Unit 1 College Life
Passage A LOL! Get Five Strategies to Lead a Great College Life!
Passage B Military-Style Life of Undergraduates at New York Maritime College
Passage C Dreamers: Hunks of Junk
Passage D Why Should I Have Stress in College Life?

Unit 2 Language Learning
Passage A Why Learn Languages?
Passage B A Solution to Bridge Seafarers' Language Gap?
Passage C Gender-speak--a New Perspective
Passage D More Americans Leam Their ABCs in Chinese

Unit 3 Famous Figures
Passage A Queen Elizabeth II's Address to the United Nations General Assembly
Passage B Voyages of Discovery-Captain Cook
Passage C Interview with Emma Thompson
Passage D Shaun Weng, First Chinese Sailing Around the World Alone

Unit 4 Climate and Weather
Passage A Tornadoes on the Soccer Field!
Passage B Time and Tide Wait for No Man
Passage C A Close Encounter with Lightning
Passage D On the Front Lines of Climate Change

Unit 5 Entertainment
Passage A Bungee Jumping: Stretching the Limits of Fear
Passage B She Guided One of the Fastest Sailing Ships
Passage C Cliffhanger; Rock Climbing as Sport and Art
Passage D Finnegan, Again

Unit 6 Food and Health
Passage A Heart Health Facts for Women
Passage B How to Eat for Good Health on a Cruise Ship?
Passage C No More Exercise
Passage D Men Can Live as Long as Women

Unit 7 Festival and Culture
Passage A Chocolate Has a History as Rich as Its Taste
Passage B Mariners' Superstition and Belief
Passage C When Is a Hat Not a Hat?
Passage D Bless the Children

Unit 8 Virtual World
Passage A Rethinking PC
Passage B Phone and Internet Tips While at Sea
Passage C The Information Age: the Internet
Passage D The Top Twelve E-Mail Mistakes That Can Sabo-tage Your Career
Key to the Exercises