Module 1
　Text A The Wage War: Should America's Working Poor Get a Raise?
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B Empowering Women to End Worldwide Poverty
　Selected Story Air Force One and the Farmer
Module 2
　Text A An Uncomfortable Bed
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B Hungry for Books
　Selected Story The Husband Becoming His Wife's Son
Module 3
　Text A The Winters and the Palmleys
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B Mo Yan's Nobel Lecture: Storytellers
　Selected Story Swallowing a Horse
Module 4
　Text A No Rules for the Rich: How China Spends Its New Wealth
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B Billionaire Death Race: Inside America's Cup and the World's Most Dangerous Sailboat
　Selected Story Making the Big Decisions
Module 5
　Text A How Animals Predict Earthquakes
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B The Boston Marathon Bombing: Keep Calm and Carry on
　Selected Story Always Take and Never Give
Module 6
　Text A Why Students Shouldn't Take Unpaid Internships
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B The Problem with Standardized Tests
　Selected Story The Power of Embrace and Kiss
Module 7
　Text A China's Middle Class Feels the Pinch of Rising Prices
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B Tencent's Worth
　Selected Story A Pitiful Husband and His High-handed Wife
Module 8
　Text A So Many Books, So Little Time: A Passionate Reader's Story
　Paragraph Writing
　Text B Avoiding the Digital "Flock"
　Selected Story Shame, Shame, Shame
Vocabulary
　New Words
　Phrases and Expressions