Unit 1
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: The Washwoman
Grammar Review: The Attributive Clause (1)
Practical Writing: Memos
Text B: A Good Name
Text C: The Legacy
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Denotations
Unit 2
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: I Was Deceived!
Grammar Review: The Attributive Clause (2)
Practical Writing: Sales Letters
Text B: Words from the Heart
Text C: A Rose for Miss Caroline
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Figurative Language (1)
Unit 3
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: The New Frontier of Beauty
Grammar Review: The Noun Clause
Practical Writing: Order Letters
Text B: Stevie Wonder: Sunshine in the Shadow
Text C: The Youngest Painter in the World
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Figurative Language (2)
Unit 4
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: More Than a Scholarship
Grammar Review: The Appositive Clause
Practical Writing: Confirmation Letters
Text B: Somebody Cared
Text C: "We're All Here to Learn"
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Idiomatic Expressions
Chinese Version of Texts A and B (Units 1-4)
Key and Tapescript for Workbook (4) (Units 1-4)
CONTENTS
Unit 5
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: Room for the Future
Grammar Review: Adverbial Clauses of Time, Space and Manner
Practical Writing: Verification Letters
Text B: The Day I Flunked Out of Law School
Text C: Finding My Wings
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Abstracts
Unit 6
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: How to Sell Anybody Anything in Five Minutes or Less
Grammar Review: Adverbial Clauses of Condition, Concession and Cause
Practical Writing: Resignation Letters
Text B: Better Late Than Never 426
Text C: Ten-year-old Artist Learns How to Make a Business of His Talent
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Prefaces and Forewords
Unit 7
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: Charles Drew: Blood Bank Pioneer
Grammar Review: Adverbial Clauses of Result, Purpose and Comparison
Practical Writing: Adjustment Letters
Text B: Pioneer in Architecture: Julia Morgan 1872-1957
Text C: The Wonder-workers
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding School Introductions
Unit 8
I. Objectives
II. Suggested Teaching Plan
III. Background Information
IV. Class Presentation
Listening & Speaking
Reading & Writing
Text A: Tourist Attractions and Entertainment
Grammar Review: The Uses of "As"
Practical Writing: Abstracts
Text B: The Taj Mahal
Text C: Jiuzhaigou ?Scenic Waters
Basic Reading Skills: Understanding Instructions for Product Use and Maintenance
Chinese Version of Texts A and B (Units 5-8)