Reading Skill：Context Clues to Word Meaning

Unit 1 University Student Life

Texts：Ten Commandments for a College Freshman

Getting the Best Value for Time

Unit 2 Culture Shock

Texts：Making a Cultural Change

Culture Shock：A Fish out of Water

Unit 3 The Movies

Texts：Why Some People Love Horror Movies

How to Watch a Movie?

Unit 4 Food

Texts：A Food Tour of the United States

Eating the Sichuanese Way

Reading Skill：Understanding Sentences

Unit 5 Bible Stories

Texts：Genesis

The Birth of Jesus Christ

Unit 6 Business

Texts：Levi Strauss＆Company

What Is the WTO?

Unit 7 Sports

Texts：Nanjing Secures 2014 Youth Olympic Games

How the Olympic Games Started?

Unit 8 Shyness

Texts：Overcome Shyness

How to Make a Good Impression?

Unit 9 Festivals and Holidays

Texts：Christmas

Celebrating the Chinese New Year at Home and Abroad

Reading Skill：Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea

Unit 10 Advertising

Texts：International Advertising as a Communication Process

How Advertising Is Done?

Unit 11 Psychology

Texts：Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs—Psychology in Business

General Psychology：The Study of Behavior

Unit 12 Information Technology

Texts：Open Education's Wide World of Possibilities

Apple's iPhone：The Untold Story

Unit 13 Physical Fitness

Texts：Eight Myths About Physical Fitness

Fitness Fundamentals：Begin and Maintain an Exercise Program

Unit 14 Pseudoscience

Texts：Analyze Yourself with the Help of Doodles

Horoscopes

Unit 15 Fiction

Texts：How to Read Fiction：A Letter from Howard Pease to a Fan

The Old Man and the Sea(An Excerpt)