本书内容包括:校园生活、课程介绍、学习方法和策略、节日、亲情和友情、网络基础知识、奥运会、电影、名著介绍和饮食文化等12项。

Unit t On-Campus Life
Passage 1 How Colleges Match Dorm Roommates
Passage 2 Take Advantage of an Under-the-Radar Resource: Your College Counselor
Passage 3 Fear the Freshman Fifteen
Passage 4 More Students Enlisting in the Army
Unit 2 Curriculum
Passage 1 Online Education
Passage 2 Special Schools
Passage 3 What an American Student Learns
Passage 4 Studying in South Africa
Unit 3 Learning Strategies
Passage 1 How to Love Learning English
Passage 2 Learning English Through Reading
Passage 3 From Dumb English to Smart English
Passage 4 Vocabulary Development
Unit 4 Festivals
Passage 1 Halloween
Passage 2 The Thanksgiving Holiday
Passage 3 Mid-Autumn Festival
Passage 4 The Origin of Christmas
Unit 5 Family and Friendship
Passage 1 I'll Never Forget Christmas at Grandma's
Passage 2 Sounds of Home
Passage 3 Tell Mommy I Love Her
Passage 4 Cooking -- Cooking with Kids
Unit 6 Internet
Passage 1 Online Smiley Face
Passage 2 Protecting Yourself Online -- Setting Password Policies
Passage 3 Screensavers --Friend or Foe?
Passage 4 The Bloggers' Age
Unit,7 Biography
Passage 1 Andrew Carnegie and His Wealth
Passage 2 Benjamin Franklin
Passage 3 Oprah Winfrey
Passage 4 A Brush with Death -- A Story Told by CEO of Apple Company
Unit 8 Science
Passage 1 Some New Cars Save Gas
Passage 2 Three Things That Will Change Your Life
Passage 3 How to Recognize Faces
Passage 4 The Study of Human Laughter
Unit 9 The Olympics!
Passage 1 A Brief History of the Olympic Games
Passage 2 One World, One Dream
Passage 3 The First Modern Olympic Games
Passage 4 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: The Official Mascots
Unit 10 Movies
Passage 1 Titanic, the Movie
Passage 2 Forrest Gump
Passage 3 China's Great Movie Directors Change Focus
Passage 4 An Interview with Ang Lee
Unit 11 Literature
Passage 1 E-mails Reveal Secrets of Life in Corporate World
Passage 2 A Father Who Was More Than He Seemed
Passage 3 On Top of the World
Passage 4 Youth Search for Meaning in a Foreign Land
Unit 12 Food
Passage 1 Understanding the Food Pyramid for Kids
Passage 2 Red Wine and White Wine
Passage 3 Getting Enough Vitamins and Minerals from Your Fruits
and Vegetables
Passage 4 Japanese Cooking
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