BOOK ONE (2)
UNIT 1 Campus (2)
UNIT 2 Entertainment (3)
UNIT 3 Entertainment (5)
UNIT 4 Food (6)
UNIT 5 Crime (8)
UNIT 6 Disaster (10)
UNIT 7 Sports (11)
UNIT 8 Art (13)
UNIT 9 Economy (15)
UNIT 10 Ecology (17)
UNIT 11 Health (18)
UNIT12 Automobile & Driving (20)
UNIT 13 Quality problems (23)
UNIT 14 Shopping (25)
UNIT 15 Gun control (27)
UNIT 16 Psychology (28)
BOOK ONE
UNIT 1 Campus
I．Vocabulary Builder
1.Definition
1)chaotic: extremely disorganized; badly organized; be in mess
2)primary: main; most important; key; major; chief; prime; principal
3)seduce: attract; tempt
4)highlight: the most important, interesting, or enjoyable part of something such as a holiday,
performance, or sports competition
5)reluctant: unwilling
6)compelling: very interesting or exciting, so that you have to pay attention
7)reveal: show; indicate
8)mainstream: accepted by or involving most people in a society; normal; ordinary
9)critical: important; crucial
10)evolution: a long, gradual process during which something develops and changes, usually
becoming more advanced; a gradual change and development
2. Terms translation
1) a bipartisan consensus
2)high school diploma
3)drop-out rate
4)college wage premium
5)the K-12 system
6)more academically rigorous
7)well-rounded citizens
8)certification tests
9)career and technical education
3. Blank filling
1) persevered 2) persisted 3) insisted 4) insisted 5) persevere
6) agony 7) adversity 8) torment 9) plight 10) assure/reassure
11) insure/ensure 12) insure 13) insure/ensure 14) assured/reassured
II．Translation
1.选择圣路易斯的华盛顿大学是个不错的决定，但真正让我享受到理想大学生活的，（不
是大学本身）是我到了大学后作的一些决定。
2.《人类进化》这门课本来是我迫于学校规定选的，但它却成了我所有课程中最大的亮点，
这都要归功于上课精彩绝伦的授课教授。
3.我花了好几周时间在一堆堆的非主流音乐垃圾中寻找，试图找到鲜为人知却适合的音
乐。然后我就决定离开这个不欣赏摇滚乐的电台。
4. 据估计，在2007年大多数二十岁左右的大学毕业生所作的工作都不需要大学学历，这
再一次证明了我们把孩子送进大学，他们毕业时除了满身的债务却一无所得
5. 但至少一个大学文凭部分的、也可能是大部分的表面价值反应了一个事实，就是雇主
可以用大学文凭来粗略判断求职者有努力工作的智力和意愿。
III．Comprehension of the Texts
1.Q & A
1)Para. 1: The author suffered a lot in high school, and she hoped all her hardship could be
paid back by having a good time in college.
2)Because she could not find a group she belonged to.
3)That requires being open to people with whom you might never have expected to get along.
4)These two lecture titles are opposite examples to illustrate that the students should focus on
the lecturer rather than the title of a course when they make a choice.
5)Because they were representatives of the two political parties in America and their attitudes
toward the college education were the same, which illustrates the argument of Paragraph one: there is a bipartisan consensus on the high value of college education.
6)There are two indications. One sign is the high college drop-out rate —40% of kids who
enroll in college don't get a degree within six years. The other sign is that in 2007, most people in their 20s who had college degrees were not in jobs that required them.
7)Employers can use it as a rough measure of job applicants' intelligence and willingness to
work hard.
8)There are four alternatives. 1. online learning; 2. certification tests; 3. career and technical
education; 4. occupational licensure rules could be relaxed to create opportunities for people without formal education.
UNIT 2 Entertainment
I．Vocabulary Builder
1.Definition
1)lingering: continuing to exist for longer than usual or desirable
2)preteen: relating to or made for children who are 11 or 12 years old
3)build out: to enlarge the scale of the original building
