Unit 1 Buildings That Tell Stories
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Sydney Opera House History
Text B The Eiffel Tower Story
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Making Inferences
Unit 2 Decoding the Past Secrets
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A How Were the Egyptian Pyramids Built
Text B Understanding the Grammar of Chinese Architecture
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Understanding Paragraphs:Topic Sentences and Main Ideas
Unit 3 Sick Building
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Sick Building Syndrome
Text B Indoor Air Quality,Healthy Housing,and Breathing Walls
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Patterns of Organization:Organization by Cause/Effect
Unit 4 Beauty in Architecture
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Does Beauty Have a Form
TextB TheHardCore ofBeauty
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Patterns of Organization:Organization by Question/Answer
Unit 5 Stvles of Architecture
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Gothic Revival in England
TextB InWhatStyieShallWeBuild
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Patterns of Organization:Organization by Sequence
Unit 6 Breathing Dwellings
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A The Hutongs of Bering
Text B The Dai Stilted House
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Collocations
Unit 7 Urban Culture in Architecture
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Chinese Urbanism beyond the Beaux—Arts
Text B Chinese Architecture in the Twenty—first Century
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Guessing the Meanings of English Words
Unit 8 lapanese Buildin
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Japanese Architecture Retains a Traditional Edge
Text B Why Japan Is Crazy About Housing
Part Two Reading Skill Development
Patterns of Organization:Organization by Definition
Unit 9 Garden Style in Chinese Architecture
Part One Extensive Reading