Unit 1 College Life 1
Warm-up Activities 1
Text A What to Expect from College Life 2
Text B Should I Live On or Off Campus? 6
Phonetics The Importance of Learning Phonetics 9
Reading Skills Reading Aloud and Recitation 10
Practical Writing Business Cards 10
Grammar Noun 11
Unit 2 Eastern and Western Culture 16
Warm-up Activities 16
Text A Chinese Customs in Daily Life in China 17
Text B Ways to Say"Thank You" 22
Phonetics How to Learn Phonetics Well? 25
Reading Skills Reading Methods and Reading Habits 25
Practical Writing Résumé 26
Grammar Pronoun 27
Unit 3 Success 33
Warm-up Activities 33
Text A Interview with Alibaba. com's Chairman,Jack Ma 34
Text B An Important Attitude for Success 39
Phonetics Three Types of Phonetic Alphabets 42
Reading Skills Fast Reading Skills 43
Practical Writing Letters of Invitation 46
Grammar Numeral 47
Unit 4 Social Communication 50
Warm-up Activities 50
Text A Improve Interpersonal Skills by Breaking Six Bad Habits 51
Text B The Seed 57
Phonetics The Letters of the Alphabet 60
Reading Skills Understanding a Paragraph 60
Practical Writing Letters(1) 63
Grammar Article 63
Unit 5 Management Celebrities 67
Warm-up Activities 67
Text A Conrad Hilton 68
Text B Ray Kroc and McDonald's 73
Phonetics Vowels Pronunciation 75
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words(1) 76
Practical Writing Letters(2) 78
Grammar The Comparative and Superlative Degrees of Adj./Adv 79
Unit 6 Computer and Life 82
Warm-up Activities 82
Text A A Digital Designer 82
Text B A True Story of Computer Stupidity 87
Phonetics Consonants Pronunciation 90
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words(2) 91
Practical Writing Greeting Cards 93
Grammar Modal Verbs(1) 93
Unit 7 E-Commerce 98
Warm-up Activities 98
Text A The Lure of E-Commerce 99
Text B Are You E-Commerce Ready? 104
Phonetics Syllable 107
Reading Skills Guessing Unknown Words(3) 108
Practical Writing E-mail and Fax 109
Grammar Modal Verbs(2) 111
Unit 8 Computerized Accounting 113
Warm-up Activities 113
Text A What Is Computerized Accounting? 114
Text B Accounting and Computer 119
Phonetics Word Stress 122
Reading Skills Inference and Judgment 123
Practical Writing Letter of Thanks 124
Grammar Six Sentence Patterns 125
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 128
New Words 128
Phrases and Expressions 136
Proper Names 139
Appendix Ⅱ A List of Irregular Verbs 140