Unit One
Text A How to Study Read
Text B Adventures of a Pen Pal
Text C The Great Writer Mark Twain
Unit Two
Text A Why Debating Doesn’t Work
Text B Physicist Albert Einstein
Text C The Importance of Learning and Understanding Science
Unit Three
Text A A Brief History of English
Text B Two Languages
Text C Why English?
Unit Four
Text A Hemingway in World War I
Text B Michael Jackson, King of Pop
Text C Dolly Parton
Unit Five
Text A The Difference a Teacher Can Make
Text B The Wisdom of One Word
Text C When Lightning Struck
Unit Six
Text A Catch of a Lifetime
Text B Grandfather’s Clock
Text C Hard Work Pays Off
Unit Seven
Text A Distance Learning and the Future of Education
Text B The Hardest Language
Text C Amy Chua’s “Chinese Mom” Controversy: The Response in China
Unit Eight
Text A Food in Chinese Culture
Text B Trust: Is It All in the Eyes?
Text C The Date Father Didn’t Keep
Keys to Exercises