Part A Why People Work

Unit 1

Part B

Ⅰ A Theory About Genius

Ⅱ Choosing a Career

Ⅲ Four Minutes That Get You Hired

Part C A Few Opening Remarks for the Learners

Unit 2

Part A Clothes Make the Man

Part B

Ⅰ Do Clothes Make the Man？

Ⅱ Style's Hidden Persuaders

Ⅲ Fashion Merchandising

Part C Translation ofNoun Phrases，Adjective Phrases and Verbal Construction

Part A Space and Time

Unit 3

Part B

Ⅰ Old and New Buildings

Ⅱ Medical Technology Puts Biological Clock on Hold

Ⅲ Chance and Probability

Part C Translation of Sentences of Passive Voice and the Predicate

Unit 4

Part A The Method of Scientific Investigation

Part B

Ⅰ The West's Debt to China

Ⅱ Nature ofPsychology

Ⅲ And Now，the Age ofLight

Part C Translation ofLong Sentences

Part A Clear Only ifKnown

Unit 5

Part B

Ⅰ Friends，Good Friends—and Such Good Friends

Ⅱ Understanding Americans

Ⅲ How People Communicate

Part C Translation ofthe Subject

Unit 6

Part A Europe's Adventure Begins

Part B

Ⅰ Big Blunders from Big Business

Ⅱ Preface to“Service America!”

Ⅲ On a Wing and a Hotel Room

Part C Translation of the Predicate，Predicative and Object

Part A How to Avoid Foolish Opinions？

Unit 7

Part B

Ⅰ What's Your Best Time ofDay？

Ⅱ The Day Language Came into My Life

Ⅲ Mind Power Breakthrough!

Part C Translation ofVerb Modifiers and Noun Modifiers

Unit 8

Part A The Quick Fix Society

Part B

Ⅰ Superstitious？Here's Why!

Ⅱ The Fine Art ofComplaining

Ⅲ U.S.Having Fewer Bad Air Days

Part C Comprehensive Exercises

Vocabulary

Phrases