Unit 1 World News: International Relations
Part I Warming up
Part II News reports
Part III Anti-piracy mission
Part IV Speeches
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 2 World News: Earth and Environment
Part I Warming up
Part II News reports
Part III City recycling
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 3 World News: Economic Developments
Part I Warming up
Part II News reports
Part III Voice mail may cost company's business
Part IV Business jargon
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 4 World News: Up in Space
Part I Warming up
Part II News reports
Part III Returning to the Moon
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 5 New Explorations in Food and Medicine
Part I Warming up
Part II Eating right for good health
Part III Medical emergency 911
Part IV Keeping the country healthy
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 6 Breakthroughs in Science and Technology
Part I Warming up
Part II Human genome project
Part III Latest breakthroughs in technology
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 7 Future of Communication
Part I Warming up
Part II New ways to communicate
Part III Digital McLuhan
Part IV Technical jargon
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 8 New Ideas, New Architecture
Part I Warming up
Part II Eco-conscious construction
Part III Tomorrow's house1
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 9 Ways to Travel
Part I Warming up
Part II Public transportation
Part III Cross the Channel
Part IV Southwest
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 10 Love and Hate of Oil
Part I Warming up
Part II Oil reserves and parking places
Part III A motor city breakthrough: the electric car
Part IV Clean air cars
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 11 A Fast Growing Economy: Tourism
Part I Warming up
Part II Welcome to China
Part III New Seven Wonders of the World
Part IV Language study and language appreciation
Part Ⅴ Video Appreciation
Unit 12 Review
A.Revolutionary car
B.Fox Hollow golf course
C.Friends reunited
D.Beware hackers!
E.Housing problems
F.The future of the phone
G.Video Appreciation
Vocabulary
Acknowledgements