Unit One/1
Text 1 Planning for Study in the United States留学美国的规划/1
Text 2 The English Character英国人的性格/6
Text 3 Language Teaching语言教学/10
Unit Two/13
Text 1 Tertiary Education in the UK英国的高等教育/13
Text 2 WhoAm I?我是谁?/18
Text 3 London:Pollution at its Worst伦敦:最糟糕的污染/22
Unit Three/25
Text 1 Live and Let LiVe—A New Strategy互不相扰——一种新策略/25
Text 2 ThisisNewYork这就是纽约/31
Text 3 Road Rage:A Western Phenomenon?道路泄愤:西方现象吗?/35
Unit Four/38
Text 1 A Race to Conquer Racism消除种族歧视的战斗/38
Text 2 Going to School——Why?为什么要上学?/43
Text 3 The Calendar日历/47
Unit Five/50
Text 1 ANation of Sports体育国度/50
Text 2 Parents——A Soul Harbor父母——心灵的港湾/55
Text 3 The“Mommy Track”“妈妈的未来”/59
Unit Six/63
Text 1 An Open-classroom System开放的教室/63
Text 2 A Handful ofHistory扑克——手中的历史/67
Text 3 Food Politics食物政治/7l
Unit Seven/74
Text 1 Wgats in aName?名字的内涵?/74
Text 2 Oral and Non-material Cultural Heritage口头与非物质文化遗产/79
Text 3 Baseball棒球的故事/83
Unit Eight/86
Text 1 American Constitution美国宪法的由来/86
Text 2 Mister Imagination想象先生/9l
Text 3 The Truth about Cats and Dogs有关猫与狗的真理/94
Unit Nine/97
Text 1 “For skin like peaches and cram”“如桃子和奶油般的皮肤”/97
Text 2 Life in Demh生死消长/101
Text 3 Abraham Lincoln亚伯拉罕·林肯/104
Unit Ten/107
Text 1 Teenagers,Television and Depression青少年、电视和抑郁症/107
Text 2 Conquer Yellow Fever战胜黄热病/1 l 1
Text 3 The Storyof“JohnHenry”“约翰·亨利”的故事/115
Unit Eleven/118
Text 1 The Personal Qualities ofa Teacher教师的个性/118
Text 2 Mammals in the Sea海洋中的哺乳动物/123
Text 3 Energy from the Sun来自太阳的能量/126
Unit Twelve/130
Text 1 Work工作/130
Text 2 Zoo动物园/135
Text 3 Sleeping and Dreaming睡眠与做梦/138
Unit Thirteen/142
Text 1 Its Never Too Late for Success成功之路,永不言迟/142
Text 2 Meet the President认识总统/147
Text 3 The Lion,the Witch,and the Wardrobe狮子,女巫和衣橱/150
Unit Fourteen/154
Text 1 The English and the Americans英国人和美国人/154
Text 2 Stargazing Basics观星常识/159
Text 3 The Strange Voyage ofthe Mary Celeste“玛丽·莎莉丝特”号奇怪的航行/162
Unit Fifteen/165
Text 1 Work and Happiness工作和快乐/165
Text 2 The Scientific Method科学研究的方法/170
Text 3 Fishing垂钓/174
Unit Sixteen/177
Text 1 McDonalds Targets Starbucks麦当劳叫板星巴克/178
Text 2 IsEULostinTranslation?欧盟在翻译中迷失了吗?/182
Text 3 Secrets ofSelf-Made Millionaires成为百万富翁的秘密/186
Unit Seventeen/190
Text 1 Want to Stay Warm in Winters?Think COLD
在冬天想要保暖,想想“COLD”吧/190
Text 2 PocketyWomenUnite穿口袋服装的女士们团结起来/194
Text 3 The Role of Supplements in Health and Nutrition
添加剂在健康和营养中的角色/198
Unit Eighteen201
Text 1 Numerology——Using Numbers to Predict the Future
数字命理学一使用数字预测未来/201
Text 2 Interact Addiction网络成瘾/206
Text 3 Can Animals Sense Earthquakes?动物能感知地震吗?/210
附录(Appendix)/213
参考答案(Keys)/241
参考文献(References)/261