Unit One Disaster 1
Part One:Listen and Talk 3
Part Two:Read and Explore 5
Text:The Loss of Titanic 5
Play:Titanic 11
Home Reading 20
Part Three:Language Skills 23
Grammar 23
Translation 25
Writing 25
Part Four:Culture Salon:Earthquake 26
Unit Two The Nightingale and the Rose 28
Part One:Listen and Talk 29
Part Two:Read and Explore 32
Text:Choosing a Spouse 32
Play:The Nightingale and the Rose 40
Home Reading:Love in College 52
Part Three:Language Skills 55
Grammar 55
Translation 57
Writing 57
Part Four:Culture Salon:Dating Patterns in the USA 57
Unit Three The Merchant of Venice 60
Part One:Listen and Talk 61
Part Two:Read and Explore 65
Text:The Question of Human Nature 65
Play:The Merchant of Venice 74
Home Reading:Human and Human Nature 89
Part Three:Language Skills 92
Grammar 92
Translation 93
Writing 93
Part Four:Culture Salon:Views on Human Nature 94
Unit Four Music and Musical 97
Part One:Listen and Talk 98
Part Two:Read and Explore 101
Text:Wu Bixia is Doing Wonders 101
Play:Sleepy Beauty 109
Home Reading:How does Christmas Music Effects Shoppers 127
Part Three:Language Skills 130
Grammar 130
Translation 131
Writing 131
Part Four:Culture Salon:Country Music 132
Unit Five Drama and Shakespeare 134
Part One:Listen and Talk 136
Part Two:Read and Explore 139
Text:The Beginning of Drama 139
Play:A Midsummer Night's Dream 147
Home Reading:The Best Playwright in England 157
Part Three:Language Skills 162
Grammar 162
Translation 163
Writing 163
Part Four:Culture Salon:William Shakespeare 164
Glossary 167