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Unit One Adapting to University Life

 Text A University Life -- Do's and Don'ts

 Text B Making the Transition to University Life

Unit Two What Makes a Good Language Learner?

 Text A Learning Strategy

 Text B Intercultural Awareness is Essential in Today's Global Environment

Unit Three Food and Nutrition

 Text A Ten Nutrition Myths

 Text B His & Her Eating

Unit Four How to Survive a Disaster

 Text A Disasters

 Text B How to Survive an Earthquake

Unit Five Sports

 Text A The Olympic Games

 Text B Importance of Sports

Unit Six Holidays and Festivals

 Text A Chinese Traditional Festivals

 Text B Major Holidays in the United States

Unit Seven Surfing the Internet

 Text A The Internet in Black and White

 Text B Children and Intemet Safety

Unit Eight Friendship and Love

 Text A A Story about Ryan Schroer, His Friends, and His Incredible Torch

 Run

 Text B Amazing True Love Story

Unit Nine Preventing Crimes

 Text A Stop Credit Identity Theft from Happening to You

 Text B Remembering Tara

Unit Ten Environment

 Text A The Hazards of Solar Energy

 Text B Is Global Warming a Threat?

Unit Eleven Scientific Forefront

 Text A A Robot in the Kitchen

 Text B The Gene Dream

Unit Twelve Educational Attitudes

 Text A Chinese Education through the Eyes of a Foreigner

 Text B Cheating -- "But Everybody's Doing It"

Unit Thirteen Humor

 Text A Confessions of a Humorist

 Text B Humor

Unit Fourteen Advertising

 Text A Ads on Postcards

 Text B History of Advertising -- in Brief

Unit Fifteen Classic Novel

 Text A A Room with a View (Ⅰ)

 Text B A Room with a View (Ⅱ)

Unit Sixteen Best Seller

 Text A Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Ⅰ)

 Text B Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Ⅱ)

Unit Seventeen Language

 Text A Is the English Language Changing?

 Text B American Sign Language

Unit Eighteen Chicken Soup

 Text A Working Christmas Day

 Text B Big Red