Unit 1
Warm-up Activity _ 3
Text A How a Simple Idea Became a Huge Business——Starbucks and Me _
Text B The Path of a College Entrepreneur
Critical Ihinking
Grammar Subject-verb Concord （1）
Practical Writing Notice （1） _
Cultural Focus The Ancestor of Confucian Business —— Zigong

Unit 2
Warm-up Activity
Text A Race for Love
Text B Athletes Should Be Role Models
Critical Thinking
Grammar Subject-verb Concord （2）
Practical Writing Notice （2）
Cultural Focus The Ancient Chinese Game of Go

Unit 3
Warm-up Activity
Text A The Age of Friendaholism
Text B That's What Friends Do
Critical Thinking
Grammar Participle
Practical Writing Note （1）
Cultural Focus The Friendship Between Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya

Unit 4
Warm-up Activity_ 75
Text A Where Computers Defeat Humans，and Where They Can't
Text B The Future of Driverless Cars
Critical Thinking
Grammar Infinitive （1）
Practical Writing Note （2）
Cultural Focus The Twenty-four Solar Terms

Unit 5
Warm-up Activity
Text A How to Become a Sports Presenter
Text B Life as a Journalist's Apprentice
Critical Thinking
Grammar Infinitive （2）
Practical Writing Note （3）
Cultural Focus China Daily

Unit 6
Warm-up Activity
Text A Beyond Baby Mozart， Students Who Rock
Text B Music for Silent Films
Critical Thinking
Grammar Inversion
Practical Writing Note （4）
Cultural Focus Abing and The Moon over a Fountain

Unit 7
Warm-up Activity
Text A Talkin' Trash
Text B Summer in March?
Critical Thinking
Grammar Subjunctive Mood （1）
Practical Writing Job Application Letter
Cultural Focus Giant'Panda

Unit 8
Warm-up Activity
Text A How to Read a Painting
Text B My Adventures with a Paint Brush
Critical Thinking
Grammar Subjunctive Mood （2）
Practical Writing Letter of Application for Study
Cultural Focus The Chinese Way of Appreciating a Painting

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附录Ⅰ 词汇表
附录Ⅱ 短语表