Unit 1…1Part IPreparatory…1Part IILanguage in Context…3Text A Unwavering Warrior…4Part IIIToward Productive Language…13Text B Chinese Athletics Picks Up the Pace… 13Unit 2…17Part IPreparatory…17Part IILanguage in Context…19Text A Alfred Nobel, A Man of Peace…20Part IIIToward Productive Language…28Text B Tu Youyou: An Innovator of Traditional Chinese Medicine…29Unit 3…33Part IPreparatory…33Part IILanguage in Context…35Text A Six Celebrities Share What They’ve Learned…36Part IIIToward Productive Language…46Text B Talking to Your Parents…46Unit 4…50Part IPreparatory…50Part IILanguage in Context…52Text A Ways of Handling Stress…53Part IIIToward Productive Language…62Text B Stress…62Unit 5…67Part IPreparatory…67Part IILanguage in Context…69Text A Hollywood…70Part IIIToward Productive Language…79Text B Pageants…80Unit 6…83Part IPreparatory…83Part IILanguage in Context…85Text A A Brief History of Pop Music…86Part IIIToward Productive Language…96Text B Music and Health…96Unit 7…99Part IPreparatory…99Part IILanguage in Context…101Text A Culture Shock…102Part IIIToward Productive Language…111Text B Parachute Children…112Unit 8…115Part IPreparatory…115Part IILanguage in Context…117Text A How We Are Being Americanized…118Part IIIToward Productive Language…128Text B A Road of Hope…129Vocabulary…132