Unit 1 1
Section A The Core Text:For Better Understanding in Oral CommunicationSection B Sample Dialogues About Language Learning and School Life（Ⅰ）Section C Passages for Reading Practice:(1)How to Be a Chairman in a Discussion(2)Public Speaking(3)Living and Dying of LanguagesSection D ExercisesUnit 2 12
Section A The Core Text:An Orderly Framework for Your Speech 23
Section B Sample Dialogues About Language Learning and School Life（Ⅱ）Section C Passages for Reading Practice:(1)Neither Too Many,Nor Too Short(2)Logical Division and Logical SenseSection D ExercisesUnit 3 23
Section A The Core Text:Cosmetics 35
Section B Sample Dialogues About Modern Science 35
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 35
(1)Some Advice About Shopping in a Department Store 35
(2)The Negative Effect of the Telephone 35
Section D Exercises 35
Unit 4 35
Section A The Core Text:The Valley of Windmills 48
Section B Sample Dialogues About Traveling and Sightseeing 48
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 48
(1)The Golden Gate Bridge 48
(2)The Geological Wonder 48
Section D Exercises 48
Unit 5 48
Section A The Core Text:The First Thanksgiving Day 61
Section B Sample Dialogues About Culture and Tradition 61
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 61
(1)What Is a Typical American Family Now 61
(2)High School Education in America 61
Section D Exercises 61
Unit 6 61
Section A The Core Text:Sports in the United States 77
Section B Sample Dialogues About Sports 77
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 77
(1)Sports Around the World 77
(2)Weather in America 77
Section D Exercises 77
Unit 7 77
Section A The Core Text:Video Games—Parents'Headaches 90
Section B Sample Dialogues About Family Life 90
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 90
(1)My Mother and Myself—A Schoolgirl's Words 90
(2)From a Lady's Letter to Her Mother 90
Section D Exercises 90
Unit 8 90
Section A The Core Text:Dual Construction Doubles the Waste 105
Section B Sample Dialogues in the Form of Telephone Conver-sationSection C Passages for Reading Practice:(1)Public Transportation in San Francisco(2)World RefugeesSection D ExercisesUnit 9 105
Section A The Core Text:The Style of a World Famous Chi-nese 119
Section B Sample Dialogues About the Western Society 119
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 119
(1)A Talk About the Medical Profession 119
(2)The Steel—Collar Workers 119
Section D Exercises 119
Unit 10 119
Section A The Core Text:Native American Influences on Mod-ern American CultureSection B Sample Dialogues About Opinion ExchangeSection C Passages for Reading Practice:(1)Some Facts about Education in the U.S.A.(2)Canada and Its PopulationSection D ExercisesUnit 11 133
Section A The Core Text:About Rice 146
Section B Sample Dialogues About Food 146
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 146
(1)The Glorious Cartoonist 146
(2)The Spider 146
Section D Exercises 146
Unit 12 146
Section A The Core Text:China Develops MBA Standards 159
Section B Sample Dialogues About Interviews 159
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 159
(1)High Schools and Colleges in the U.S.A. 159
(2)Ernest Hemingway 159
Section D Exercises 159
Unit 13 159
Section A The Core Text:A Reporter's Impression of the New RoadSection B Sample Dialogues About ImpressionSection C Passages for Reading Practice:(1)Part of a Speech by a British Minister(2)Towards Office AutomationSection D ExercisesUnit 14 170
Section A The Core Text:A Speech by a Managing Director 184
Section B Sample Dialogues About Business and Management 184
Section C Passages for Reading Practice: 184
(1)Firms Call for Able Managers 184
(2)An Introduction to a Company 184
Section D Exercises 184
Unit 15 184
Section A The Core Text:Gaining Success in Business Through Strategic ImprovisingSection B Sample Dialogues About Business and Trading（Ⅰ）Section C Passages for Reading Practice:(1)The Causes of Inflation(2)The Poor British ExporterSection D ExercisesUnit 16 197