Unit 1　Poems

1.1．Little Stone

1.2．Do You Fear the Wind

1.3．Solitude

1.4．The Road Not Taken

Unit 2　Fables

2.1．The Ass and the Grasshopper

2.2．The Father and His Sons

2.3．The Magic Pebbles

2.4．A Fable of Starfish

2.5．An Apple Tree

Unit 3　Proses

3.1．If I Were a Boy Again

3.2．What I Have Lived For

3.3．The Goodness of Life

3.4．Of Studies

Unit 4　Fiction

4.1．Jane Eyre

4.2．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Unit 5　Plays

5.1．The Merchant of Venice

5.2．The Importance of Being Earnest

Unit 6　Speeches

6.1．I Have a Dream

6.2．The Journey of Our America Must Go On

Unit 7　Science and Technology

7.1．On the Motivation and Satisfaction of Scientists

7.2．Snow

Unit 8　Finance and Economics

8.1．How American Economic System is Organized

8.2．Rich Dad's Money Making Secrets

8.3．A Principle in Economics:People Face Tradeoffs

Unit 9　Politics

9.1．Global Market with a Human Face

9.2．Speech by President Jiang Zemin at the George Bush Presidential library

Unit 10　Culture

10.1．A Comparison between Two Letters

10.2．The Importance of English

10.3．Bridging Cultural Gaps Gracefully

Unit 11　Application

11.1．Abstract

11.2．Application Letter

11.3．Resume(Curriculum Vitae)

11.4．Research Proposal

11.5．Diplomas and Certificates

11.6．Advertisements

Unit 12　Miscellaneous Part

12.1．An Episode from Forrest Gump

12.2．Questions to Test Your EQ

12.3．A Dialogue with God

Appendix Ⅰ　Key

Appendix Ⅱ　Translation of Texts