本書共有12個單元,每個單元由TextⅠ、TextⅡ和相關(guān)的練習(xí)構(gòu)成。課文內(nèi)容涉及家庭生活、倫理道德、驚險經(jīng)歷、未來世界、文化教育、網(wǎng)絡(luò)科技、社會問題等一系列課題。
Unit 1
TextI TheFunTheyHad
Text II Imagining a World Without Oil
Unit 2
Text I Whatever Happened to Manners?
TextII Etiquette
Unit3
Text I Dealing with AIDS
Text II AIDS(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
Unit 4
Text I My Forever Valentine
Text II My Most Unforgettable Character
Unit 5
Text I Hollywood
Text II The Disney Company
Unit 6
Text I A Debt to Dickens
Text II Companionship of Books
Unit 7
Text I Salvation
Text II How to Be Tme toYourself
Unit 8
Text I Gender Bias in Language
Text II Gestures and Meanings in Different Pans of the World
Unit 9
Text I The Light of Depression
Text II Remaining Positive When Facing a Chronic Illness
Unit 10
Text I Five Traits of the Educated Man
Text II When Does Education Stop?
Unit 11
Text I Love at First Byte
Text II The New Local
Unit 12
Text I The Design of Chinese Gardens
Text II Chinese and Westem Gardens Contrasted
Glossary of Text I’s
Glossary Of Tlext II’s