READING SKILL：Context Clue to Word Meaning Ⅰ

UNIT 1 Nniversity Student Life

TEXT Ⅰ：On Being a Student

TEXT Ⅱ：Getting the Best Value for Time

UNIT 2 Culture Shock

TEXT Ⅰ：Making a Cultural Change

TEXT Ⅱ：Culture Shock：A Fish out of Water

UNIT 3 Movie

TEXT Ⅰ：How Do the Movies Do It？

TEXT Ⅱ：The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse

UNIT 4 Food

TEXT Ⅰ：A Food Tour of the United States

TEXT Ⅱ：Dinner Invitations

READING SKILL：Context Clue to Word MeaningⅡ

UNIT 5 Business

TEXT Ⅰ：Levi Strauss ＆ Company

TEXT Ⅱ：What Is the WTO？

UNIT 6 Sports

TEXT Ⅰ：A City Wild with Joy

TEXT Ⅱ：How the Olympic Games Started

UNIT 7 Shyness

TEXT Ⅰ：Overcome Shyness

TEXT Ⅱ：How to Make a Good Impression

UNIT 8 Native Peoples

TEXT Ⅰ：Native American Influences on Modern American Culture

TEXT Ⅱ：Endangered Peoples

READING SKILL：Understanding Sentences

UNIT 9 Bible Stories

TEXT Ⅰ：Genesis

TEXT Ⅱ：The Birth of Jesus Christ

UNIT 10 Festivals and Holidays

TEXT Ⅰ：Christmas

TEXT Ⅱ：Celebrating the Chinese New Year Home and Abroad

UNIT 11 Advertising

TEXT Ⅰ：International Advertising as a Communication Process

TEXT Ⅱ：How Advertisement Is Done

UNIT 12 Agriculture

TEXT Ⅰ：Scientists Find Way to Boost Rice Crop Yield

TEXT Ⅱ：Golden Rice：A Solution to Blindness？

READING SKILL：Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea

UNIT 13 Psychology

TEXT Ⅰ：Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

TEXT Ⅱ：General Psychology：The Study of Behavior

UNIT 14 Mysteries

TEXT Ⅰ：Have You Ever Seen a UFO？

TEXT Ⅱ：A Dustbin of Unsolved Mysteries

UNIT 15 Computer

TEXT Ⅰ：The School of the Future

TEXT Ⅱ：Google Thrives

UNIT 16 Physical Fitness

TEXT Ⅰ：Some Myths about Physical Fitness

TEXT Ⅱ：Getting Thin —for Good

UNIT 17 Pseudoscience

TEXT Ⅰ：Analyze Yourself with the Help of Doodles

TEXT Ⅱ：Horoscopes

UNIT 18 Fiction

TEXT Ⅰ：Whitewashing Aunt Polly’s Fence

TEXT Ⅱ：A Long-Expected Party