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Unit 1 Study

Passage 1 Secrets of“A”Students

Passage 2 What Schools Will Be Like in 2050 ?

Passage 3 Methods of Education：East and West

Unit 2 Words and Stories

Passage 1 American Expressions Based on Colors

Passage 2 Talking About Mouth

Passage 3 Boss

Unit 3 Friendship

Passage 1 Friendship

Passage 2 “Good MorningNeighbor!”

Passage 3 One ofMy Friends

Unit 4 Daily Life

Passage 1 Supermarket

Passage 2 Danger in Your Car

Passage 3 Where to Eat，Drink&Meet

Unit 5 Entertainment

Passage 1 Music

Passage 2 Online Music Sales

Passage 3 Michael Jackson

Unit 6 Famous Attractions

Passage 1 Forbidden City

Passage 2 Cambridge University

Passage 3 Hawaii

Unit 7 Animal

Passage l National Zoo Observes Panda's 1 st Birthday

Passage 2 Feline Stealing Gardening Gloves ofPelham

Passage 3 The African Wild Dog

Unit 8 Health

Passage 1 People and Its Daily Energy Cycle

Passage 2 Obesity in Young People

Passage 3 Caffeine and Your Health

Unit 9 Big People

Passage 1 The LeBron James Era?

Passage 2 Anne-Sophie Mutter,Violin

Passage 3 Yasser Arafat in His Youth

Unit 10 Cultural Differences

Passage 1 Differences Between Two Kinds of Youth

Passage 2 American Wedding Customs

Passage 3 Table Manners：A Cultural Difference

Unit 11 Economy and Resources

Passage 1 Customer Satisfaction

Passage 2 McDonald'S Applicants

Passage 3 Energy Crisis

Unit 12 Science Technology

Passage 1 About Robots

Passage 2 E-mail Brings Business Closer Together

Passage 3 First Cell-phone Worm Emerges

Unit 13 Internet

Passage 1 The Internet

Passage 2 Students Get Help with Schoolwork From Far Away

Passage 3 America Online's Big Mistake with Search Data

Unit 14 Biotechnology

Passage 1 Biological Clocks

Passage 2 Cloning

Passage 3 Louis Pasteur：a Modern-day Scientist

Unit 15 Environment

Passage 1 Dust and Sandstorm

Passage 2 The Disaster ofGlobal Warming

Passage 3 Gore's Movie Heats Up Discussion of GIobal Warming

Unit 16 Society

Passage 1 How WTO Affects China's Higher Education

Passage 2 Transportation

Passage 3 Why Americans Own Guns

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