Unit 1
Fighting with the Forces of Nature
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A The Icy Defender
Part Ⅲ Text B The Normandy Landings
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: Providing evidence
Unit 2
Smart Cars
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A Smart Cars.
Part Ⅲ Text B Intelligent Vehicles
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: How to write a rrsum4
Unit 3
Job Interview
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A Get the Job You Want
Part Ⅲ Text B A Mortal Flower
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: How to write job application letters.
Unit 4
The Multicultural Society
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A America as a Collage
Part Ⅲ Text B Whats American about America?
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: Ways to begin an essay
Test Yourself (Units 1 - 4)
Unit 5
Cruelty
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A A Friend in Need
Part Ⅲ Text B A Man of the World
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: Ways to conclude an essay
Unit 6
The Pace of Life
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A Old Father Time Becomes a Terror
Part Ⅲ Text B Life in the Fast Lane
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: Eliminating wordiness
Unit 7
Terrorism
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A The Nightmare and the Dreams
Part Ⅲ Text B Journey into the Shadows
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: Writing a proposition
Unit 8
Travel
Part Ⅰ Pre-Reading Task
Part Ⅱ Text A In the Jungle
Part Ⅲ Text B Illinois Journey
Part Ⅳ Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks
Writing Strategy: How to write reservations
Test Yourself (Units 5- 8)
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises in Parts I, III, IV
Appendix Ⅱ Tapescripts and Key to Test Papers
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary