Unit 1  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

  Text A  A Fable for Tomorrow

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  The Story of Clear Lake

Unit 2  FRIENDS

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ   Language in Context

  Text A  The Joker

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  After Twenty Years

Unit 3  UNDER PRESSURE

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

  Text A  The Company Man

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  Seeing Your Way Past Interview Jitters

Unit 4    CELEBRITIES

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

  Text A  My Friend, Albert Einstein

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  Charles Darwin

Unit 5    WARS

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

  Text A  A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  D-Day

Unit 6    PIONEERS

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ  Language in Context

  TextA  The Role of the Undesirables

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  The Last Frontier

Unit 7  HISTORY

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ   Language in Context

  TextA  The Lessons of a Graveyard

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  Yes, It Really Was Louis ⅩⅤⅡ, the Heart of the Doomed Child King Reveals

Unit 8  CULTURAL DIFFERENCES

  Part Ⅰ   Language Skill

  Part Ⅱ   Language in Context

  Text A  On Friendship

  Part Ⅲ  Toward Productive Language

  Text B  English and American Concepts of Space

  Appendix

Vocabulary