Subject 1 Family Matters
  UNIT ONE
   Listening and Speaking Activities
    Interview 1 A Happy Family
    Interview 2 Relationship
   Reading 5
    Passage A A Thankful Woman and Mother
    Passage B The American Parents
  UNIT TWO
   Understanding Different Positions
    Views for Discussion
   Reading
    Passage A Defining the Family
    Passage B Critiquing the American Family
  UNIT THREE
   Reading for Research
    A Different Stance
   Research Project
    In Search of “The Good Family”
 Subject 2 Dressing the part: Fashion and popular Culture
  UNIT FOUR
   Listening and Speaking Activities
    Listening 1 My Favorite Oscar Dresses
    Listening 2 Mr Ties and His Prepster Stripes
   Reading
    Passage A The Five Most Stylish Geniuses of All Time
    Passage B Dress for Job
  UNIT FIVE
   Reading
    Passage A Views for Discussion
    Passage B Barbie Dolls and US Fashion Culture
  UNIT SIX
   Reading for Research
    Clothes and Popular Culture
   Research Project
    In Search of “The Traditional Clothes”
 Subject 3 American Residential Architecture
  UNIT SEVEN
   Listening and Speaking Activities
    House Show
   Reading
    What Do You Do If You Want to Build a House?
  UNIT EIGHT
   Understanding Different Positions
    Views for Discussion
   Reading
    American Houses, Present
    Passage A A House of Ideals and Realities
    Passage B Birds of a Feather Flock Together
    Passage C Settings and Technologies
    Passage D Tradition in Novelty
  UNIT NINE
   Reading for Research
    Passage A A Gallery of the Early American Houses
    Passage B Critiquing Architecture
    Passage C Poetry and Architecture
  Research Project
   Create Your Magazine
 Subject 4 Science and rUechnology
  UNIT TEN
   Listening and Speaking Activities
    Listening 1 Opportunities and Challenges of the Internet
    Listening 2 Nanotechnology?
   Reading
    Information Exchange
  UNIT ELEVEN
   Reading
    Passage A More on Nanotechnology
    Passage B Biotechnology
  UNIT TWELVE
   Reading for Research
   Science vs. Pseudo-science
  Research Project
   Create Your Magazine