本书有8个单元，课文主题丰富，涵盖社会、经济、历史、文化、科技等领域，符合当代大学生的认知和兴趣特点，满足大学生思想、情感和学习等多维度的需求，选材注重视野的广度和思维的深度，从不同的角度分析、阐释问题，培养学生以多元的视角审视个人、社会和世界。

Unit 1 The way to success
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Text A Never, ever give up!
Text B Chance favors the prepared
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Unit 2 Beat your fear
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Text A Swimming through fear
Text B When courage triumphed over fear
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Unit 3 Life stories
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Text A Audrey Hepburn - A true angel in this world
Text B A life in film
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Unit 4 Let's go
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Text A The surprising purpose of travel
Text B Traveling solo - A blessing overall!
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Unit 5 When work is a pleasure
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Text A Will you be a worker or a laborer?
Text B The joy of a prideful tradition
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Unit 6 War and peace
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Text A Under the bombs: 1945
Text B Smith and Luis
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Unit 7 Economy: Power behind everyday life
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Text A Surviving an economic crisis
Text B Economic bubbles: Causes and conditions
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Unit 8 The art of parenting
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Text A Reflections of a Chinese mother in the West
Text B A Western mother's response
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Glossary
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