目錄:Unit One/1
Text 1 Planning for Study in the United States留學(xué)美國(guó)的規(guī)劃/1
Text 2 The English Character英國(guó)人的性格/6
Text 3 Language Teaching語(yǔ)言教學(xué)/10
Unit Two/13
Text 1 Tertiary Education in the UK英國(guó)的高等教育/13
Text 2 WhoAm I?我是誰(shuí)?/18
Text 3 London:Pollution at its Worst倫敦:最糟糕的污染/22
Unit Three/25
Text 1 Live and Let LiVe—A New Strategy互不相擾——一種新策略/25
Text 2 ThisisNewYork這就是紐約/31
Text 3 Road Rage:A Western Phenomenon?道路泄憤:西方現(xiàn)象嗎?/35
Unit Four/38
Text 1 A Race to Conquer Racism消除種族歧視的戰(zhàn)斗/38
Text 2 Going to School——Why?為什么要上學(xué)?/43
Text 3 The Calendar日歷/47
Unit Five/50
Text 1 ANation of Sports體育國(guó)度/50
Text 2 Parents——A Soul Harbor父母——心靈的港灣/55
Text 3 The“Mommy Track”“媽媽的未來(lái)”/59
Unit Six/63
Text 1 An Open-classroom System開(kāi)放的教室/63
Text 2 A Handful ofHistory撲克——手中的歷史/67
Text 3 Food Politics食物政治/7l
Unit Seven/74
Text 1 Wgats in aName?名字的內(nèi)涵?/74
Text 2 Oral and Non-material Cultural Heritage口頭與非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)/79
Text 3 Baseball棒球的故事/83
Unit Eight/86
Text 1 American Constitution美國(guó)憲法的由來(lái)/86
Text 2 Mister Imagination想象先生/9l
Text 3 The Truth about Cats and Dogs有關(guān)貓與狗的真理/94
Unit Nine/97
Text 1 “For skin like peaches and cram”“如桃子和奶油般的皮膚”/97
Text 2 Life in Demh生死消長(zhǎng)/101
Text 3 Abraham Lincoln亞伯拉罕·林肯/104
Unit Ten/107
Text 1 Teenagers,Television and Depression青少年、電視和抑郁癥/107
Text 2 Conquer Yellow Fever戰(zhàn)勝黃熱病/1 l 1
Text 3 The Storyof“JohnHenry”“約翰·亨利”的故事/115
Unit Eleven/118
Text 1 The Personal Qualities ofa Teacher教師的個(gè)性/118
Text 2 Mammals in the Sea海洋中的哺乳動(dòng)物/123
Text 3 Energy from the Sun來(lái)自太陽(yáng)的能量/126
Unit Twelve/130
Text 1 Work工作/130
Text 2 Zoo動(dòng)物園/135
Text 3 Sleeping and Dreaming睡眠與做夢(mèng)/138
Unit Thirteen/142
Text 1 Its Never Too Late for Success成功之路,永不言遲/142
Text 2 Meet the President認(rèn)識(shí)總統(tǒng)/147
Text 3 The Lion,the Witch,and the Wardrobe獅子,女巫和衣櫥/150
Unit Fourteen/154
Text 1 The English and the Americans英國(guó)人和美國(guó)人/154
Text 2 Stargazing Basics觀星常識(shí)/159
Text 3 The Strange Voyage ofthe Mary Celeste“瑪麗·莎莉絲特”號(hào)奇怪的航行/162
Unit Fifteen/165
Text 1 Work and Happiness工作和快樂(lè)/165
Text 2 The Scientific Method科學(xué)研究的方法/170
Text 3 Fishing垂釣/174
Unit Sixteen/177
Text 1 McDonalds Targets Starbucks麥當(dāng)勞叫板星巴克/178
Text 2 IsEULostinTranslation?歐盟在翻譯中迷失了嗎?/182
Text 3 Secrets ofSelf-Made Millionaires成為百萬(wàn)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穿口袋服裝的女士們團(tuán)結(jié)起來(lái)/194
Text 3 The Role of Supplements in Health and Nutrition
添加劑在健康和營(yíng)養(yǎng)中的角色/198
Unit Eighteen201
Text 1 Numerology——Using Numbers to Predict the Future
數(shù)字命理學(xué)一使用數(shù)字預(yù)測(cè)未來(lái)/201
Text 2 Interact Addiction網(wǎng)絡(luò)成癮/206
Text 3 Can Animals Sense Earthquakes?動(dòng)物能感知地震嗎?/210
附錄(Appendix)/213
參考答案(Keys)/241
參考文獻(xiàn)(References)/261