Unit 1 People
Passage 1 L'Oreal Chemist： Makeup Is Personal
Passage 2 Galileo Galilei and His Experiments
Passage 3 Henry Ford
Passage 4 Jenna Bush Gets the "Cute Guy"
Passage 5 The Origin of Darwin and a Brilliant Biologist

Unit 2 Festivals
Passage 1 Legends of Mid-Autumn Festival
Passage 2 Mother's Day
Passage 3 How to Enjoy a Green Christmas This Year
Passage 4 Holiday's History of Romance
Passage 5 The Origin of Halloween

Unit 3 Family Love
Passage 1 The True Meaning of Christmas
Passage 2 Grandmom Can Be Fun but Only Mom Knows Best
Passage 3 The Giver Who Was the Gift
Passage 4 The Hours That Are Important in My Life
Passage 5 She Forgave

Unit 4 Science and Technology
Passage 1 This Man Is on a Mission to Fix the Way We Sleep
Passage 2 Life in the Greenhouse
Passage 3 The Future
Passage 4 Nature and Nurture
Passage 5 Fathering Sons or Daughters May Be in Man's Genes

Unit 5 Friendship
Passage 1 The Word That Killed Our Friendship
Passage 2 Friendship of American Style
Passage 3 Friendship Never Fades
Passage 4 What Is Friendship?
Passage 5 What If You Said Hello to Everyone in Your Path a Month?

Unit 6 University Life
Passage 1 "President Trump" Worries Some International Students
Passage 2 Student Shock
Passage 3 Are Dorm Rules Out of Date Today
Passage 4 British University Unions Fight for Student Rights
Passage 5 Students Caught in Cultural Identify Crisis

Unit 7 Education
Passage 1 Majority of US Undergraduates Are "Non-traditional"
Passage 2 Like Father Like Son When It Comes to Education
Passage 3 In the US， High School Writing Assignments Are Dead
Passage 4 What Should Be Taught at College
Passage 5 Open Education

Unit 8 Marriage
Passage 1 Marriage Gap Widens with Income Inequality
Passage 2 Just Love Doesn't Keep a Marriage Going
Passage 3 is Early Marriage a Solution?
Passage 4 The Traditional American Wedding
Passage 5 Different Roles in Marriage

Midterm Self-Assessment Test
Passage 1 Learning Strategies in the Classroom
Passage 2 School Stress Relievers
Passage 3 From Simple Speech to Complex Thoughts
Passage 4 Books and Reading
Passage 5 Qualities in Learning o Language

Final Self-Assessment Test
Passage 1 Why the Earth's Magnetic Poles Could Swap Places
Passage 2 Yellowstone National Park in the USA
Passage 3 The Open Ocean： Motion and Might
Passage 4 Egypt —— Life Along the Nile River
Passage 5 New Seven Wonders of the World
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