Unit 1 College Life

　Passage 1　University. There's No Better Place to Be at the Age of 18

　Passage 2　What Was It Like to Be a University Student in the 1930s?

　Passage 3　American University Students Work Too Much -- At Jobs, Not School

Unit 2　Language Learning

　Passage 1　How I Became a UN Interpreter

　Passage 2　What Makes a Language Attractive -- Its Sound, National Identity

　or Familiarity?

　Passage 3　Wanting It Enough, Why Motivation Is the Key to Language Learning?

Unit 3 Family

　Passage 1　Minding the Nurture Gap

　Passage 2　In Sweden, the Men Can Have It All

　Passage 3　My Family Values

Unit 4 Pop Culture

　Passage 1　WeOhat Striving for Global Expansion

　Passage 2　Pop Culture in the Age of Obama

　Passage 3　Plastic Surgery in Korea

Unit 5 Life Philosophy

　Passage 1　The Moral Bucket List

　Passage 2　What Your Disease Tells You About Life

　Passage 3　Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Unit 6　No Cross No Crown

　Passage 1　Rejections Oan Be Blessings in Disguise

　Passage 2　Failure or Success -- It's a Grand Illusion

　Passage 3　The Wisdom of Mistakes

Unit 7 Technology

　Passage 1　Could You Do a Day Without Technology?

　Passage 2　Can Students Have Too Much Tech?

　Passage 3　How Today's Computers Weaken Our Brain

Unit 8 Planet

　Passage 1　Why I'm Volunteering to Die on Mars

　Passage 2　Can Rogue Planets Support Life?

　Passage 3　Biodiversity -- Hang on

Appendix　Keys and Answers