CHAPTER 1 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION
第一章 计算机与信息
Unit 1 Computer and Information(I)计算机与信息(I)
Conversations
Passage：History of Computer
Words and Expressions
N0tes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Cyberspace for Kids
Unit 2 Computer and Information(II)计算机与信息(II)
Conversations
Passage：Transmission of Information
Words and Expressions
NOtes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Education?ComputerNaturally
CHAPTER 2 ECONOMY
第二章 经 济
Unit 3 Economy(I)经济(I)
Conversations
Passage：European Union：A Single Currency
Words and Expressions
NOtes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Business Strategy of Cooperation and Learning
Unit 4 Economy(Ⅱ)经济(Ⅱ)
Conversations
Passage：Supermarkets
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Industrial Rise and Decline in America and Japan
CHAPTER 3 GREAT MEN
第三章 伟 人
Unit 5 Great Men(I)伟人(I)
COnversations
Passage：The Man Who Changed the World
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Thomas Alva Edison
Unit 6 Great Men(Ⅱ)伟人(II)
Conversations
Passage：The Death of Hitler
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：The Telephone and Its Inventor
CHAPTER 4 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
第四章 风俗习惯

Unit 7 Manners and Customs风俗习惯
Conversations
Passage：The Western Wedding
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Marriage Advertising
CHAPTER 5 CITIES
第五章 城 市
Unit 8 Cities城市
conversations
Passage：Tokyo Goes Underground
Words and Expressions
NOteS
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Sydney
CHAPTER 6 HIGGER EDUCATION
第六章 高等教育
Unit 9 Higher Education高等教育
Conversations
Passage：Higher Education
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Adult Education
CHAPTER 7 LITERATURE AND ART
第七章 文学与艺术
Unit 10 Literature and Art文学与艺术
Conversations
Passage：The Accidental Novelist
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CHAPTER 8 LANGuAGE AND COMMUNICATION
第八章 语言与交际
Unit 11 Language and Communication语言与交际
conversations
Passage：How to Read Body Language
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：The Art of Conversation
CHAPTER 9 ENVIRONMENT
第九章 环 境
Unit 12 Environment(I)环境(I)
Conversations
Passage：The Ocean
Words and Expressions
Notes

Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Using Land Wisely
Unit 13 Environment(11)环境(Ⅱ)
COnversatiOns
Passage：Pollution Is A Dirty Word
Words and Expressions
NOteS
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：What Good Is A Tree?
CHAPTER 10 GEOGRAPHY
第十章 地 理
Unit 14 Geography地理
conversations
Passage：The Mississippi
Words and Expressions
NOteS
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Switzerland
CHAPTER 11 CULTURE
第十一章 文 化
Unit 15 Culture文化
Conversations
Passage：Culture Shock
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Atlas
CHAPTER 12 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
第十二章 科学与技术
Unit 16 Science and Technology科学与技术
Conversations
Passage：Cars of the Future
Words and Expressions
Notes
Exercises
Supplementary Reading：Looking through Glass
附录
附录一 会话、课文问题答案
附录二 听力练习录音稿
附录三 课后练习答案
附录四 单词表