Unit 1 1
TextA：College-A New Experience 1
TextB：Never Too Old to Live Your Dream 8
Skills Development and Practice 13
Reading Skills—Reading for the Main Idea（1） 13
Translation Practice—选择词义 14
Guided Writing—缩略词 15
Listening and Speaking 16
Unit 2 20
TextA：Rock and Roll 20
Text B：The First American Music 28
Skill Development and Practice 33
Reading Skills—Reading for the Main Idea（2） 33
Translation Practice—引申词义 34
Guided Writing—标志用语 35
Listening and Speaking 37
Unit 3 41
Text A：Why Nations Trade 41
Text B：Stocks and Shares 50
Skills Development and Practice 55
Reading Skills—Guessing Unknown Words（1） 55
Translation Practice—转译词类 57
Guided Writing—如何写信封 59
Listening and Speaking 60
Unit 4 65
Text A：The First Four Minutes 65
Text B：Table Manners and Customs 73
Skills Development and Practice 77
Reading Skills—Guessing Unknown Words（2） 77
Translation Practice—转译词类 78
Guided Writing—书信 79
Listening and Speaking 81
Unit 5 85
Text A：Community Service 85
TextB：People on the Move 93
Skills Development and Practice 98
Reading Skills—Making Use of Contents and Index 98
Translation Practice—转译词类 102
Guided Writing—明信片、传真 102
Listening and Speaking 106
Unit 6 109
Text A：Working Hard or Hardly Working? 109
TextB：Working for Fun and Profit 117
Skills Development and Practice 122
Reading Skills — Recognizing Punctuation 122
Translation Practice—转译词类 123
Guided Writing—贺卡、名片 124
Listening and Speaking 126
Unit 7 130
Text A：Best Center in NBA History 130
Text B：Basketball s Latest Star 137
Skills Development and Practice 143
Reading Skills—Understanding Reference 143
Translation Practice—转译词类 144
Guided Writing—便条、电子邮件 145
Listening and Speaking 147
Unit 8 151
TextA：Getting to the Airport 151
Text B：An Embarrassing Moment 158
Skills Development and Practice 164
Reading Skills—Recognizing Logical Connectors 164
Translation Practice—增词 165
Guided Writing—告示、海报 166
Listening and Speaking 167
Glossary 171
phrases and Expressions 194