READING SKILL：Finding the Main Idea 1
UNIT1 Reading 3
TEXT Ⅰ：How Can a Person Learn to Read Faster？ 4
TEXT Ⅱ： Reading Tastes and Habits 12
UNIT 2 Music 16
TEXT Ⅰ ： Music’s History May Show a Path to Future Peace 17
TEXT Ⅱ： Listening to Music 26
UNIT 3 ？eneration 30
TEXT Ⅰ ： The Law vs.the Piano 31
TEXT Ⅱ： Bricklayer’s Boy 41
UNIT 4 Weather and Climate 45
TEXT Ⅰ ： What Makes the Weather？ 46
TEXT Ⅱ： Types of Climate 55
UNIT 5 Work 60
TEXT Ⅰ ： Why People Work 61
TEXT Ⅱ： Who Makes It to the Top？ — Upward Mobility in the Business World 70
READING SKILL： Recognizing the Pattern of Details 75
UNIT 6 The Aprican-Americans 77
TEXT Ⅰ ： Martin Luther King 78
TEXT Ⅱ： The First Black Woman Receiving Nobel Prize in Literature 87
UNIT 7 Greek Stories 91
TEXT Ⅰ ： Orpheus and Eurydice 92
TEXT Ⅱ ：The Return of Odysseus 102
UNIT 8 Attitude Towards Life 107
TEXT Ⅰ ： The Power of Personal Attitudes 108
TEXT Ⅱ： Dare Mighty Things 118
UNIT 9 First Aid 122
TEXT Ⅰ First Aid 123
TEXT Ⅱ： How to Deal with Common Emergencies 133
UNIT 10 Marriage 139
TEXT Ⅰ ： You Will Have a Good Life 140
TEXT Ⅱ： Wedding Customs in the West 149
READING SKILL：Oullining 153
UNIT 11 Creativity 155
TEXT Ⅰ ： Where Do Those Bright Ideas Come From？ 156
TEXT Ⅱ ：How to Get a Great Idea？ 165
UNIT 12 Travel 168
TEXT Ⅰ ： Travel Around the USA 169
TEXT Ⅱ： Tourism 178
UNIT 13 E？aminations 182
TEXT Ⅰ ： Types of Examinations 183
TEXT Ⅱ Cheating：Alive and Flourishing 192
UNIT 14 Tntellectual Property 197
TEXT Ⅰ ： Copyright 198
TEXT Ⅱ： Patents 207
UNIT 15 Law 211
TEXT Ⅰ： Remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft —At the First Annual Computer Privacy，Policy ＆ Security Institute 212
TEXT Ⅱ： Courts 222
UNIT 16 World WarⅡ 227
TEXT Ⅰ： Edward R.Murrow Reports on Britain under the Bombs 228
TEXT Ⅱ： How Did World War Ⅱ Start？ 237
UNIT 17 Housing 243
TEXT Ⅰ： Show Me the Way to Go Home 244
TEXT Ⅱ： Mobile Homes 252
UNIT 18 Drama 257
TEXT： A Question of Ethics 258