本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Family; Learning of some important words(ecstatic, grab,
lively, distress, foresee, induce, cradle, critical, sympathy, appropriate), expressions (give birth to, walk down the aisle, pull oneself together, bring up, let alone, splash out (on sth.), succumb to, win sb. over, hue and cry, in common, in particular) and sentence patterns (The moment + clause; sb. spends some time (in) doing sth.); Writing of a composition on Spending Quality Time with Parents Is Important
难点：Writing; Grammar Knowledge of Present Participle; Listening 第七单元 Pop Culture （8学时）
第一节 Text A: Lay Gaga and her Way to Pop Culture 第二节 Text B: Pop Culture in an Internet Culture 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Pop culture; Learning of some important words(claim,
penetrate, render, exclusively, anticipate, proof, criticism, positive, issue, favorable, spell, version, stimulate, boom, wield, odd, decade, agenda, approach), expressions (short for, relative to, as of, the lion’s share, in favor of, follow suit, lead…down the same path, take a calculated risk) and sentence patterns (P.P.+clause, the main clause; despite+noun clause, the main clause); Writing of a composition on Rock the Campus and practical writing of Congratulation Letter
难点：the usage of some words and phrases and sentence pattern: PP+clause, the main clause;
Writing of a composition on the topic Rock the Campus, grammar: subjunctive mood; listening
第八单元 Our Planet（8学时）
第一节 Text A: Yes! We Can Support Mother Earth
第二节 Text B: Was Chernobyl Really Worse Than Fukushima? 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Our planet; Learning of some important words (estimate,
locate, install, switch, blast, resource, abandon, remove, conserve, persist, emit, scatter, ambition, press, initial, perceive, permanent, scale, core), expressions (participate in,
set/make a goal, carry out, make sense, after hours, adjust to, have an effect on, be exposed to, scale back) and sentence patterns (The main clause, doing-clause; It’s done that-clause); Writing of a composition on The Significace of Being Environmentally Friendly and practical writing of Poster
难点：the usage of some words and phrases and sentence pattern: The main clause, doing-clause;
Writing of a composition on the topic The Significace of Being Environmentally Friendly and practical writing of Poster; grammar: subjunctive mood; listening
第二册
第一单元 Food and Health （8学时）
第一节 Text A: Eating Food That’s Better for You, Organic or Not 第二节 Text B: Food Safety and Foodborne Illness 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Food and Health; Learning of some important words
(organic, considerable, enthusiasm, grocery, inevitably, guarantee, secondary, primary, substance, consume, evidence, shift, process, enabling, address, hence, sustainable, operate, corporation, responsible, manufacture, conventional, concern, eliminate, popularize, increasingly, contaminate, incidence, proportion, surpass, enormous, derive, assess, regarding, negative, implication, modify, likewise, monitor, supplement, transfer, resistance, intensive, contribute, ensure, approval, deliberate, complex, dimension),expressions (take to, stick to, stick to, link to, be certified as, leave behind, in spirit, be responsible for, in general dig up ,a patch of, in response to; at risk; attribute to; suffer from due to, growth rate, concern about, take on); Writing of a composition on the topic “On Eating Safely” and practical writing of telephone Message
难点：Writing of a composition on the topic “On Eating Safely”, Listening 第二单元 Animal （8学时）
第一节 Text A: Loving Memory: Elephant Reunion 第二节 Text B: The Naked Ape
第三节 Exercises and Skill Development
第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Animal; Learning of some important words (reunion,
abuse, colony, cable, neglect, inspire, necessity, dominance, wander, residence, confirm, demonstrate, remarkable, refugee, dump, .ill-equipped, substitute, instantly, routine, vibration, urgent, depress, intelligent, image, unexpected, specific, assemble, obtain, investigation, sample, inquiry, analyze, emerge, feature, outline, vertical, visual, evolve, significance, precisely, manual, capable, characteristic, horizontal, efficiency, consistent, namely, principle, appeal), expressions (pass through, be home to, live out, in residence, draw out, tie up, meet with, fall into, stand guard, night and day, at one point, about to, as it were, work on, on the basis of, at random, as follows, in some ways as regards, feed on, go so far as, by virtue of, in a sense, at the expense of, split up, look upon ... as); Writing of a composition on the topic “Saving the Wild Animals” and practical writing of an E-mail on the Internet
难点：Writing of a composition on the topic “Saving the Wild Animals”, Listening
复习 （2学时）
第三单元 Sportsmanship （8学时） 第一节 Text A: An Uplifting Power 第二节 Text B: The Amateur Ideal 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Sportsmanship; Learning of some important words
（sustain, establish, venture, commercial, opponent, grace, tackle, sponsor, foundation, promote, previously, significant, impact, initiative, board, champion, convention, gallery, restraint, code, convey, character, mission, pursuit, academic, stir, offset）; expressions (sit up and notice, come off, lay out, pay respect to); Writing of a composition on the topic” How Sports Affect Our Lives” and practical writing of Lost and Found
难点：Writing of a composition on the topic” How Sports Affect Our Lives”; Listening
第四单元 Volunteering （8学时） 第一节 Text A: A Reason for Living
第二节 Text B: Volunteering Vacation 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Volunteering; Learning of some important words
(anticipate, shift, burst, trail, resume, sin, disturb, sympathize, spill, indication, perception passionate, orphan, strengthen, fountain, preference, conservation, saint, delicately, absolutely, obstacle, tiny, fill), expressions (burst into, trail off, take a turn, deal with, give birth to, say of, depend on, at the end of the day, leave room for); Writing of a composition on the topic” Volunteer-Why and How” and practical writing of a recommendation 难点：Writing of a composition on the topic “Volunteer-Why and How”; Listening
复习 （2学时）
第五单元 Values （8学时）
第一节 Text A: Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy
第二节 Text B: Comparing Western Values with Changing Chinese Values 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Values; Learning of some important words (address,
observe, swear, solemn, prescribe, heir, torch, assure, pledge, loyalty, faithful, bonds, summon, trumpet, rejoice, conscience, retain, compass, prosperity, commitment, inherit), expressions (at issue, go forth, pass away, end up, beyond doubt, year in year out, in line, give rise to); Writing of a composition on the topic “A Comparison between Western and Chinese Ways of thinking” and practical writing of Application Letter
难点：Writing of a composition on the topic “A Comparison between Western and Chinese Ways
of thinking”; Listening
第六单元 Advertisement （8学时）
第一节 Text A The Effects of TV Advertising on Children 第二节 Text B Create an Effective Advertising Message 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Advertisement; Learning of some important words
(primarily target, sophisticated, cite, materialism, heighten, exposure, purchase, conflict, deny, inferior, rate, substantial youthful, illustrate, navigation, alleviate, overcome, objection, sincere, exaggerate, concerning, motivate, additional), expressions (aim at, thanks to, product placement, to the point, get across, at ease, appeal to, catch on); Writing of a composition on the topic “Does Celebrity Endorsement Make a Difference” and practical writing of Advertisement
难点：Writing of a composition on the topic “Does Celebrity Endorsement Make a Difference”;
Listening
复习 （2学时）
第七单元 China in the 21st Century （8学时） 第一节 Text A Here Comes the East
第二节 Text B Shanghai’s Goodbye to the Past 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening
本单元的重点：Topic understanding: China in the 21st Century; Learning of some important
words (generate, productive, interaction, harness, shrink, barrier, intellectual, reject, obvious, instance, stretch, destabilize, render, framework ,strip, boast, mass, pose, preserve, historic, distinction, deep-seated, accelerate, glitter, feature, lane, occupy, preservation, margin, crack, line, absolutely), expressions (draw into, gain on, pay dividends for, pay off debt, spell trouble in the long run, flex one’s muscles, rear-view mirror, blast sth. away, to date, spring up); Writing of a composition on the topic “Will Chinese Replace English as the Global Language?” and practical writing of Application
难点：Writing of a composition on the topic “Will Chinese Replace English as the Global
Language?”; Listening
第八单元Future World
第一节 Text A A Letter to the Year 2100 第二节 Text B Politics in the Future 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development