Unit 1…1Part IPreparatory…1Part IILanguage in Context…3Text A The End of Dinosaurs…4Part IIIToward Productive Language…13Text B Importance of Biodiversity… 13Unit 2…18Part IPreparatory…18Part IILanguage in Context…20Text A Television? No, Thanks!…21Part IIIToward Productive Language…29Text B The Cultural Markers of Our Time…29Unit 3…36Part IPreparatory…36Part IILanguage in Context…38Text A Inspiration from life…38Part IIIToward Productive Language…46Text B The Value of Dream…46Unit 4…51Part IPreparatory…51Part IILanguage in Context…53Text A Impressionism…54Part IIIToward Productive Language…61Text B The Tango…61Unit 5…66Part IPreparatory…66Part IILanguage in Context…68Text A The Peoples of Britain…69Part IIIToward Productive Language…76Text B Sporting Invention of the British…76Unit 6…81Part IPreparatory…81Part IILanguage in Context…83Text A Faster Runners…83Part IIIToward Productive Language…90Text B Olympic Symbols…90Unit 7…96Part IPreparatory…96Part IILanguage in Context…98Text A Local Opera Serves as Foundation of Beloved National ArtForm…99Part IIIToward Productive Language…107Text B Inheritor of Huizhou Ink Making…107Unit 8…112Part IPreparatory…112Part IILanguage in Context…114Text A Music to Your Ears Can Be Music for Your Heart, Too…115Part IIIToward Productive Language…122Text B How to Avoid a Sports Injury…122Vocabulary…127