Unit 1 The Human Dream of Flight
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A A Brief History of Aviation
Text B An Introduction to Civil Aviation in China
Part Two Reading Skill Development Sentence Structure Analysis
Unit 2 Aircraft of Every Description
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Different Types of Aircraft
Text B Different Ways to Identify Aircraft by Type
Part Two Reading Skill Development Cohesive References
Unit 3 Dragon in the Air
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Transformation of China's Aviation Industry
Text B Techno - Hybrid Patterns of Development in the C919 Program
Part Two Reading Skill Development Cohesive Conjunction
Unit 4 How Does an Aircraft Fly
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A How Does an Aircraft Fly
Text B How Do Planes Steer
Part Two Reading Skill Development Cohesive Lexical Repetition
Unit 5 Where Do the Lifting Forces Come From
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Lift and Drag
Text B The Chinese Aircraft Industry:AVIC
Part Two Reading Skill Development Controlling Idea of the Paragraph
Unit 6 Skydancing:Aerobatic Flight
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Aerobatics
Text B The Chinese Aircraft Industry:The Trainers
Part Two Reading Skill Development Use of Context in Understanding Words
Unit 7 Evolution of Aeroengine
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A How Does a Jet Engine Work
Text B The Chinese Aircraft Industry:The Fighters
Part Two Reading Skill Development Reading Beyond the Text
Unit 8 Fundamentals of Aircraft System
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Major Components of an Aircraft
Text B Learn More about Cockpit
Part Two Reading Skill Development Technical Term Acquisition
Unit 9 Airborne Instruments
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Airborne Instruments
Text B The Chinese Aircraft Industry:The Bombers
Part Two Reading Skill Development Textual Analysis
Unit 10 Development of Space Vehicle
Part One Extensive Reading
Text A Space Transportation Systems
Text B China's Great Leap in Space
Part Two Reading Skill Development Literature Retrieval