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UNIT 1 College

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A The Importance of a College Education

Passage B My Freshman Year

Tips about Reading Skills Main Idea of a Paragraph(Ⅰ)

 Grammar

Parts of Speech(词类)

 Writing

Congratulation Letter(祝贺信)

 Having Some Fun

UNIT 2 Family

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A Thanks, Mom, for All You Have Done

Passage B Home

Tips about Reading Skills Main Idea of a Paragraph(Ⅱ)

 Grammar

Positive, Comparative and Superlative Degrees(原级、比较级和最高级)

 Writing

Thank-you note (感谢信)

 Having Some Fun

UNIT 3 Sports

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A I Am Living, Not Just Existing

Passage B FIFA World Cup

Tips about Reading Skills Supporting Details

 Grammar

Tenses and Voices(时态和语态)

 Writing

Invitation Letter and Response (邀请函及回复)

 Having Some Fun

UNIT 4 Fashion

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A Chanel Forever

Passage B Mary Quant

Tips about Reading Skills Topic of a Passage(Ⅰ)

 Grammar

The Infinitive(不定式)

 Writing

Letter of Apology(道歉信)

 Having Some Fun

UNIT 5 Travel

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A The Households in the Shangrila

Passage B Touring in London

"Tips about Reading Skills Topic of a Passage(Ⅱ)

 Grammar

The Gerund(动名词)

 Writing

Letter of Complaint (投诉信)

 Having Some Fun

UNIT 6 Festivals

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A New Year's Day in the UK

Passage B Halloween

Tips about Reading Skills Topic Sentence

 Grammar

Participles (分词)

 Writing

Letter of Reservation(预订信)

 Having Some Fun

UNIT 7 Culture

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A American Table Manners

Passage B Culture Differences between the East and the West

Tips about Reading Skills Main Idea of a Passage(Ⅰ)

 Grammar

The Agreement(主谓一致)

 Writing

Public Notice(启事)

 Having Some Fun

UNIT 8 Transportation

 Warming-up

 Listening

 Speaking

 Reading

Passage A Public Transportation

Passage B The History of Transportation

Tips ab0ut Reading Skills Main Idea of a Passage(Ⅱ)

 Grammar

Inversion(倒装)

 Writing

Poster(海报)

  Having Some Fun

Appendices

 1. 名词单数变复数的不规则变化

 2. 动词现在时第三人称单数变化规则

 3. 不规则动词表

 4. 形容词、副词比较级和最高级的变化规则

 5. 形容词、副词比较级和最高级的不规则变化

 6. 词汇表