Unit1FightingStressUnit2CherishingFriendshipUnit3ExploringtheUnknownUnit4ProtectingtheEnvironmentUnderstandingDiscoveringReading,ListeningandViewingVocabularyFocusGrammarinUseReadingA:Stress(Explanation)ExpressionsrelatedtodealingwithstressInfinitives2—usedassubjectsandpredicativesReadingB:AnxietyandTeens(Explanation)CultureLink:TaijiquanforStressReliefListening:DealingwithSchoolStress(Radioprogramme)Viewing:HowtoMakeStressYourFriend(Talk)ReadingA:WithOneSmallGesture(Shortstory)ExpressionsrelatedtofriendshipComplexinfinitivesReadingB:TheLastLeaf(Shortstory)Listening:InterviewonFriendship(Interview)Viewing:PeasandCarrots(Filmclip)ReadingA:Stonehenge(Introductorytext)CultureLink:UNESCOWorldHeritageList(China)ExpressionsrelatedtomysteriesandwondersAppositiveclausesReadingB:TheMostUnknownandMysteriousPlacesonEarth(Introductorytext)Listening:LivingintheLandoftheGiants(Podcast)Listeningstrategy:Note-taking:recordingnumbersViewing:China’sChang’e-4ProbeMakesHistoricLandingonMoon’sFarSide(Newsreport)ReadingA:TheVillainintheAtmosphere(Explanation)Readingstrategy:UnderstandingthechainofcauseandeffectExpressionsrelatedtoenvironmentalprotectionEmphaticstructuresReadingB:TogetherforOurOcean(Explanation)Listening:InterviewwithaYoungEnvironmentalist(Interview)Viewing:SavingtheWorld(Vodcast)UnitP2P18P34P50Appendices*LiteratureCornerP66*WordsandExpressionsP70ReadingP70ListeningandViewingP79*GrammarTermsP81*GlossaryP82ProducingExtendingSpeakingWritingCriticalThinkingFurtherExplorationGivingapresentationonwaystorelaxSpeakingstrategy:PresentingwitheffectivevisualsWritingaletterofadviceonhowtodealwithaproblemCreatingasolutiontoaproblemDesigningateenstressquestionnaireConductinganinterviewonfriendshipSpeakingstrategy:CheckingcomprehensionbyparaphrasingWritingathank-youlettertoexpressgratitudetoyourfriendsCultureLink:InternationalFriendshipDayBuildingandjustifyinglinksbetweenstoriesandtheirvaluesIntroducingclassicalChinesepoemstoforeignfriendsConductinganinterviewonteenagers’curios...
