Unit One Friendship 1
Unit introduction 1
Part One Listen and Talk 2
Part Two Reading and Practice 3
Passage A True Friendship 3
Passage B Friendship in Different Cultures 8
Passage C Skills to Help You Perfect Your Communication 10
Part Three Grammar Tips 12
Part Four Practical Writing 14
Part Five Culture Salon 17
Part Six Joke 17
Unit Two On Children 18
Unit introduction 18
Part One Listen and Talk 19
Part Two Reading and Practice 20
Passage A When You Are Depressed 20
Passage B Children's Self-esteem 25
Part Three Grammar Tips 28
Part Four Practical Writing 31
Part Five Culture Salon 33
Part Six Joke 33
Unit Three Nature 34
Unit introduction 34
Part One Listen and Talk 35
Part Two Reading and Practice 36
Passage A Summer Storm 36
Passage B Effects of Global Warming 41
Part Three Grammar Tips 44
Part Four Practical Writing 47
Part Five Culture Salon 50
Part Six Joke 50
Unit Four Business 51
Unit introduction 51
Part One Listen and Talk 52
Part Two Reading and Practice 53
Passage A Advertising 53
Passage B What Is a Decision? 58
Passage C Good Manners Mean Good Business 62
Part Three Grammar Tips 63
Part Four Practical Writing 67
Part Five Culture Salon 68
Part Six Joke 69
Unit Five Computers 70
Unit introduction 70
Part One Listen and Talk 71
Part Two Reading and Practice 72
Passage A Trouble with the Computer Game 72
Passage B What Is Cyber Love? 77
Part Three Grammar Tips 80
Part Four Practical Writing 83
Part Five Culture Salon 85
Part Six Joke 85
Unit Six This Is America 86
Unit introduction 86
Part One Listen and Talk 87
Part Two Reading and Practice 88
Passage A Higher Education in America 88
Passage B To Study in the US 93
Part Three Grammar Tips 96
Part Four Practical Writing 98
Part Five Culture Salon 100
Part Six Joke 100
Unit Seven Science 101
Unit introduction 101
Part One Listen and Talk 102
Part Two Reading and Practice 103
Passage A New Study Shows Happiness Fights the Common Cold 103
Passage B Study:The scientific study of cultural differences 108
Part Three Grammar Tips 111
Part Four Practical Writing 114
Part Five Culture Salon 118
Part Six Joke 119
Unit Eight Health 120
Unit introduction 120
Part One Listen and Talk 121
Part Two Reading and Practice 122
Passage A Mistaken Ideas about Food 122
Passage B Dieting Your Way to Health 127
Part Three Grammar Tips 131
Part Four Practical Writing 133
Part Five Culture Salon 134
Part Six Joke 135
Unit Nine Cultural Differences 136
Unit introduction 136
Part One Listen and Talk 137
Part Two Reading and Practice 138
Passage A The American Way:Marriage 138
Passage B Getting Over Culture Shock 143
Part Three Grammar Tips 147
Part Four Practical Writing 149
Part Five Culture Salon 150
Part Six Joke 151
Unit Ten Around the Globe 152
Unit introduction 152
Part One Listen and Talk 153
Part Two Reading and Practice 154
Passage A Travel Europe on a Penny 154
Passage B Copenhagen 159
Part Three Grammar Tips 163
Part Four Practical Writing 165
Part Five Cuhure Salon 166
Part Six Joke 167
Extracurricular reading 168
Glossary 184
References 196