UNIT 1 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening A Psalm of Life

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B Why Do We Read Fiction?

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 许渊冲翻译理论的中国特色

Passage B Tradition and the Individual Talent

UNIT 2 WAR AND CIVILIZATION

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A Grant and Lee：A Study in Contrasts

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B Soviet Strong Man

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 黄埔军校简史

Passage B A Brief History of West Point

UNIT 3 THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening The Things that Make Americans Happy

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A On Happiness

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B Hamburger Model of Happiness

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 获得相对幸福和绝对幸福的方法

Passage B Platonic Harmony

UNIT 4 ARCHITECTURE OF THE WORLD

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A In Search of Ancient Chinese Architecture

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B The Sydney Opera House

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 中国建筑本土化

Passage B Chicago School Architecture

UNIT 5 LAW AND SOCIETY

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A Law and Society

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B The Function of Law

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 权力的兽性

Passage B

UNIT 6 DEMAND,PRICE AND WEALTH

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A Gradations of Consumers'Demand

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B Yes,the Wealthy Can Be Deserving

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 泛论生产事业

Passage B Of the Origin and Use of Money

UNIT 7 BETWEEN TWO WORLDS

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A The World We Have Lost

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B Saving the Amazon：Winning the war on deforestation

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 大气污染防治行动计划

Passage B London Air Quality Strategy 2011—2015

UNIT 8 TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA

Part One Lead-in

Section 1 Listening

Section 2 Watching

Part Two Reading and Writing

Text A Amusing Ourselves to Death

Part Three Reading and Speaking

Text B Always On：Personal and Cognitive Consequences

Part Four Cross Cultural Communication

Passage A 微博“意见领袖”的影响力

Passage B Five Types of Social Media Influencers