Unit One: Never Give Up
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: Dealing with Adversity
  Reading Two: The Rose
Grammar: The Attributive Clauses
Writing
Translation: Chinese Non-subject Sentences
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Unit Two: Healthy Is Beautiful
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: Healthy Is Beautiful
  Reading Two: Living a Long Life
Grammar: The Adverbial Clauses
Writing
Translation: Chinese Elliptical Sentences
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Unit Three: Overcome Shyness
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: How to Overcome Shyness in Giving Public Speaking
  Reading Two: Calm, Cool, Confident
Grammar: Inversion
Writing
Translation: Sentences with Chinese Character“得”
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Unit Four: Facing Crisis
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: What We've Learned
  Reading Two: September 11 and My Turn
Grammar: Emphasis
Writing
Translation: Sentences Containing “把”
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Unit Five: Environmental Protection
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: Driving or Walking?
  Reading Two: Hazardous Waste Is Menacing Mankind
Grammar: The Independent Constructions
Writing
Translation: Chinese Sentences with Multiple Predicate ( 1 )
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Unit Six: Honesty
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: The Honesty
  Reading Two: Honesty: Is It Going Out ofStyle?
Grammar: The Negatives
Writing
Translation: Chinese Sentences with Multiple Predicate(2)
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Unit Seven: Job-hunting
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: How to Find That Perfect Job
  Reading Two: Make Your CV Sparkle
Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood( I )
Writing
Translation: Chinese Onomatopoeic Words
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Unit Eight: Culture
Listening and Speaking
Reading
  Reading One: Give Your Attention to Little Events
  Reading Two: Another New Year Is on Its Way
Grammar: The Subjunctive Mood(II)
Writing
Translation: Compare and Appreciate the Articles in Chinese and Their English Versions
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