Unit 1 People around you
Text A Look carefully and learn
Dialogue Keep in touch
Text B Bill Gates
Grammar 1. Present and past continuous tenses
2. Auxiliary verbs
Unit 2 Around the world
Text A England and Britain
Dialogue We want to go to Spain.
Text BImpressions of the British
Grammar The comparatives and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs
Unit 3 Life stories
Text A Excuses
Dialogue A birthday gift
Text B" Whatever you need"
Grammar Word formation
Unit 4 News and media
Text A Surviving a plane crash
Dialogue What a mess
Text B Different types of media
Grammar Types of sentences
Unit 5 Dealing with money
Text A Money and the meaning of life
Dialogue Making ends meet
Text B The history of money
Grammar Presentperfect tense
Unit 6 Words and stories
Text A The dumbest of grammas in the world
Dialogue Seeing eye to eye
Text B Where are the words from
Grammar Modal verbs - can, may, must
Unit 7 Fairy stories
Text A The eagle and the beetle
Dialogue The moral of a fable
Text B Walking in the woods
Grammar When-clause and if clause
Unit 8 Social matters
Text A FBI teams up with business to fight cyber crime
Dialogue A chat on line
Text B Good intentions aren 't enough
Grammar Restrictive attributive clause.,
Unit 9 Science and future
Text A Why we must venture into space
Dialogue A difficult job to do
Text B How computers came about
Grammar Expressions of simple future tense： "will " and "be going to "
Unit 10 Customs
Text A A national holiday
Dialogue Dinner invitation
Text B April Fools Day
Grammar Passive voice
Unit 11 Dilemmas
Text A A working woman s dilemma
Dialogue A student's dilemma
Text B The prisoner s dilemma： a fable
Grammar Direct and indirect speeches
Unit 12 Cultural difference
Text A Walls
Dialogue Italian food
Text B What are good Manners？
Grammar Present and past participles
Appendix：Glossary
Useful Expressions
Proper Names
Irregular Verbs
