Unit 1 Myths and Legends

In-Class Reading Why the Tortoise's Shell Is Not Smooth

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Beauty and the Beast

Passage Ⅱ：The Monkey King

Passage Ⅲ：The First Beginning

Unit 2 Manners

In-Class Reading No One Stops to Say"Thank You"Anymore

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Men's Liberation from Etiquette

Passage Ⅱ：Who Pays the Check?

Passage Ⅱ：Why Manners?

Unit 3 Leisure Activities

In-Class Reading Entertaining Humor——What's Funny?

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Underwater Concert

Passage Ⅱ：Fatal Attraction

Passage Ⅲ：Wow,Would I Love to Do That

Unit 4 Science and Technology

In-Class Reading Too Fast?

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：True Love

Passage Ⅱ：Back from the Dead

Passage Ⅲ：Watch Out——You're on Camera

Unit 5 The Power of Words

In-Class Reading The Power of a Note

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：All the Good Things

Passage Ⅱ：Mother Tongue

Passage Ⅲ：How to Write a Personal Letter

Unit 6 Success

In-Class Reading The Key to Success

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Success Means Never Feeling Tired

Passage Ⅱ：A Triumph of the Spirit

Passage Ⅲ：How to Succeed at Failing

Unit 7 Athletes

In-Class Reading Athletes Should Be Role Models

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Athletes Should Not Be Role Models

Passage Ⅱ：Playing to Win

Passage Ⅲ：Performance and Technology

Unit 8 Healthy Living

In-Class Reading Set Your Body's Time Clock to Work for You

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Surprising Facts About Sleep

Passage Ⅱ：A Pill for Every Ⅲ

Passage Ⅲ：Nothing to Sneeze At

Unit 9 Friends and Friendship

In-Class Reading On Friendship

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Friends,Good Friends—and Such Good Friends

Passage Ⅱ：Best Friends

Passage Ⅲ：The Value of Friendship

Unit 10 Business Strategies

In-Class Reading Business Lessons from the Rain Forest

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：National Stereotypes and Business Behavior

Passage Ⅱ：The Japanese Approach to Management

Passage Ⅲ：Doing Business in Asia

Unit 11 Heroes

In-Class Reading Heroes

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Mr Lee's Side of the Street

Passage Ⅱ：Rescue at Dotson Creek

Passage Ⅲ：In Memory of the Challenger Astronauts

Unit 12 Public Speaking

In-Class Reading Why Study Public Speaking?

After-Class Reading

Passage Ⅰ：Food for Thought

Passage Ⅱ：The Eulogy

Passage Ⅲ：The Shame of Hunger