Unit One Foreign Language Learning 2
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Greeting 2
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The Study of English 6
Section Ⅲ Grammar The Article（冠词） 13
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing English Letter and Envelope（英文书信和信封） 15
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 18
Passage 1 Active Reading 18
Passage 2 Helping Remember New Words 21
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Informal and Formal Greetings 24
Unit Two College Life 26
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Introduction 26
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Save Money for College on My Own 29
Section Ⅲ Grammar Plural of Nouns（名词复数） 36
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Calling Card（名片） 37
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 38
Passage 1 So Much to Learn 38
Passage 2 What Makes a Teacher? 40
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Different Kinds of Introductions 42
Unit Three Western Holidays 46
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Invitation 46
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The History of Thanksgiving Day 49
Section Ⅲ Grammar The Pronoun（代词） 56
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Greeting Card（贺卡） 58
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 59
Passage 1 Valentine Traditions and Customs 59
Passage 2 Santa Claus:The True Story 61
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Should I pay for the dinner? 63
Unit Four Famous Persons 66
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Making Requests 66
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Jules Verne 71
Section Ⅲ Grammar The Numeral（数词） 77
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Note and Asking-for Leave（便条和请假条） 79
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 81
Passage 1 Bill Gates—A Story of Success 81
Passage 2 Bill Gates'll Rules 83
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Cars 85
Unit Five Studying Abroad 88
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Advice and Suggestions 88
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Experience of Studying Abroad 92
Section Ⅲ Grammar The Preposition and Conjunction（介词和连词） 99
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Fax（传真） 102
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 104
Passage 1 My First Time in China 104
Passage 2 A Letter to Wang Mei 105
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Table Manners 107
Mid-term Test 108
Unit Six Generation Gap 120
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Compliments and Apologies 120
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading The Breach 124
Section Ⅲ Grammar The Comparative Degree of Adjective and Adverb（形容词和副词的比较级） 132
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing E-mail（电子邮件） 135
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 136
Passage 1 Generation Gap 136
Passage 2 It Gets Easier...and then They Leave! 137
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Compliments and Apologies 139
Unit Seven Friendship and Love 142
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Campus 142
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading Friendship in Different Cultures 146
Section Ⅲ Grammar The Verb（动词） 152
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Diploma（毕业证书） 154
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 155
Passage 1 My Doctor,My Sister,An Encounter with an Angel 155
Passage 2 Second Chance 158
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips University Motto 160
Unit Eight Time 162
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Taking Bus 162
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading How Americans View Time 166
Section Ⅲ Grammar The Sense of the Passive Voice（被动语态的时态形式） 172
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Weather Forecast（天气预报） 175
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 176
Passage 1 The Value of Time 176
Passage 2 Value Your Time 178
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips Traffic Warnings 179
Unit Nine Computer and Life 182
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Travel by Train 182
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading E-mail and Shop Online 186
Section Ⅲ Grammar Direct Speech and Indirect Speech（直接引语和间接引语） 191
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Poster（海报） 194
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 194
Passage 1 Artificial Speech 194
Passage 2 Welcome to the Web! 196
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips High-speed Rail in China 198
Unit Ten Life 202
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking Weather and Climate 202
Section Ⅱ Intensive Reading A Payment Greater Than Money 206
Section Ⅲ Grammar Modal Verbs（情态动词） 212
Section Ⅳ Applied Writing Invitation Card and Letter（请柬） 213
Section Ⅴ Reading Practice 215
Passage 1 A Story to Live By 215
Passage 2 Happy New You! 217
Section Ⅵ Cultural Tips El Nino 219
Final Test 220
参考文献 230