Contents Unit 1 Information Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English Information, Please Reading for Interest Better Left Unsaid Writing Unit 2 Conversations Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English Preferred Discussion Topics Reading for Interest Let''s Talk About Talking Writing Unit 3 Agriculture Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English The Agricultural Revolution Reading for Interest Population and Land Writing Unit 4 Dreams Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English Dreams ?What Do They Mean? Reading for Interest What Happens When You Sleep? Writing Unit 5 English Speakers Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English The English Character Reading for Interest American Social Relations Writing Unit 6 Accidents Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English The Sinking of the Titanic (I) Reading for Interest The Sinking of the Titanic (II) Writing Unit 7 Food Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English English Food Reading for Interest English Meals Writing Unit 8 Advertising Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English Advertising: The Selling of a Product Reading for Interest How Does Advertising Work? Writing Unit 9 Language Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English On the English Language Reading for Interest The Origin of Language Writing Unit 10 Medicine Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English Open-heart Surgery Reading for Interest Heart Transplants Writing Unit *11 Novels Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English The Fall of the House of Usher (I) Reading for Interest The Fall of the House of Usher (II) Writing Unit 12 Transportation Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English Transport Reading for Interest Household Equipment Writing Unit 13 Music Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English Music Reading for Interest Opera Writing Unit *14 Business Warm-up Listening Speaking Comprehensive English What American Consumers Like Reading for Interest The World of American Business Writing Vocabulary Proper Names