Unit One: Never Give Up

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: Dealing with Adversity

  Reading Two: The Rose

Grammar: The Attributive Clauses

Writing

Translation: Chinese Non-subject Sentences

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Unit Two: Healthy Is Beautiful

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: Healthy Is Beautiful

  Reading Two: Living a Long Life

Grammar: The Adverbial Clauses

Writing

Translation: Chinese Elliptical Sentences

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Unit Three: Overcome Shyness

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: How to Overcome Shyness in Giving Public Speaking

  Reading Two: Calm, Cool, Confident

Grammar: Inversion

Writing

Translation: Sentences with Chinese Character“得”

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Unit Four: Facing Crisis

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: What We've Learned

  Reading Two: September 11 and My Turn

Grammar: Emphasis

Writing

Translation: Sentences Containing “把”

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Unit Five: Environmental Protection

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: Driving or Walking?

  Reading Two: Hazardous Waste Is Menacing Mankind

Grammar: The Independent Constructions

Writing

Translation: Chinese Sentences with Multiple Predicate ( 1 )

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Unit Six: Honesty

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: The Honesty

  Reading Two: Honesty: Is It Going Out ofStyle?

Grammar: The Negatives

Writing

Translation: Chinese Sentences with Multiple Predicate(2)

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Unit Seven: Job-hunting

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: How to Find That Perfect Job

  Reading Two: Make Your CV Sparkle

Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood( I )

Writing

Translation: Chinese Onomatopoeic Words

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Unit Eight: Culture

Listening and Speaking

Reading

  Reading One: Give Your Attention to Little Events

  Reading Two: Another New Year Is on Its Way

Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood(II)

Writing

Translation: Compare and Appreciate the Articles in Chinese and Their English Versions

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