Unit 1 Fashion and Beauty

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A Fashion Magazine-Friend or Foe?

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B Beauty is Defined， and Not by You

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Unit 2 Fashion and Beauty

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A A Brief History of Wall Street

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B Going， Going， Gone

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty， with Real Dangers

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B Smartphoniacs： Addicts of the Information Age

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Unit 4 PsYchology

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A How to Crowd Worry out of Your Mind

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B Why Setting Goals Can Backfire

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Unit 5 Social Problems

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A Too Many People， Too Much Consumption

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B How the City Hurts Your Brains

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Unit 6 International Affairs

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A US President Obama "s Address to China "s Youth in Shanghai

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B Best Decade Ever

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Unit 7 Culture and Civilization

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A Why Civilizations Will Clash

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B Separated by Civilization:Trans-Atlantic Impasse

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Unit 8 Myths and Religion

Part Ⅰ Active Reading

Text A The Worm as I See It

Part Ⅱ Further Reading

Text B Monkey King and the Iron Fan Princess

Part Ⅲ Language Skills

Writing Skills & Practice

Translation Skills & Practice

Glossary

Alphabetical List of Words

Phrases and Expressions