Unit1

TextI The Frontiersmen 拓疆者

Text II The Impact of the American Frontier美国边疆的“冲击”

Reading For Fun The West Coast 西海岸

Unit2

Text I My First Day at School 上学第一天

Text II Against PCs Why I m Not Going to Buy a Computer 拒绝电脑--我为什么不买计算机

Reading For Fun New York Finds Typical Family Being Redefined 什么是纽约的“典型”家庭？

Unit3

Text I The Language Barrier 产品跨国销售中的语言障碍

Text II Biker Culture 摩托车迷文化

Reading For Fun LAME DUCK瘸鸭

Unit4

Text I The Information Highway信息高速公路

Text II The Future Gets under Your Skin 未来的通讯

Reading For Fun The Mail Must Go Through 邮件必须到达

Unit5

Text I The Brave Little Parrot勇敢的小鹦鹉

Text II Steps to the Future走向未来

Reading For Fun AFFLUENCE AND EFFLUENCE富裕与污染

Unit6

Text I Kissing the Books Goodbye吻别书本

Text II Deep Springs春晖

Reading For Fun What Goes Around Comes Around善有善报

Unit7

Text I Las Vegas拉斯韦加斯

Text II Ancient Pyramid Excavated再掘金字塔

Reading For Fun The Concrete Pyramids“混凝土”金字塔

Unit8

Text I Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking创造性思考与批判性思考

Text II Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking 创造性思考与批判性思考

Reading For Fun To Achieve You Dreams,Remember Your ABCs实现梦想的秘诀

Unit 9

Text I How the Internet Works:All You Need to Know因特网的运作：你需要知道的方方面面

Text II Online Game Lets You Play God游戏网络人生

Reading For Fun The Internet因特网

Unit 10

Text I THE Story of jazz爵士乐

Text II Life in Their Hands电子宠物

Reading For Fun E-mail Joke“电子邮件”的笑话

Unit 11

Text I Ballad of the Bottom Dollar最后一美元的故事

Text II Appearances Count穿着打扮也重要

Reading For Fun The Carter s Light车夫的灯

Unit 12

Text I Nothing about 21st Century Offspring Will Be Infantile21世纪的婴儿不受疾病困扰

Text II Japan Gets a Taste of Cloned Beef克隆牛肉，日本人先尝为快

Reading For Fun Australian Joke澳大利亚笑话

Unit 13

Text I How could it be so different?竟然如此大相径庭

Text II The Groovy Lifestyle of New Millennium新千年，新生活

Reading For Fun The Best College Application Essay We ve Ever Read 无可挑剔的大学入学申请

Unit 14

Text I The Future has been Writlen 你的未来我知道

Text II How to Build a Body Part？如何制造人体器官

Reading For Fun In Biology Iab在生物实验室

Unit 15

Text I “I Am a Blessed Person”“我是一个幸运儿”

Text II The Eight Best Presidents--and why Harry S.Truman 美国著名八位总统及其成功之道

Reading For Fun Mother母亲

Unit 16

Text I China prepares for WTO Membership中国准备加入世贸组织

Text II The Role of Women in the United States 美国妇女在国家中的地位

Reading For Fun Money to Burn被烧毁的钱币

Unit 17

Text I Losing Weight减肥

Text II Retirement 退休

Reading For Fun HEAVEN 天堂

Unit18

Text I Keepers of the Dream追求梦想的人

Text II Qinghua Students Win Global Design Awards清华学生获全球建筑设计奖

Reading For Fun Husband and wife丈夫与妻子

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