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Unit 1 University Life

1.1 Meeting for the First Time

1.2 Fun University

1.3 About Campus Life

Unit 2 Hobbies and Interests

2.1 Knowing More about Your Classmates

2.2 An Interview

2.3 A Journey to Tibet

Unit 3 The Weekend

3.1 What do People Do during the Weekend？

3.2 Eating Out

3.3 In the Supermarket

Unit 4 Describing a Person

4.1 How to Describe a Person

4.2 Describing Yourself

4.3 Describing Your Family

Unit 5 A Day of Wonder

5.1 Seeing new things in life

5.2 Building Others through Advice

5.3 Encouragement

Unit 6 Traveling on Vacation

6.1 Transportation

6.2 YES or NO？

6.3 Travel Arrangement

Unit 7 Foods

7.1 Ordering Food and Drink

7.2 Having Western-Style Food

7.3 Dining Culture in the West

Unit 8 Hotels and Restaurants

8.1 The World on a Plate

8.2 Checking In

8.3 Hotel Facilities

Unit 9 Family

9.1 Family Life Past and Present

9.2 Family Life and Relationship

9.3 Family Responsibilities

Unit 10 Parties and Friends

10.1 Invitations and Replies

10.2 Talking to New People

10.3 Being aGood Host

Unit 11 Shopping

11.1 Buying and Selling

11.2 Bargaining

11.3 Ways of Payment

Unit 12 Movies and Sports

12.1 Movies

12.2 Sports in the United States: for Play and Fitness

12.3 The Olympic Games

Unit 13 Favorite Holiday

13.1 New Year

13.2 Making Suggestions for the New Year

13.3 More Holidays

Unit 14 Internet Addication

14.1 Are You Addicted？

14.2 Compulsive Internet Disorder

14.3 Solutions to the Problem

Unit 15 Discovering Your Talent

15.1 Does Everyone Have Talent？

15.2 How to Discover Your Talents？

15.3 Develop Your Talents into Strengths

Unit 16 Sharing Stories

16.1 Tell Me Your Worries

16.2 Double Happiness

16.3 Fish for the Moon in the Well

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