Unit 1 Learning
Passage A The Power of Knowledge
Passage B How to Improve Your Study Habits
Reading Skills Identifying Skill Requirement
Supplementary Reading Seven Steps to Positive Self Talk
Unit 2 Blue Jeans
Passage A The Invention of Blue Jeans
Passage B Forever in Blue Jeans
Reading Skills Reading Poetry
Supplementary Reading Dad's Boots
Unit 3 Living in the City
Passage A Getting Pounded
Passage B New Orleans Reconstruction: We Shall Overcome
Reading Skills SQ3R Strategy
Supplementary Reading The Sparrows in Madison Square
Unit 4 Entertainment
Passage A Can a Film Change the World?
Passage B Star Couples Fight to Keep Baby News Private
Reading Skills Activating Your Background Knowledge
Supplementary Reading So, What Were We Writing about Again?
Unit 5 Travel and Tourism
Passage A Secrets of Cheap Travel
Passage B Slow Business Travel
Reading Skills Practical Tips for Reading Critically
Supplementary Reading Travel and Tourism
Comprehensive Practice Ⅰ
Unit 6 Natural Disaster
Passage A Storm of the Century
Passage B Pompeii
Reading Skills Enlarge Your Vocabulary
Supplementary Reading Food and Water in an Emergency
Unit 7 Environment and Energy Crisis
Passage A Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Grow
Passage B Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money
Reading Skills Speedy Reading
Supplementary Reading One Country's Success Story: Building a Green Economy
Unit 8 Internet Pioneers
Passage A Vinton Cerf
Passage B Tim Berners-Lee
Reading Skills Active Reading
Supplementary Reading Internet Privacy
Unit 9 Economy
Passage A Is an Open Economy Good?
Passage B Economic Boom Produces More Domestic Brands
Reading Skills Summarizing
Supplementary Reading How World Growth Will Withstand the US Recession
Unit 10 Career
Passage A Triple Your Personal Productivity
Passage B Is Your Work Getting in the Way of Your Life?
Reading Skills Figurative Language
Supplementary Reading My Defense of Unfulfilling Careers
Comprehensive Practice Ⅱ
Key to Exercises
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