本教材力圖從與學生本身的學習、生活相關的話題入手，引導學生自主學習和自我表達。教材分話題和導入、篇章生詞、短語和表達法、注釋、翻譯、討論、寫作等部分。本教材的讀者對象為已經(jīng)掌握基本語法結(jié)構(gòu)，詞匯量達到5500個單詞和1200個詞組，其中2200個單詞為積極詞匯，想進一步提高英語水平，尤其是口頭和書面表達能力的學生。
Theme 1 Proximity & Privacv
Unit l The Whole Family Under One Roof?
Reading 1 Depends on the Country and the Culture
Reading 2 The Only Faithful Human Institution
Reading 3 I'm Not Seeing a Boomerang
Reading 4 Solidarity and Support
Reading 5 A Sensible Use of Spare Rooms
Unit 2 With Home Cooking, Is Feeding the Family, Feeding Resentment?
Reading 1 Cooking for the Family Is a Promise Kept
Reading 2 Home Cooking Cult Glorifies Hamster Wheel That Motherhood's Become
Reading 3 Guilt Over Not Cooking a Meal Has No Place at the Table
Reading 4 Have Your Children Prepare Dinner
Reading 5 Cooking Is About Creating Memories and Bonds
Theme 2 Hobby & Addition
Unit 3 Why We Collect Stuff?
Reading 1 Objects of Desire and Dreams
Reading 2 I Confess: I'm a Car Collector
Reading 3 Collecting as Pleasure and Pain
Reading 4 The Dolls I Never Had as a Child
Reading 5 Collecting Versus Hoarding
Unit 4 What Is Addiction?
Reading 1 It Is a Disease and Needs to Be Treated as Such
Reading 2 A Matter of Difficult Choices
Reading 3 Bad Habits Can Be Learned and Unlearned
Reading 4 A Spiritual Understanding Is Needed
Reading 5 No Quick Fix or Simple Approach Will Do
Theme 3 Toturism & Human Touch
Unit 5 How Tourists Can Do Less Harm Than Good?
Reading 1 Travelers Can Choose to Make a Difference
Reading 2 Cruise Ships Are Unregulated Trouble on the High Seas
Reading 3 Local Initiatives Can Hold Off the Hordes
Reading 4 Don't Design a City Around Tourism
Reading 5 The Industry Can Set and Follow Sustainable Tourism Standards
Unit 6 The Bystanders Who Could Be Heroes
Reading 1 Keep Calm and Save the Day
Reading 2 At the Very Least, Speak Up
Reading 3 A Moral Compass Some Can't Ignore
Reading 4 A Responsibility to Do What You Can
Reading 5 Which Witnesses Get Blamed
Theme 40r.aan Donation & Surrogacy
Unit 7 How Much for a Kidney?
Reading 1 Test Incentives for Organ Donations -- There's No Reason Not To
Reading 2 Protecting Donors and Patients
Reading 3 Buying and Selling Organs Would Create an Economic Class War
Reading 4 Cover the Costs for Kidney Donors to Increase the Supply
Reading 5 Remove Disincentives to Organ Donation
Unit 8 Hiring a Woman for Her Womb
Reading 1 Legalize Surrogacy So It Can Be Regulated
Reading 2 Paid Surrogacy Is Exploitative
Reading 3 Professionals Must Deal With a Surrogate's Emotional Needs
Reading 4 The Role of International Law for Surrogacy Must Be Expanded
Reading 5 When a Surrogate Has a Genetic Role?
Theme 5 Media & Networks
Unit 9 Is Network News Dead?
Reading 1 Reports of Network News' Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Reading 2 TV News Producers Are Everywhere Now
Reading 3 Network News' Audience Ages, Turns Away and Gets Jaded
Reading 4 Network News Shows Can Vanquish Their Own Worst Enemy
Reading 5 In Video News, Blandness Will Succumb to Passion
Unit 10 Will Networks Go Wild, With No Decency Rules?
Reading 1 A Bad Idea From the Start
Reading 2 The F.C.C.'s Policy Was a Mistake
Reading 3 Where Is the Line?
Reading 4 Help Kids and Families
Reading 5 Put Parents in Control
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