Unit One Ways of learning Part I Part II Text A Learning, Chinese-Style Part III Text B Children and Money Part IV Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks Writing Strategy: Using comparison and contrast in essay writing Unit Two Values Part I Pre-reading Task Part II Text A The Richest Man in America, Down Home Part III Text B The Restoration of Jimmy Carter Part III Theme-Related language learning Tasks Writing Strategy: How to write invitations Unit Three The Generation Gap Part I Pre-reading Task Part II Text A Father knows better Part III Text B When Father Doesn’t know Best Part IV Theme-Related language learning Tasks Writing Strategy: Some stylistic differences between speech and writing Unit Four The Virtual World Part I Pre-reading Task Part II Text A A Virtual Life Part III Text B Mother’s Mood about the Internuts Part IV Theme-Related language learning Task Writing Strategy: Inductive generalization Unit Five Overcoming Obstacles Part I Pre-reading Task Part II Text A True Height Part III Text B Fourteen Steps Part IV Theme-Related language learning Task Writing Strategy: How to write a personal description (2) Unit Six Women, Half the Sky Part I Pre-reading Task Part II Text A I’m Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge Part III Text B Beginning Anew Part IV Theme-Related language learning Task Writing Strategy: Coherence Unit Seven Learning about English Part I Pre-reading Task Part II Text A The Glorious Messiness of English Part III Text B The Role of English in the 21st Century Part IV Theme-Related language learning Task Writing Strategy: Writing Strategy: Information transfer Unit Eight Protecting Our Environment Part I Pre-reading Task Part II Text A Saving Nature, But Only for Men Part III Text B An Ugly New Footprint in the Sand Part IV Theme-Related language learning Task Writing Strategy: How to write a persuasive essay