enriching Your Word Power 6
In-Class Reading Why the Tortoise's Shell Is Not Smooth 9
After-Class Reading 16
Passage Ⅰ Beauty and the Beast 16
Passage Ⅱ The Monkey King 23
Passage Ⅲ The First Beginning 31
Part Four Further Development 37
Unit 2 Manners 40
Part One Preparation 41
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 42
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 44
Enriching Your Word Power 44
In-Class Reading No One Stops to Say"Thank You"Anymore 47
After-Class Reading 55
Passage Ⅰ Men's Liberation from Etiquette 55
Passage Ⅱ Who Pays the Check? 61
Passage Ⅲ Why Manners? 67
Part Four Further Development 74
Unit 3 Leisure Activities 76
Part One Preparation 77
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 79
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 82
Enriching Your Word Power 82
In-Class Reading Entertaining Humor—What's Funny? 85
After-Class Reading 93
Passage Ⅰ Underwater Concert 93
Passage Ⅱ Fatal Attraction 99
Passage Ⅲ Wow,Would I Love to Do That 106
Part Four Further Development 113
Unit 4 Science and Technology 115
Part One Preparation 116
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 118
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 121
Enriching Your Word Power 121
In-Class Reading Too Fast? 125
After-Class Reading 133
Passage Ⅰ True Love 133
Passage Ⅱ Back from the Dead 140
Passage Ⅲ Watch 0ut—You're on Camera 147
Part Four Further Development 157
Unit 5 The Power of Words 161
Part One Preparation 162
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 163
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 165
Enriching Your Word Power 165
In-Class Reading The Power of a Note 167
After-Class Reading 177
Passage Ⅰ All the Good Things 177
Passage Ⅱ Mother Tongue 184
Passage Ⅲ How to Write a Personal Letter 190
Part Four Further Development 197
Unit 6 Success 199
Part One Preparation 200
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 201
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 203
Enriching Your Word Power 203
In-Class Reading The Key to Success 206
After-Class Reading 215
Passage Ⅰ Success Means Never Feeling Tired 215
Passage Ⅱ A Triumph of the Spirit 223
Passage Ⅲ How to Succeed at Failing 231
Part Four Further Development 241
Unit 7 Athletes 243
Part One Preparation 244
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 246
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 248
Enriching Your Word Power 248
In-Class Reading Athletes Should Be Role Models 250
After-Class Reading 257
Passage Ⅰ Athletes Should Not Be Role Models 257
Passage Ⅱ Playing to Win 265
Passage Ⅲ Performance and Technology 272
Part Four Further Development 279
Unit 8 Healthy Living 281
Part One Preparation 282
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 283
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 286
Enriching Your Word Power 286
In-Class Reading Set Your Body's Time Clock to Work for You 291
After-Class Reading 299
Passage Ⅰ Surprising Facts About Sleep 299
Passage Ⅱ A Pill for Every Ill? 306
Passage Ⅲ Nothing to Sneeze At 314
Part Four Further Development 322
Unit 9 Friends and Friendship 325
Part One Preparation 326
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 327
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 330
Enriching Your Word Power 330
In-Class Reading On Friendship 333
After-Class Reading 342
Passage Ⅰ Friends,Good Friends—and Such Good Friends 342
Passage Ⅱ Best Friends 350
Passage Ⅲ The Value of Friendship 356
Part Four Further Development 362
Unit 10 Business Strategies 366
Part One Preparation 367
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 369
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 372
Enriching Your Word Power 372
In-Class Reading Business Lessons from the Rain Forest 375
After-Class Reading 382
Passage Ⅰ National Stereotypes and Business Behavior 382
Passage Ⅱ The Japanese Approach to Management 391
Passage Ⅲ Doing Business in Asia 401
Part Four Further Development 409
Unit 11 Heroes 412
Part One Preparation 413
Part Two ListeningCentered Activities 414
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 418
Enriching Your Word Power 418
In-Class Reading Heroes 422
After-Class Reading 429
Passage Ⅰ Mr Lee's Side of the Street 429
Passage Ⅱ Rescue at Dotson Creek 438
Passage Ⅲ In Memory of the Challenger Astronauts 446
Part Four Further Development 455
Unit 12 Public Speaking 457
Part One Preparation 458
Part Two Listening-Centered Activities 459
Part Three Reading-Centered Activities 461
Enriching Your Word Power 461
In-Class Reading Why Study Public Speaking? 465
After-Class Reading 472
Passage Ⅰ Food for Thought 472
Passage Ⅱ The Eulogy 482
Passage Ⅲ The Shame of Hunger 493
Part Four Further Development 502
Test Yourself(College English Band Three) 505
Glossary 520