本书注重语言知识的讲解和语言技能的培养，选材涵盖艺体类相关领域，尊重艺体专业学生的共同特性和学习特点。
Unit 1
Warm-up Activity
Text A The Violin in the Late-Afternoon Sun
Text B Life in a Violin Case
Critical Thinking
Grammar Subordinate Clause
Writing Topic Sentences
Cultural Focus The Chinese Guqin
Unit 2
Warm-up Activity
Text A Walt Disney: It All Started with a Mouse
Text B Coco Chanel: A Woman of Her Own
Critical Thinking
Grammar Nominal Clause (1)
Writing Paragraph Development by Examples
Cultural Focus Qi Baishi
Unit 3
Warm-up Activity
Text A The Story of Fast Food
Text B Genetically Modified Food: Which Side Are You on?
Critical Thinking
Grammar Nominal Clause (2)
Writing Paragraph Development by Comparison and Contrast
Cultural Focus Let Food Be Your Medicine
Unit 4
Warm-up Activity
Text A The Right Thing to Do
Text B My Greatest Olympic Prize
Critical Thinking
Grammar Relative Clause (1)
Writing Paragraph Development by Space Sequence
Cultural Focus Chinese Taiji Quan
Unit 5
Warm-up Activity
Text A My Favorite Liar
Text B Can Technology Kill Offthe Exam?
Critical Thinking
Grammar Relative Clause (2)
Writing Paragraph Development by Time Sequence
Cultural Focus Four-, Five- and Seven-Character Poetry
Unit 6
Warm-up Activity
Text A T he Price of Fame
Text B Commencement Address at Stanford University (excerpted)
Critical Thinking
Grammar Adverbial Clause (1)
Writing Paragraph Development by Cause and Effect
Cultural Focus Symbols of Luck and Good Fortune in China
Unit 7
Warm-up Activity
Text A How to View Art
Text B Is Impressionism Too Popular for Its Own Good?
Critical Thinking
Grammar Adverbial Clause (2)
Writing Paragraph Development by Classification
Cultural Focus Chinese Calligraphy
Unit 8
Warm-up Activity
Text A How Safe Can Artificial Intelligence Be?
Text B Technology Pervading Global Society
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Grammar Adverbial Clause (3)
Writing Concluding Sentences
Cultural Focus The Four Great Inventions
附录
附录Ⅰ 词汇表
附录Ⅱ 短语表
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