UNIT 1 1
Text A:Public Relations 1
Text B:The Interview 10
Reading Skills—Cause and Effect 14
Comprehensive Practice 17
Guided Writing—Cause and Effect 20
—借条 22
Translation Practice—正反译 23
Listening and Speaking 24
UNIT 2 27
Text A:What Is Culture? 27
Text B:Food and Culture 35
Reading Skills—Comparison and Contrast 39
Comprehensive Practice 42
Guided Writing—Comparison and Contrast 45
—收据 47
Translation Practice—反正译 47
Listening and Speaking 48
UNIT 3 51
Text A:A Look at Tomorrow 51
Text B:Are Computers Alive? 60
Reading Skills—Exemplification 63
Comprehensive Practice 67
Guided Writing—Exemplification 69
—证明信 71
Translation Practice—分译（1） 71
Listening and Speaking 72
UNIT 4 75
Text A:The Bermuda Triangle 75
Text B:Sounds We Cannot Hear 84
Reading Skills—Classification 88
Comprehensive Practice 91
Guided Writing—Classification 93
—介绍信 95
Translation Practice—分译（2） 95
Listening and Speaking 96
UNIT 5 99
Text A:Meeting with Chou 99
Text B:My First Visit to China 109
Reading Skills—Definition 112
Comprehensive Practice 115
Guided Writing—Definition 117
—邀请信 119
Translation Practice—合译（1） 120
Listening and Speaking 120
UNIT 6 125
Text A:Do Animals Have a Culture? 125
Text B:Animal Learning:Pavlov and Beyond 133
Reading Skills—Process 136
Comprehensive Practice 139
Guided Writing—Process 142
—感谢信 144
Translation Practice—合译（2） 144
Listening and Speaking 145
UNIT 7 149
TextA:A Friend on the Line 149
Text B:Sorry Sir,Sorry,Sorry 158
Reading Skills—Spatial Order 161
Comprehensive Practice 164
Guided Writing—Spatial Order 167
—道歉信 170
Translation Practice—被动句的翻译（1） 170
Listening and Speaking 171
UNIT 8 175
Text A:The Crime of the Century 175
Text B:The Finger of Suspicion 184
Reading Skills—Time Sequence 187
Comprehensive Practice 191
Guided Writing—Time Sequence 193
—慰问信 194
Translation Practice—被动句的翻译（2） 194
Listening and Speaking 195
UNIT 9 199
Text A:Energy Crisis 199
Text B:Nuclear Power:Advantages That Outweigh the Risks 209
Reading Skills—Understanding the Author's Opinion 212
Comprehensive Practice 216
Guided Writing—Expressing an Opinion 218
—投诉信 220
Translation Practice—被动句的翻译（3） 221
Listening and Speaking 221
UNIT 10 225
Text A:Back to Nature 225
Text B:Huge Cities of the Future 234
Reading Skills—Drawing a Conclusion 236
Comprehensive Practice 239
Guided Writing—Drawing a Conclusion 243
—请求信 245
Translation Practice—被动句的翻译（4） 246
Listening and Speaking 246
Glossary 251
Phrases and Expressions 267