Unit One Part One Text The Blanket(1) Part TwoFast Reading Many Moons(6) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading (Ⅰ)The Riverman(11) (Ⅱ)The Origin of Chinese New Year(15) Unit Two Part OneText Ebay Makes Online Buying Easier(16) Part TwoFast Reading Doing Business on Internet(20) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Top 10 Tips for Safe Internet Shopping(22) Unit Three Part OneText Before the Miracle Year(27) Part TwoFast Reading Focus on Douglas Ivester, CEO of CocaCola (31) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Rockets Make Yao Ming Their Man(34) Unit Four Part OneText American Food(38) Part TwoFast Reading Fallacies About Food(41) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Bon Appetite! The Different Flavors of Beijing(44) Unit Five Part OneText A History of the Modern Olympic Games(48) Part TwoFast Reading Five Mascots for Beijing 2008(53) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading China Invites the World to Olympics(56) Unit Six Part OneText The Web Lifestyle (59) Part TwoFast Reading The Internet Isolates Users(64) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading How the Internet Works: All You Need to Know(67) Unit Seven Part OneText On Marriage(72) Part TwoFast Reading Wedding Customs and Superstitions(76) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Can Marriage Be Universally Defined?(79) Unit Eight Part OneText The Story of Jazz(82) Part TwoFast Reading The Deaf Composer(86) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Rock and Roll (89) Unit Nine Part OneText Public Schools in the United States(92) Part TwoFast Reading Cambridge — the University Town(96) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading (Ⅰ)Open Education (99) (Ⅱ)The Origin of the Lantern Festival(102) Unit Ten Part OneText Looking Fit, Feeling Good——Breaking the Exerciseresistance Barrier(104) Part TwoFast Reading Monthly Fasting May Protect Heart(108) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Good Nutrition: Its a Way of Life(112) Unit Eleven Part OneText The Structure of a Company(116) Part TwoFast Reading Areas of Management (120) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Cheap and Cheerful Ways of Motivating Your Staff(123) Unit Twelve Part OneText House Market Cools down in Qingdao(127) Part TwoFast Reading Chinas Hot Housing Market May Cool off(131) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Bring down the Barriers to the Housing Ladder (134) Unit Thirteen Part OneText How the World Can Win Its Battle Against AIDS(137) Part TwoFast Reading Diabetes and Heart Disease: A Fatal Link(142) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Stay Calm When SARS Comes! (145) Unit Fourteen Part OneText Ten Strategies for Your Career Change (150) Part TwoFast Reading How to Shine at a Job Interview(153) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Which Career Is the Right One for You?(156) Unit Fifteen Part OneText Problems of Overseas Study(161) Part TwoFast Reading Selfappraisal Before Going to the U.S.A.(165) Part ThreeSupplementary Reading Four Hints for Writing the Best College Application Essay Ever!(167) Key to Exercises(171)