Unit 1 Laughter
Q：What makes you laugh
Reading
Reading 1： What Is Laughter
Reading Skill： Identifying the topic sentence in a paragraph
Reading 2： Laugh More and Stress Less
Vocabulary Skill： Parts of speech
Writing
Writing Skill： Writing a topic sentence
Unit Assignment： Write a paragraph about what makes people laugh
Supplementary Learning

Unit 2 Sports
Q：How do sports make you feel
Reading
Reading 1： A Super Soccer Fan
Reading Skill： Identifying supporting sentences and details
Reading 2： The History of Soccer
Vocabulary Skill： The prefix un
Writing
Writing Skill： Writing supporting sentences and details
Unit Assignment： Write a paragraph about your favorite sport and how it
makes you feel
Supplementary Learning

Unit 3 Growing-up
Q： How are the children and adults different
Reading
Reading 1： What Is an Adult
Reading Skill： Marking the margins
Reading 2： Becoming an Adult
Vocabulary Skill： Using the dictionary
Writing
Writing Skill： Making a timeline to plan your writing
Unit Assignment： Write a paragraph about important changes in your life
Supplementary Learning

Unit 4 Color
Q： How do colors affect the way we feel
Reading
Reading 1： How Colors Make Us Think and Feel
Reading Skill： Getting meaning from context
Reading 2： The Importance of Color in Business
Vocabulary Skill： Suffixes
Writing
Writing Skill： Brainstorming
Unit Assignment： Write a proposal for a business
Supplementary Learning

Unit 5 Etiquette
Q： What does it mean to be polite
Reading
Reading 1： Being Polite from Culture to Culture
Reading Skill： Identifying supporting details
Reading 2：Answers to All Your Travel Questions
Vocabulary Skill： Prefixes
Writing
Writing Skill： Supporting your main idea with exa mples
Unit Assignment： Write a paragraph with supporting examples
Supplementary Learning

Unit 6 Information Technology
Q： Do you prefer to get help from a person or a machine
Reading
Reading 1： Memo to Restaurant Servers
Reading Skill： Identify the author's purpose
Reading 2： I Hate Machines
Vocabulary Skill： Using the dictionary
Writing
Writing Skill： Describing a process
Unit Assignment： Write a paragraph describing a process
Supplementary Learning

Unit 7 Environment
Q： Is it better to save what you have or buy new things
Reading
Reading 1．Think Before You Toss
Reading Skill： Identifying fact and opinion
Reading 2： In Praise of the Throwaway Society
Vocabulary Skill： Phrasal verbs
Writing
Writing Skill： Using sentence variety
Unit Assignment： Write an opinion paragraph
Supplementary Learning

Unit 8 Public Health
Q： How can we prevent diseases
Reading
Reading 1： Flu FAQ （Frequently Asked Questions）
Reading Skill： Synthesizing information
Reading 2： Watching Over the Health of Millions
Vocabulary Skill： Collocations
Writing
Writing Skill： Writing explanatory paragraph
Unit Assignment
Supplementary Learning