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Unit One1

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills1

Tansition One:Connecting through Pronouns1

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed13

Passage Ⅰ Communicating Across Cultures（Ⅰ）13

Passage Ⅱ Communicating Across Cultures（Ⅱ）19

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension27

Passage Ⅰ Head Over Heels27

Passage Ⅱ The Rabbits Who Caused All the Trouble29

Part D Practical Readings32

Unit Two36

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills36

Transition Two:Connecting through Time36

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed39

Passage Ⅰ Advertising:The Selling of a Product39

Passage Ⅱ Interviews47

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension56

Passage Ⅰ Pockety Women Unite?56

Passage Ⅱ The Chaser61

Part D Practical Readings68

Unit Three71

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skill71

Transition Three71

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed81

Passage Ⅰ Exploding the Myths about the American Family81

Passage Ⅱ People and Computers:A Working Relationship88

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension99

Passage Ⅰ The Waltz99

Passage Ⅱ First Dance106

Part D Practical Readings109

Unit Four113

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills113

Paragraph113

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed121

Passage Ⅰ Culture Learning(Ⅰ)121

Passage Ⅱ Culture Learning(Ⅱ)130

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension139

Passage:How It Feels to Be out of Work139

Part D Practical Readings145

Unit Five148

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills148

Types of Writing:Description148

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed154

Passage Ⅰ Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅰ)154

Passage Ⅱ Making Contact in Another Culture(Part Ⅱ)163

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension173

Passage:My Lessons in the Classroom173

Part D Practical Readings178

Unit Six183

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills183

Types of Writing:Narration183

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed188

Passage Ⅰ Reading Requires More Than Words188

Passage Ⅱ The Soft Sell195

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension202

Passage"I Thought My Last Hour Had Come"202

Part D Practical Readings209

Unit Seven214

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills214

Types of Writing:Exposition214

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed223

Passage Ⅰ How to Give a Good Speech223

Passage Ⅱ Life in Death230

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension236

Passage:How to Fight Cold-Proneness236

Part D Practical Readings245

Unit Eight248

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills248

Types of Writing:Argumentation248

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed253

Passage Ⅰ What You don't Know about Exercise253

Passage Ⅱ Coping with Stress260

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension270

Passage:Why I Want a Wife270

Part D Practical Readings275

Unit Nine277

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills277

Outline277

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed282

Passage Ⅰ Conversation with a Gorilla282

Passage Ⅱ Social Class,Language and Education Failure289

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension296

Passage:Reflections on My Brother's Murder297

Part D Practical Readings303

Unit Ten306

Part A Building Comprehension and Composition Skills306

Summary306

Part B Reading for Comprehension and Speed313

Passage Ⅰ Educational Attitudes313

Passage Ⅱ Consumer Needs and Motivation324

Part C Reading for Composition and Comprehension337

Passage:Immobilization337

Part D Practical Readings340

Supplementary Reading344

Key to Exercises407