Unit 1  Reflection

  Listening and Speaking

  Shopping

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A Life Throws a Brick at Your Head

  Text B Take Good Care of My Eyes, Dear

  Grammar Focus

  Passive Voice

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A:You are My Sunshine

  B: Humor

  Cultural Information

  Eyes Can Speak

  Self-improving Reading

  The Remembrance of Lilacs

Unit 2  Fairy Tales

  Listening and Speaking

  In the Post Office

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A The Princess' s Bubble Necklace

  Text B The Four Wives

  Grammar Focus

  Special Sentence Patterns of Passive Voice

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: A for Apple B for Boy

  B: Humor

  Cultural Information

  Six British Fairy Tales

  Self-improving Reading

  The Golden Star Fruit Tree

Unit 3  Technology

  Listening and Speaking

  In the Bank

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A High Technology Everywhere

  Text B Could You Live a Normal Life without a Cell Phone?

  Grammar Focus

  Basic Uses of Modal Verbs

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: If You are Happy

  B: Tongue-twister

  Cultural Information

  Impact of Mobile Phones in Daily Life

  Self-improving Reading

  Technology Creates or Solves Problems?

Unit 4  Weddings

  Listening and Speaking

  Making Appointments

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A Marriage in Iran and America: a Study in Contrasts

  Text B Marriage Across Nations

  Grammar Focus

  Modal Verbs of Expressing Possibility and Speculation

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: Auld Lang Syne

  B: Humor

  Cultural Information

  Wedding Rituals

  Serf-improving Reading

  Wedding Vows

Unit 5 Pets

  Listening and Speaking

  Animals

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A How Could You?

  Text B Pets

  Grammar Focus

  The Subjunctive Mood

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: Oh, Susanna

  B: Brain Teaser

  Cultural Information

  Top 10 Dogs in U.S. (2013)

  Self-improving Reading

  A Boy and His Cat

Unit 6  Eating

  Listening and Speaking

  In the Restaurant

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A "You Are What You Eat"-- American Eating

  Text B Healing Cuisine

  Grammar Focus

  The Subjunctive Mood in Conditional Sentences

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: Little Bird

  B: Humor

  Cultural Information

  Top 10 Healthy & Cheap Foods

  Self-improving Reading

  How to Manage Your Anger through Your Diet?

Unit 7  City Culture

  Listening and Speaking

  Festivals

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A Romantic City -- Paris

  Text B Spotlight on Copenhagen

  Grammar Focus

  Modal Verbs Used in the Subjunctive Mood

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: Walking in the Air

  B: Humor

  Cultural Information

  Cultural Relics

  Self-improving Reading

  Drinking Coffee at Viennese Care

Unit 8 National Traits

  Listening and Speaking

  Weather

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A British Humor

  Text B People on the Move

  Grammar Focus

  Summary of Non-finite Verbs

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: She

  B: Humor

  Cultural Information

  Some British Humors

  Self-improving Reading

  Home on the Way

Unit 9  Humanized Animals

  Listening and Speaking

  Transportation

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A Animals "Speak" Many Strange Languages

  Text B Do Animals Think?

  Grammar Focus

  Infinitive and Gerund Used as Subject and Object

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: Yesterday Once More

  B: Tongue-twister

  Cultural Information

  Do Animals Have a Culture?

  Self-improving Reading

  Friendship in Two Dogs

Unit 10  Reading

  Listening and Speaking

  Bodybuilding

  Reading Comprehension

  Text A Are Books an Endangered Species?

  Text B Feed Your Mind

  Grammar Focus

  Infinitive, Gerund and Participle Used as Predicative and

  Attribute

  Learning for Fun

  Open Your Mouth

  A: Take Me to Your Heart

  B: Tongue-twister

  Cultural Information

  The World' s Largest Library

  Self-improving Reading

  Comp