Unit 1…1 Part I Preparatory…1 Part II Language in Context…3 Text A Unwavering Warrior…4 Part III Toward Productive Language…13 Text B Chinese Athletics Picks Up the Pace… 13 Unit 2…17 Part I Preparatory…17 Part II Language in Context…19 Text A Alfred Nobel, A Man of Peace…20 Part III Toward Productive Language…28 Text B Tu Youyou: An Innovator of Traditional Chinese Medicine…29 Unit 3…33 Part I Preparatory…33 Part II Language in Context…35 Text A Six Celebrities Share What They’ve Learned…36 Part III Toward Productive Language…46 Text B Talking to Your Parents…46 Unit 4…50 Part I Preparatory…50 Part II Language in Context…52 Text A Ways of Handling Stress…53 Part III Toward Productive Language…62 Text B Stress…62 Unit 5…67 Part I Preparatory…67 Part II Language in Context…69 Text A Hollywood…70 Part III Toward Productive Language…79 Text B Pageants…80 Unit 6…83 Part I Preparatory…83 Part II Language in Context…85 Text A A Brief History of Pop Music…86 Part III Toward Productive Language…96 Text B Music and Health…96 Unit 7…99 Part I Preparatory…99 Part II Language in Context…101 Text A Culture Shock…102 Part III Toward Productive Language…111 Text B Parachute Children…112 Unit 8…115 Part I Preparatory…115 Part II Language in Context…117 Text A How We Are Being Americanized…118 Part III Toward Productive Language…128 Text B A Road of Hope…129 Vocabulary…132