Reading Skill： Finding the Main Idea

Unit 1 Generation

Text I： The Law vs． the Piano

Text II： Bricklayer's Boy

Unit 2 Music

Text I： A History of Music in America

Text II： Listening to Music

Unit 3 Climate

Text I： More Voices Needed in Climate Debate

Text II： Types of Climate

Unit 4 Work

Text I： Why People Work

Text II： Who Makes It to the Top？

Reading Skill： Recognizing the Pattern of Details

Unit 5 The African-Americans

Text I： How Barack Obama Became the First African American President of the US： The Untold Story

Text II： The First Black Woman Receiving Nobel Prize in Literature

Unit 6 Greek Stories

Text I： Orpheus and Eurydice

Text II： The Return of Odysseus

Unit 7 Attitude Towards Life

Text I：The Simple Wisdom in Having the Right Attitude

Text II： Dare Mighty Things

Unit 8 First Aid

Text I： First Aid

Text II： How to Deal with Common Emergencies

Reading Skill： Outlining

Unit 9 Creativity

Text I： Where Do Those Bright Ideas Come from？

Text II： How to Get a Great Idea？

Unit 10 Travel

Text I： What Are the Different Types of Tourism

Text II： Tourism

Unit 11 Examinations

Text I： Types of Examinations

Text II： Cheating： Alive and Flourishing

Unit 12 Intellectual Property

Text I： Copyright

Text II： The Apple Versus Samsung Patent Showdown Explained

Unit 13 War

Text I： The Changing Nature of War

Text II： How Did World War II Start？

Unit 14 Housing

Text I： Show Me the Way to Go Home

Text II： Mobile Homes

Unit 15 Drama

Text： A Question of Ethics