Unit 1 Job and Interview
Dialogue I Am Qualified for the Job I Apply for
Text A How to Handle Different Types of Interview.
Text B What to Wear for Job Interviews
Writing Note (2).
Grammar Parallel Structure
Unit 2 Opinions.
Dialogue Isn’t It Unfair, Sir?
Text A No Gains Without Pains — or Are There?
Text B So-Called Psychic a Simple Trickster
Writing Note (3).
Grammar The Use of “It”
Unit 3 Love
Dialogue Love Is Blind
Text A On the Shoulders of a Hero.
Text B My Father’s Shadow
Writing Note (4).
Grammar Nominal Clause (1)
Unit 4 Nature
Dialogue Hurricane
Text A The Pond in Winter
Text B Mirages
Writing Note (5).
Grammar Nominal Clause (2)
Unit 5 Public Speeches
Dialogue Improve My Speech
Text A Two Truths to Live by — Hold Fast, and Let Go.
Text B Obama’s Back-to-School Speech.
Writing Paragraph Development by Space and Time.
Grammar Subjunctive Mood (1)
Unit 6 Sports.
Dialogue Learning to Swim
Text A Athletes Should Be Role Models
Text B Yao Ming: The Chinese NBA Player
Writing Paragraph Development by Comparison and Contrast.
Grammar Subjunctive Mood (2)
Unit 7 Success
Dialogue Success Is a Journey
Text A The Winner’s Guide to Success
Text B How to Spell Success
Writing Paragraph Development by Examples and Classification.
Grammar Subject-Predicate Consistency (1).
Unit 8 Legend and Mythology
Dialogue About Mermaid
Text A Mulan
Text B The Monkey King
Writing Paragraph Development by Cause and Effect
Grammar Subject-Predicate Consistency (2).
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