READING SKILL：Context Clue to Word Meaning Ⅰ 1
UNIT 1 Nniversity Student Life 3
TEXT Ⅰ：On Being a Student 4
TEXT Ⅱ：Getting the Best Value for Time 12
UNIT 2 Culture Shock 16
TEXT Ⅰ：Making a Cultural Change 17
TEXT Ⅱ：Culture Shock：A Fish out of Water 25
UNIT 3 Movie 29
TEXT Ⅰ：How Do the Movies Do It？ 30
TEXT Ⅱ：The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse 39
UNIT 4 Food 43
TEXT Ⅰ：A Food Tour of the United States 44
TEXT Ⅱ：Dinner Invitations 52
READING SKILL：Context Clue to Word MeaningⅡ 57
UNIT 5 Business 59
TEXT Ⅰ：Levi Strauss ＆ Company 60
TEXT Ⅱ：What Is the WTO？ 68
UNIT 6 Sports 73
TEXT Ⅰ：A City Wild with Joy 74
TEXT Ⅱ：How the Olympic Games Started 83
UNIT 7 Shyness 87
TEXT Ⅰ：Overcome Shyness 88
TEXT Ⅱ：How to Make a Good Impression 96
UNIT 8 Native Peoples 100
TEXT Ⅰ：Native American Influences on Modern American Culture 101
TEXT Ⅱ：Endangered Peoples 109
READING SKILL：Understanding Sentences 113
UNIT 9 Bible Stories 115
TEXT Ⅰ：Genesis 116
TEXT Ⅱ：The Birth of Jesus Christ 124
UNIT 10 Festivals and Holidays 128
TEXT Ⅰ：Christmas 129
TEXT Ⅱ：Celebrating the Chinese New Year Home and Abroad 137
UNIT 11 Advertising 142
TEXT Ⅰ：International Advertising as a Communication Process 143
TEXT Ⅱ：How Advertisement Is Done 151
UNIT 12 Agriculture 156
TEXT Ⅰ：Scientists Find Way to Boost Rice Crop Yield 157
TEXT Ⅱ：Golden Rice：A Solution to Blindness？ 164
READING SKILL：Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea 169
UNIT 13 Psychology 171
TEXT Ⅰ：Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 172
TEXT Ⅱ：General Psychology：The Study of Behavior 182
UNIT 14 Mysteries 186
TEXT Ⅰ：Have You Ever Seen a UFO？ 187
TEXT Ⅱ：A Dustbin of Unsolved Mysteries 196
UNIT 15 Computer 201
TEXT Ⅰ：The School of the Future 202
TEXT Ⅱ：Google Thrives 211
UNIT 16 Physical Fitness 215
TEXT Ⅰ：Some Myths about Physical Fitness 216
TEXT Ⅱ：Getting Thin —for Good 225
UNIT 17 Pseudoscience 229
TEXT Ⅰ：Analyze Yourself with the Help of Doodles 230
TEXT Ⅱ：Horoscopes 238
UNIT 18 Fiction 244
TEXT Ⅰ：Whitewashing Aunt Polly’s Fence 245
TEXT Ⅱ：A Long-Expected Party 251