Subject 1 Family Matters UNIT ONE Listening and Speaking Activities Interview 1 A Happy Family Interview 2 Relationship Reading Passage A A Thankful Woman and Mother Passage B The American parents UNIT TWO Understanding Different Positions Views for Discussion Reading Passage A Defining the Family Passage B Critiquing the American Family UNIT THREE Reading for Research A Different Stance Research Project In Search of“The Good Family” Subject 2 Dressing the Part:Fashion and Popular Culture UNIT FOUR Listening and Speaking Activities Listening 1 My Favorite Oscar Dresses Listening 2 Mr Ties and His prepster Stripes Reading Passage A The Five Most Stylish Geniuses of All Time Passage B Dress for Job UNIT FIVE Reading Passage A Views for Discussion Passage B Barbie Dolls and US Fashion Culture UNIT SIX Reading for Research Clothes and Popular Culture Research Project In Search of “The Traditional Clothes” Subject 3 American Residential Architecture UNIT SEVEN Listening and Speaking Activities House Show Reading what Do You Do If You Want to Build a House? UNIT EIGHT Understanding Different Positions Reading American Houses,Present Passage A A House of Ideals and Realities Passage B Birds of a Feather Flock Together Passage C Settings and Technologies Passage D Tradition in Novelty UNIT NINE Reading for Research Passage A A Gallery of the Early American Houses Passage B Critiquing Architecture Research Project Create Your Magazine Subject 4 Science and Technology UNIT TEN Listening and Speaking Activities Listening 1 Opportunities and Challenges of the Internet Listening 2 Nanotechnology? Reading Information Exchange UNIT ELEVEN Reading Passage A More on Nanotechnology Passage B Biotechnology UNIT TWELVE Reading for Research Science vs.Pseudo-science Research Project Create Your Magazine