Unit 1  The Less Traveled Path

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Opting for a slower pace of life in the st century

  Part Ⅲ  Family

  Part Ⅳ  Listen and relax

Unit 2  The Changing Women

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Working mothers

  Part Ⅲ  Mothers and daughters

  Part Ⅳ  Language study and language appreciation

Unit 3  Work and Workforce

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Americans at work

  Part Ⅲ  Stress management

  Part Ⅳ  Listen and relax

Unit 4  Matching Dreams with Education

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Education then and now

  Part Ⅲ  A life-changing event

  Part Ⅳ  Language study and language appreciation

Unit 5  Love and Help

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Anti-AIDS campaign

  Part Ⅲ  Innocence in danger

  Part Ⅳ  Listen and relax

Unit 6  Youth Aspirations

  Part Ⅰ  Wanning up

  Part Ⅱ  British youth

  Part Ⅲ  Young entrepreneurs

  Part Ⅳ  Language study and language appreciation

Unit 7  Why the Problem?

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Why the problem?

  Part Ⅲ  Drug therapy

  Part Ⅳ  Listen and relax

Unit 8  Seeing Both Sides

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  A medical question — should doctors always tell the truth?

  Part Ⅲ  A radio debate

  Part Ⅳ  Language study and language appreciation

Unit 9  Inside Me

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Roots of rap

  Part Ⅲ  Stuntpeople: Hollywood's heroes

  Part Ⅳ  Listen and relax

Unit 10  Your Round

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  New fashions

  Part Ⅲ  Humor — its role in our lives

  Part Ⅳ  Listen and relax

Unit 11  Managing Personal Development

  Part Ⅰ  Warming up

  Part Ⅱ  Lateral or vertical?

  Part Ⅲ  Mediation skills

  Part Ⅳ  Language study and language appreciation

Unit 12  Review

  A. A healthy glow?

  B. Reading dictionaries

  C. Museum of Questionable Medical Devices

  D. Home schooling

  E. Ken Caulkins' automated orchestra

  F. The instinct for keeping useless objects

  G. Mr Harris comes to see the headmaster

Vocabulary

Acknowledgements