Unit 1 Love of Reading 1
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 1
PartⅡ Text A One Writer's Beginnings 2
PartⅢ Text B Prison Studies 25
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 40
Unit 2 Diet 46
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 46
PartⅡ Text A Let's Go Veggie！ 47
PartⅢ Text B Where's the Beef？ 68
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 80
Unit 3 Lying 85
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 85
PartⅡ Text A The Truth about Lying 86
PartⅢ Text B White Lies 123
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 143
Unit 4 Unforgettable Teachers 148
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 148
PartⅡ Text A Take This Fish and Look at It 149
PartⅢ Text B unforgettable Miss Bessie 185
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 206
Test Yourself（Units 1-4） 213
Unit 5 The American Civil War 222
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 222
PartⅡ Text A Grant and Lee 223
PartⅢ Text B A Brief History of the American Civil War 259
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 281
Unit 6 Marriage 286
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 286
PartⅡ Text A The Legacy 287
PartⅢ Text B Why Marriages Fail 325
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 346
Unit 7 Machine Translation 352
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 352
PartⅡ Text A Tongues of the Web 353
PartⅢ Text B Computer-Based Translation Systems and Tools 373
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 383
Unit 8 Gambling Addiction 389
PartⅠ Pre-Reading Task 389
PartⅡ Text A Going for Broke 390
PartⅢ Text B A Life Lost to Gambling 416
PartⅣ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 429
Test Yourself（Units 5-8） 433