Unit 1 Learning Passage A The Power of Knowledge Passage B How to Improve Your Study Habits Reading Skills Identifying Skill Requirement Supplementary Reading Seven Steps to Positive Self Talk Unit 2 Blue Jeans Passage A The Invention of Blue Jeans Passage B Forever in Blue Jeans Reading Skills Reading Poetry Supplementary Reading Dad's Boots Unit 3 Living in the City Passage A Getting Pounded Passage B New Orleans Reconstruction: We Shall Overcome Reading Skills SQ3R Strategy Supplementary Reading The Sparrows in Madison Square Unit 4 Entertainment Passage A Can a Film Change the World? Passage B Star Couples Fight to Keep Baby News Private Reading Skills Activating Your Background Knowledge Supplementary Reading So, What Were We Writing about Again? Unit 5 Travel and Tourism Passage A Secrets of Cheap Travel Passage B Slow Business Travel Reading Skills Practical Tips for Reading Critically Supplementary Reading Travel and Tourism Comprehensive Practice Ⅰ Unit 6 Natural Disaster Passage A Storm of the Century Passage B Pompeii Reading Skills Enlarge Your Vocabulary Supplementary Reading Food and Water in an Emergency Unit 7 Environment and Energy Crisis Passage A Water Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Grow Passage B Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money Reading Skills Speedy Reading Supplementary Reading One Country's Success Story: Building a Green Economy Unit 8 Internet Pioneers Passage A Vinton Cerf Passage B Tim Berners-Lee Reading Skills Active Reading Supplementary Reading Internet Privacy Unit 9 Economy Passage A Is an Open Economy Good? Passage B Economic Boom Produces More Domestic Brands Reading Skills Summarizing Supplementary Reading How World Growth Will Withstand the US Recession Unit 10 Career Passage A Triple Your Personal Productivity Passage B Is Your Work Getting in the Way of Your Life? Reading Skills Figurative Language Supplementary Reading My Defense of Unfulfilling Careers Comprehensive Practice Ⅱ Key to Exercises