Lesson 1

GRAMMAR The Present Perfect；The Present Perfect Continuous

CONTEXT Jobs

1.1 An Overview

READING Job Résumé and Cover Letter

1.2 The Present Perfect Tense—Forms

1.3 The Past Participle

1.4 The Present Perfect—Contractions

1.5 The Present Perfect—Question Formation

1.6 Uses of the Present Perfect Tense—An Overview

1.7 The Present Perfect with Continuation from Past to Present

1.8 Negative Statements with Since,For,and In

1.9 The Present Perfect vs.the Simple Present

READING Where Have All the Jobs Gone?

1.10 The Present Perfect Continuous

1.11 The Present Perfect vs.the Simple Past

1.12 The Present Perfect with Repetition from Past to Present

1.13 The Present Perfect vs.the Simple Past with Repetition

READING The Occupational Outlook Handbook

1.14 The Present Perfect with Indefinite Past Time—An Overview

1.15 Questions with Ever

1.16 Yet,Already

1.17 Questions with Lately andRecently

1.18 The Present Perfect Continuous with Ongoing Activities

1.19 The Present Perfect with No Time Mentioned

1.20 The Present Perfect vs.the Present Perfect Continuous with No Time Mentioned

Summary of Lesson 1

Editing Advice

Lesson 1 Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 2

GRAMMAR Passive Voice；Participles Used as Adjectives；Get+Participles and Adjectives

CONTEXT Hollywood

2.1 Passive Voice—An Overview

READING The Oscars

2.2 The Passive Voice—Form

2.3 The Passive and Active Voice—Uses

2.4 The Passive Voice without an Agent

2.5 The Passive Voice with an Agent

2.6 Verbs with Two Objects

READING The History of Animation

2.7 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

2.8 The Passive with Get

2.9 Participles Used as Adjectives

READING Charlie Chaplin

2.10 Participles Used as Adjectives to Show Feelings

2.11 Other Past Participles Used as Adjectives

READING Being Famous

2.12 Past Participles and Other Adjectives with Get

Summary of Lesson 2

Editing Advice

Lesson 2 Test/Review

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Lesson 3

GRAMMAR The Past Continuous；The Past Perfect；The Past Perfect Continuous；Comparison of Past Tenses

CONTEXT Disasters and Tragedies

3.1 Overview of Past Tenses

READING The Columbia Tragedy

3.2 The Past Continuous—Forms

3.3 The Past Continuous Tense—Uses

3.4 The Past Continuous or the Simple Past

READING The Titanic

3.5 The Past Perfect Tense—Forms

3.6 The Past Perfect—Use

3.7 When with the Simple Past or the Past Perfect

READING Wildfires in Southern California

3.8 The Past Perfect Continuous—Forms

3.9 The Past Perfect Continuous—Uses

3.10 The Past Perfect(Continuous)or the Present Perfect(Continuous)

READING Survivors of the Titanic

3.11 Comparison of Past Tenses

Summary of Lesson 3

Editing Advice

Lesson 3 Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 4

GRAMMAR Modals—Present and Future；Related Expressions

CONTEXT Consumer Warnings

4.1 Overview of Modals and Related Expressions

READING Sweepstakes or Scam?

4.2 Possibilities—May,Might,Could

4.3 Necessity and Urgency with Must,Have To,Have Got To

4.4 Obligation with Must or Be Supposed To

4.5 Advice with Should,Ought To,and Had Better

READING Telemarketing

4.6 Permission and Prohibition

4.7 Comparing Negative Modals

4.8 Making Suggestions

READING Infomercials

4.9 Expectations with Be Supposed To

READING My Elderly Neighbor

4.10 Logical Conclusions

4.11 Probability vs.Possibility in the Present

4.12 Modals with Continuous Verbs

Summary of Lesson 4

Editing Advice

Lesson 4 Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 5

GRAMMAR Modals in the Past

CONTEXT The Kennedys and History in the Making

5.1 Overview of Modals in the Past

READING The Assassination of President John F.Kennedy

5.2 Past Probability(Deduction,Conclusion)

5.3 Past Possibility

READING The Cuban Missile Crisis

5.4 Past Direction Not Taken

READING John Kennedy,Jr.

5.5 Past Mistakes

5.6 Be Supposed To in the Past

READING The Media and Presidential Elections

5.7 Must Have vs.Had To

5.8 Could+Base Form vs.Could Have+Past Participle

5.9 More on Couldn't Have

5.10 Continuous Forms of Past Modals

Summary of Lesson 5

Editing Advice

Lesson 5 Test/Review

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Lesson 6

GRAMMAR Adjective Clauses；Descriptive Phrases

CONTEXT Computers and the Internet

6.1 Adjective Clauses—An Overview

READING Spam

6.2 Relative Pronoun as Subject

6.3 Relative Pronoun as Object

6.4 Comparing Pronoun as Subject and Object

6.5 Relative Pronoun as Object of Preposition

READING eBay

6.6 Where and When in Adjective Clauses

6.7 Where,When,That,or Which in Adjective Clauses

READING Handwritten Letters or E-mail?

6.8 Whose+Noun in an Adjective Clause

6.9 Adjective Clauses After Indefinite Pronouns

READING Creating the Worid Wide Web

6.10 Nonessential Adjectives Clauses

6.11 Essential vs.Nonessential Adjective Clauses

6.12 Descriptive Phrases

Summary of Lesson 6

Editing Advice

Lesson 6 Test/Review

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Lesson 7

GRAMMAR Infinitives；Gerunds

CONTEXT Helping Others

7.1 Infinitives—An Overview

READING Andrew Carnegie,Philanthropist

7.2 Verbs Followed by an Infinitive

7.3 Object Before Infinitive

READING Charity and Volunteering

7.4 Causative Verbs

7.5 Adjective Plus Infinitive

READING Bicycling to Raise Money for AIDS

7.6 Using the Infinitive to Show Purpose

7.7 Infinitive as Subject

7.8 Infinitive with Too and Enough

7.9 Gerunds—An Overview

READING Helping Others Get an Education

7.10 Gerundas Subject

7.11 Gerund After Prepositions and Nouns

7.12 Using the Correct Preposition

7.13 Verbs Followed by Gerunds

7.14 Verbs Followed by Gerund or Infinitive

7.15 Infinitive and Gerundas Subject

7.16 Gerund or Infinitive After a Verb：Differences in Meaning

READING Mimi's Bike Ride

7.17 Used To/Be Used To/Get Used To

READING Global Volunteers

7.18 Sense Perception Verbs

Summary of Lesson 7

Editing Advice

Lesson 7 Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 8

GRAMMAR Adverbial Clauses and Phrases；Sentence Connectors；So/Such...That

CONTEXT Coming to America

8.1 Adverbial Clauses—An Overview

READING A Nation of Immigrants

8.2 Reason and Purpose

READING New Immigrants：The Lost Boys of Sudan

8.3 Time Expressions

8.4 Using the-ing Form After Time Words

READING Slavery—An American Paradox

8.5 Contrast

READING The Changing Face of America

8.6 Condition

READING Adopting a Baby from Abroad

8.7 Sentence Connectors

8.8 So...That/Such...That

Summary of Lesson 8

Editing Advice

Lesson 8 Test/Review

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Lesson 9

GRAMMAR Noun Clauses After Verbs and Adjectives；Noun Clauses as Included Questions；Noun Clauses as Direct Quotes；Noun Clauses in Reported Speech

CONTEXT Caring for Children

9.1 Noun Clauses—An Overview

READING Bringing Up Baby

9.2 Noun Clauses After Verbs and Adjectives

READING Pediatricians'Recommendations

9.3 Noun Clauses After Expressions of Importance

READING Day Care

9.4 Noun Clauses as Included Questions

9.5 Question Words Followed by an Infinitive

READING Dr.Benjamin Spock

9.6 Noun Clauses as Exact Quotes of Notable Words

READING A Folk Tale

9.7 Exact Quotes in Telling a Story

9.8 Noun Clauses as Reported Speech

9.9 The Rule of Sequence of Tenses

9.10 Say vs.Tell

9.11 Exceptions to the Rule of Sequence of Tenses

9.12 Reporting an Imperative

READING Being an Au Pair

9.13 Noun Clausesas Reported Questions

9.14 Noun Clauses After other Past Tense Verbs

Summary of Lesson 9

Editing Advice

Lesson 9 Test/Review

Expansion Activities

Lesson 10

GRAMMAR Unreal Conditions—Present；Real Conditions vs.Unreal Conditions；Unreal Conditions—Past；Wishes

CONTEXT Science or Science Fiction?READING Time Travel

10.1 Unreal Conditions—Present

10.2 Implied Conditions

READING Traveling to Mars

10.3 Real Conditions vs.Unreal Conditions

READING Life 100 Years Ago

10.4 Unreal Conditions—Past

10.5 Mixed Tenses in Condition Statements

READING Science or Wishful Thinking?

10.6 Wishes

10.7 Wishing for a Desired Change

Summary of Lesson 10

Editing Advice

Lesson 10 Test/Review

Expansion Activities