本书采用“专题研究”的方式编写,书中有四个主题,每一个主题分为三个单元,引导学生对某一个专题开展一定深度的探索。

Subject 1 Family Matters
UNIT ONE
Listening and Speaking Activities
Interview 1 A Happy Family
Interview 2 Relationship
Reading
Passage A A Thankful Woman and Mother
Passage B The American parents
UNIT TWO
Understanding Different Positions
Views for Discussion
Reading
Passage A Defining the Family
Passage B Critiquing the American Family
UNIT THREE
Reading for Research
A Different Stance
Research Project
In Search of“The Good Family”
Subject 2 Dressing the Part:Fashion and Popular Culture
UNIT FOUR
Listening and Speaking Activities
Listening 1 My Favorite Oscar Dresses
Listening 2 Mr Ties and His prepster Stripes
Reading
Passage A The Five Most Stylish Geniuses of All Time
Passage B Dress for Job
UNIT FIVE
Reading
Passage A Views for Discussion
Passage B Barbie Dolls and US Fashion Culture
UNIT SIX
Reading for Research
Clothes and Popular Culture
Research Project
In Search of “The Traditional Clothes”
Subject 3 American Residential Architecture
UNIT SEVEN
Listening and Speaking Activities
House Show
Reading
what Do You Do If You Want to Build a House?
UNIT EIGHT
Understanding Different Positions
Reading
American Houses,Present
Passage A A House of Ideals and Realities
Passage B Birds of a Feather Flock Together
Passage C Settings and Technologies
Passage D Tradition in Novelty
UNIT NINE
Reading for Research
Passage A A Gallery of the Early American Houses
Passage B Critiquing Architecture
Research Project
Create Your Magazine
Subject 4 Science and Technology
UNIT TEN
Listening and Speaking Activities
Listening 1 Opportunities and Challenges of the Internet
Listening 2 Nanotechnology?
Reading
Information Exchange
UNIT ELEVEN
Reading
Passage A More on Nanotechnology
Passage B Biotechnology
UNIT TWELVE
Reading for Research
Science vs.Pseudo-science
Research Project
Create Your Magazine

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