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Unit 1 Friendship

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A Friends

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Nouns 3 (名词 3)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Building Bridges

1. Practising Reading Skills: Understanding Figurative Languages

2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (1)

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

A Band-Aid for a Broken Heart

Unit 2 Science

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A Able to See Again

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Pronouns 2 (代词 2)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Organs of the Body

 1. Practising Reading Skills: Understanding Idiomatic Expressions

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (2)

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

RoboShop

Unit 3 Marriage

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A The American Wedding

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Pronouns 3 (代词3)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B American Couples

 1. Practising Reading Skills: Making Inferences

 2. Guided Writing : Connecting Ideas (3)

 3. Note-Writing

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

To Win in Marriage, Learn to Lose

Unit 4 Health

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A How to Keep Fit

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Determiners 2 (限定2)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B The Secret of Long Life

 1. Practising Reading Skills: Predicting from Subtitles

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (4)

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

Exercise Myths

Unit 5 Leisure

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A How Do Television Shows Influence People's Behavior

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Numbers 1 (数词1)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Travel

 1. Practising Reading Skills: Distinguishing between Facts and Opinions

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (5)

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

Is Playing Games Important for Adults?

Unit 6 Autobiography

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

TextA AFinalLoss (Ⅰ)

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Numbers 2 (数词2)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text　B AFinalLoss (Ⅱ)

 1. Practising Reading Skills: Identifying the Author's Purpose (1)

 2. Guided Writing : Connecting Ideas (6)

 3. Note-Writing

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

My High School Life

Unit 7 Environment

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A Save Deep Sea Life

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Interrogatives 1 (疑问词1)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Air Pollution

 1. Practising Reading Skills: Identifying the Author's Purpose (2)

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (7)

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

Ice Co!lapse(坍塌 ).SPeeds Up Glaciers

Unit 8 Generation Gap

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A Sometimes It's Just Words

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

The Passive Voice 1 (被动语态1)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Being a Smooth Motivator

 1. Practising Reading Skills: Reading between the Lines

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (8)

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

Generation Gap

Unit 9 Woman

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A Women Lead Differently

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Comparatives and Superlatives 1 (形容词和副词比较级1)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Men and Women Talk Different Languages

 1. Practising Reading Skills : Skimming (1)

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (9)

 3. Note-Writing

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

The American Woman

Unit 10 Nature

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A Did Animals' "Sixth Sense" Save Them from Tsunami

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

Comparatives and Superlatives 2(形容词和副词比较等级2)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Mosquitoes also Prefer Attractive People

 1. Practising Reading Skills : Skimming (2)

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas (10)

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

Water Found in Comets(彗星)--Life Possible in Space

Unit 11 Career

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A White-Collar Man in a Blue-Collar World

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

The Infinitive 1 (动词不定式1)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B Seeing Is Succeeding

 1. Practising Reading Skills : Scanning ( 1 )

 2. Guided Writing: Connecting Ideas ( 11 )

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

Small Beats Mall--New Shopping Habits in the US

Unit 12 Studying Abroad

 Part Ⅰ Interaction

Dialogues

Language Focus

Text A How to Get Financial Aid from US Schools (Ⅰ)

 Part Ⅱ Grammar Project

The Past Perfect Tense (过去完成时)

 Part Ⅲ Listening

 Part Ⅳ Reading and Writing

Text B How to Get Financial Aid from US Schools (Ⅱ)

 1. Practising Reading Skills : Scanning (2)

 2. Guided Writing : Connecting Ideas (Review)

 3. Note-Writing

 Part Ⅴ Supplementary Reading

Student Life