Unit 1 College Life Listening identifying fractions; identifying key words and phrases Speaking talking about college life Reading Surviving Dorm life; Dealing with Exam Anxiety Grammar using the infinitive Writing E-mail Unit 2 Belonging to the Net Listening identifying decimals; identifying major points Speaking talking about hobbies Reading The Amazing Internet; Web Addiction Grammar using the gerund Writing Fax Unit 3 Man's Special Friends Listening recognizing special questions; identifying specific details Speaking talking about health Reading Feeling Better When Your Pet Dies; Dogs and Dog Biting Grammar using the participles Writing Letters of Apologies Unit 4 Success Retail Stories Listening identifying affirmative and negative meanings; understanding main ideas Speaking talking about entertainment Reading Sam Walton; The World's Top Retailer -- WaI-Mart Grammar using five basic sentence patterns Writing Letters of Consolation Unit 5 Facing Terrorism Listening understanding the meaning of comparatives and superlatives; drawing inferences Speaking talking about travel arrangements Reading A Nightmare; Terrorism Grammar using the subject-verb agreement Writing Letters of Complaints Unit 6 Confidence Can Help Listening understanding relative clauses and detecting the implied elements Speaking talking about sports Reading The Value of Self-Confidence; The Keys to Building Self-Confidence Grammar learning noun clauses and appositive clauses Writing Commercials Unit 7 Afraid of Bird Flu? Listening understanding the adverbial clause of time with before, after, until; predicting while listening Speaking talking about food and diet Reading Bird Flu; How to Continue to Eat Poultry Safely without Ca~t'ch Grammar using the attributive clauses Writing Letters of Application for School Admission Unit 8 Your Zodiac Signs and Personality Listening understanding the adverbial clauses with because, although, if; summarizing the main idea Speaking talking about career Reading Chinese Horoscope; Chinese Festivals Grammar using the adverbial clauses Writing Letters of Application for a Job