Part One Sports
Unit 1
Text A Beijing Has Created History
Text B Olympiad Adds To Beijing's Appea
Grammar Gerund (动名词)
Unit 2
Text A Brazil -The King Of Footbal
Text B Ronaldo
Unit 3
Text A Yao Ming--The Chinese NBA Player
Text B The Man Shining Behind The NBA Superstars
Grammar Preposition (介词)
Unit 4
Text A Reaching The Heights
Text B Style All His Own
Unit 5
Text A Perfect Ending
Text B Diving Diva
Part Two Popular Science
Unit 6
Text A Hello From Above The Earth
Text B Astronauts' Sleep May Get Lost In Space
Grammar Adverbial Clauses (状语从句)
Unit 7
Text A Human Cloning: A Blessing Or A Curse?
Text B Man's Even Better Friend?
Unit 8
Text A Heavy Body, Not Heavy Heart
Text B Fat Chance
Grammar Noun Clauses (名词从句)
Unit 9
Text A The Future Of Electronics
Text B Cannons, Cells Phone And Zippers
Unit 10
Text A Killing Me Microsoftly With PowerPoint
Text B Learning To Love The Computer, Warts And All
Part Three World Expo
Unit 11
Text A About The BIE
Text B Historical Background Of International Exhibition
Grammar Attributive Clauses (定语从句)
Unit 12
Text A The First World Exhibition(Part 1)
Text B The First World Exhibition(Part 2)
Unit 13
Text A The Chicago Exposition In 1893 (Part 1)
Text B The Chicago Exposition In 1893 ( Part 2)
Grammar Ellipses and Inversion (省略与倒装)
Unit 14
Text A The 2005 World Exposition In Aichi, Japan
Text B The General Introduction Of The World Exposition Shangl
Unit 15
Text A Shanghai's Bid For 2010 World Expo
Text B Exhibition Industry Is On the Rise
Appendix Ⅰ The Chinese Translations of the Texts (课文参考译文)
Appendix Ⅱ Key to Exercises (练习答案)
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary (生词总表)