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Unit 1 

This Year Its Going to Be Different 

Ambition 

Role—Play： Asking about Bank Accounts Interaction Activities： My Resolutions 

Basic Writing Techniques： Expansion of Ideas Composition Writing： Narration 

Unit 2 

Salvation 

Valuing Childhood 

Role—Play： What a Relief！ 

Interaction Activities： Rumour Is a Fearful Thing 

Basic Writing Techniques： The Parallel 

Construction 

Composition Writing： Narration 

Unit 3 

Writing Between the Lines 

Some Thoughts on Writing 

Role—Play： Buying a Dictionary 

Interaction Activities： The Way I Do My Reading 

Basic Writing Techniques： Comparison，Simile， and Metaphor 

Composition Writing： Argumentation 

Unit 4 

Network Designer — Tim Berners—Lee 

Will We Have Any Privacy Left？ 

Role—Play： Making Friends Online 

Interaction Activities： Online Shopping 

Basic Writing Techniques： Contrast 

Composition Writing： Summary 

Unit 5 

Antarctica 

The Shape of Africa 

Role—Play： Back from an Antarctic Expedition 

Interaction Activities： A Report on an Antarctic Expedition 

Basic Writing Techniques： Expansion of Nouns 

Composition Writing： Exposition 

Unit 6 

The Pearl 

What Is Profit 

Role—Play： Borrowing a Book 

Interaction Activities： Snobbishness in Human Relationships 

Basic Writing Techniques： Expansion of Verbs 

Composition Writing： Narration and Description 

Unit 7 

From Composer to Interpreter to Listener 

Rock Music 

Role—Play： What a Pity！ 

Interaction Activities： Music I Like and Dislike 

Basic Writing Techniques： Expansion of the Sentence Base 

Composition Writing： Exposition 

Unit 8 

A Friend in Need 

The Dinner Party 

Role—Play： A Conversation Between Octavian and His Mother 

Interaction Activities： Comparing Jimmy Wells in "After Twenty Years" with Edward Hyde Burton in "A Friend in Need" 

Basic Writing Techniques： Normal and Inverted Order of Sentences （1） 

Composition Writing： Story—Telling 

Unit 9 

University Days 

The Universities and Their Function 

Role—Play： An Interview by a Foreign Newspaper Reporter with a Chinese University Student 

Interaction Activities： A Discussion on the Aim of University Education 

Basic Writing Techniques： Normal and Inverted Order of Sentences （2） 

Composition Writing： Narration and Exposition 

Unit 10 

Abducting the Cloning Debate 

The Biotech Century 

Role—Play： Whatever You Like 

Interaction Activities： Cloning and Its Moral and Medical Consequences 

Basic Writing Techniques： Improving Your Sentences （1） 

Composition Writing： Narration 

Unit 11 

Neat People vs.Sloppy People 

Batting Clean—up and Striking Out 

Role—Play： A Discussion on Text Ⅰ 

Interaction Activities： Differences Between High Schools and Universities 

Basic Writing Techniques： Improving Your Sentences （2） 

Composition Writing： Comparison and Contrast 

Unit 12 

Gettysburg Addresses 

On Accepting Nobel Prize 

Role—Play： An Argument about the Two Addresses at Gettysburg 

Interaction Activities： The Text Ⅰ Like Best in A New English 

Course （Third Edition）， Level 4 

Basic Writing Techniques： Improving Your Sentences （3） 

Composition Writing： Persuasion and Narration