Unit 1 Love of Reading

Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A One Writer's Beginnings

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Prison Studies

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Proctice:group discussion

Essay Writting:writing an essay on any of the given topics

Writing Strategy:Sentence Variety

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities

Unit 2 Diet

Part Ⅰ Listaning TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Let's Go Veggie!

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Where's the Beef?

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:mock debate

Essay Writing:writing an essay on any of the given topics

Writing Strategy:The Relation of Argumentation and Other Types of Writing

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities

Unit 3 Lying

Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Truth about Lying

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B White Lies

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:speech'contest

Practical Writing:writing letters of apology

Writing Strategy:How to Write Letters of Apology

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of The Texts and Classroom Activities

Unit 4 Unforgettable Teachers

Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskTtxt A Take This Fish and look at It

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Unforgettable Miss Bessie

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:group discussion

Essay Writing:writing an essay on any of the given topics

Writing Strategy:Using Combination of Methods for Developing Essays

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities

Unit 5 Global Warming

Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Heat Wave

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:speech contest

Essay Writing:writing an essay on any of the given topics

Writing Strategy:Revising

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities

Unit 6 The American Civil War

Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Grant and Lee

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B A Brief History of the American Civil War

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:group discussion

Practical Writing:writing a summary

Writing Strategy:How to Write a Summary

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities

Unit 7 Gambling Addiction

Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A Going for Broke

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B A Life Lost to Gambling

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:mock debate

Practical Writing:writing an IOU and a rectipt

Writing Strategy:Tips on How to Write an IOU and a Receipt

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities

Unit 8 Marriage

Part Ⅰ Listening TaskListening Practice

Part Ⅱ Reading TaskText A The Legacy

Part Ⅲ Home Reading TaskText B Why Marriages fail

Part Ⅳ Comprehensive Language PracticeSpeaking Practice:group discussion

Practical Writing:writing a report on a book or an article

Writing Strategy:How to Write a Book Report

Part Ⅰ Suggested Teaching Plan

Part Ⅱ Detailed Study of the Texts and Classroom Activities

Test Yourself（Units 5-8）

Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises in Parts Ⅰ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ

Appendix Ⅱ Tape Scripts and Key to Test Papers

Appendix Ⅲ Glossary