Unit 1

Focus

Text A First Sight

Reading Skills Understanding Figurative Language

Text B Phenomenon

Text C Theory

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Unit 2

Focus

Text A IfI Could Have Picked,I Would Have Picked You

Reading Skills Scanning for Specific Information

Text B If It Comes Back

Text C A Boy with a Mission

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Unit 3

Focus

Text A The History of the Tower of London

Reading Skills Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

Text B Hollywood

Text C Florence

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Unit 4

Focus

Text A About the Gettysburg Address

Reading Skills Locating Topic Sentences

Text B Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation

Text C The Way Ahead：Innovating Together in China

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Unit 5

Focus

Text A The Super Bowl

Reading Skills Identifying Topics Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Text B A Slap on Calhoun's Wrist,and Life Goes on

Text C A Sweet Reminder of Brazilian Soccer's Glory

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Unit 6

Focus

Text A The End of Email Era

Reading Skills Determining a Word's Meaning from Context

Text B Why I Can't Kick the Apple iPhone Habit

Text C The Social Network

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Unit 7

Focus

Text A Color Psychology

Reading Skills Organizational Patterns of Paragraphs

Text B Color Therapy and Your Wardrobe

Text C The Nine Moods of Color

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Unit 8

Focus

Text A Why Do Asian American Students Excel in School?

Reading Skills Inference：Reading Ideas as Well as Words

Text B Harvard University

Text C University of Oxford

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Unit 9

Focus

Text A High Heel Shoes

Reading Skills Dealing with Difficult Words(1)

Text B Could the End Be Near?

Text C UFOs—A Brief History

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Unit 10

Focus

Text A Coca-Cola Captures Passion for Celebration in New Global Commercials for 2010 FIFA World Cup

Reading Skills Dealing with Difficult Words(2)

Text B A Résumé

Text C Business Cards

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Unit 11

Focus

Text A The Road to the White House

Reading Skills Dealing with Difficult Sentences

Text B Princess Diana and the Royal Family

Text C Overview on the Political System of the USA

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Unit 12

Focus

Text A Top 10 American Icons

Reading Skills Understanding the Punctuation

Text B Unique Tradition from UK

Text C American Idol

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