Unit One Friendship

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A True Friendship

　　Passage B Friendship in Different Cultures

　　Passage C Skills to Help You Perfect Your Communication

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Two On Children

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A When You Are Depressed

　　Passage B Children's Self-esteem

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Three Nature

　unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A Summer Storm

　　Passage B Effects of Global Warming

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Four Business

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A Advertising

　　Passage B What Is a Decision?

　　Passage C Good Manners Mean Good Business

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Five Computers

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A Trouble with the Computer Game

　　Passage B What Is Cyber Love?

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Six This Is America

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A Higher EduCation in America

　　Passage B To Study in the US

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Seven Science

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A New Study Shows Happiness lights the Conanon Cold

　　Passage B Study: The scientific study of cultural differences

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Eight Health

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A Mistaken Ideas about Food

　　Passage B Dieting Your Way to Health

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Nine Cultural Differences

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A The American Way: Marriage

　　Passage B Getting Over Culture Shock

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Unit Ten Around the Globe

　Unit introduction

　Part One Listen and Talk

　Part Two Reading and Practice

　　Passage A Travel Europe on a Penny

　　Passage B Copenhagen

　Part Three Grammar Tips

　Part Four Practical Writing

　Part Five Culture Salon

　Part Six Joke

Extracurricular reading

Glossary

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