Unit 1 World News:International Relations

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ Anti-piracy mission

Part Ⅳ Speeches

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 2 World News:Earth and Environment

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ City recycling

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 3 World News:Economic Developments

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ Voice mail may cost company's business

Part Ⅳ Business jargon

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 4 World News:Up in Space

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ News reports

Part Ⅲ Returning to the Moon

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 5 New Explorations in Food and Medicine

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Eating right for good health

Part Ⅲ Medical emergency 911

Part Ⅳ Keeping the country healthy

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 6 Breakthroughs in Science and Technology

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Human genome project

Part Ⅲ Latest breakthroughs in technology

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 7 Future of Communication

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ New ways to communicate

Part Ⅲ Digital McLuhan

Part Ⅳ Technical jargon

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 8 New Ideas,New Architecture

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Eco-conscious construction

Part Ⅲ Tomorrow's house

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 9 Ways to Travel

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Public transportation

Part Ⅲ Cross the Channel

Part Ⅳ Southwest

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 10 Love and Hate of Oil

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Oil reserves and parking places

Part Ⅲ A motor city breakthrough:the electric car

Part Ⅳ Clean air cars

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 11 A Fast Growing Economy:Tourism

Part Ⅰ Warming up

Part Ⅱ Welcome to China

Part Ⅲ New Seven Wonders of the World

Part Ⅳ Language study and language appreciation

Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation

Unit 12 Review

A.Revolutionary car

B.Fox Hollow golf course

C.Friends reunited

D.Beware hackers！

E.Housing problems

F.The future of the phone

G.Video Appreciation

Vocabulary

Acknowledgements