Unit 1 People

Passage 1 Michael Jordan

Passage 2 J.K.Rowling

Passage 3 Audrey Hepburn

Unit 2 Media

Passage 1 The Role of Advertising

Passage 2 Mass Media

Passage 3 New iPad

Unit 3 Festivals

Passage 1 Valentine's Day

Passage 2 April Fool's Day

Passage 3 Halloween

Unit 4 Technology

Passage 1 A Little Device to Read Your Thoughts

Passage 2 New Technologies On Cancer

Passage 3 Recently in Robots

Unit 5 Education

Passage 1 My Education,My Future

Passage 2 Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

Passage 3 Student Mental Health Education

Unit 6 Marriage

Passage 1 Marriage in Japan

Passage 2 You Men Want It Both Ways

Passage 3 Loving Donna

Unit 7 Showbiz

Passage 1 Oprah Winfrey

Passage 2 The Joy Luck Club

Passage 3 The Joker

Unit 8 Globalization

Passage 1 Is"Globalization"Helping or Hurting

Passage 2 Jeff Bezos：King of Amazoncom

Passage 3 Slow is Beautiful

Unit 9 Disasters

Passage 1 Fukushima：A Nuclear War

Passage 2 Mexico Environmental Disaster

Passage 3 The Columbine Tapes

Unit 10 Resources

Passage 1 Natural Resources

Passage 2 Body Heat

Passage 3 Renewable Energy

Unit 11 Culture

Passage 1 Tibetan Culture and Arts

Passage 2 Sacred Craft

Passage 3 Lucky Charms

Unit 12 Fictions

Passage 1 The Use of Force

Passage 2 Miss Brill

Passage 3 I'll Never Escape the Ghetto

Unit 13 Family

Passage 1 Parenthood as a Spiritual Journey

Passage 2 Teenagers Relationship with Their Parents

Passage 3 Information on Different Forms of Family

Passage 4 Chinese Students Need a Break

Key to Exercises