Unit 1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context Text A A Fable for Tomorrow Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B The Story of Clear Lake Unit 2 FRIENDS Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context Text A The Joker Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B After Twenty Years Unit 3 UNDER PRESSURE Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context Text A The Company Man Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B Seeing Your Way Past Interview Jitters Unit 4 CELEBRITIES Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context Text A My Friend, Albert Einstein Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B Charles Darwin Unit 5 WARS Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context Text A A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B D-Day Unit 6 PIONEERS Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context TextA The Role of the Undesirables Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B The Last Frontier Unit 7 HISTORY Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context TextA The Lessons of a Graveyard Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B Yes, It Really Was Louis ⅩⅤⅡ, the Heart of the Doomed Child King Reveals Unit 8 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Part Ⅰ Language Skill Part Ⅱ Language in Context Text A On Friendship Part Ⅲ Toward Productive Language Text B English and American Concepts of Space Appendix Vocabulary