UNIT 1 Listening and speaking ��Listening for weak forms of certain words ��Asking about certainty ��Expressing certainty/uncertainty Reading ��Passage A Youth basketball: Ten life lessons to teach your team ��Passage B One stray kick Grammar Inverted sentences Writing Notices and posters Culture express Famous figures and their inspirational stories UNIT 2 Listening and speaking ��Listening for opposing ideas/ opinions ��Showing gratitude & responses Reading ��Passage A Super Jam yields fruit for young entrepreneur ��Passage B Four phases of design thinking Grammar Ellipses & substitutions Writing Letters Culture express Chanel UNIT 3 Listening and speaking ��Listening for logical stresses ��Emphasizing Reading ��Passage A Animals as teachers ��Passage B Artists' personal lives: Does it play a role in how you view their art? Grammar Subject clauses & object clauses Writing envelopes & postcards Culture express Olympic mascots UNIT 4 Listening and speaking ��Listening for cause and effect ��Asking for permission ��Refusing/Giving permission Reading ��Passage A My rocky recovery from iPhone abuse ��Passage B Andy Warhol: Turn high art into a brand Grammar Predicative clauses & appositive clauses Writing Letters of thanks & letters of apology Culture express An ancient painting revived by high technology UNIT 5 Listening and speaking ��Listening for sense groups ��Expressing regret & responses Reading ��Passage A A dance with-Dad ��Passage B The story behind a masterpiece Grammar Attributive clauses Writing Letters of invitation Culture express Schools of modern art UNIT 6 Listening and speaking ��Listening for sequence ��Asking & talking about differences ��Asking & talking about similarities Reading ��Passage A English humor vs. American humor: Is there a difference? ��Passage B The mystery of Girl with a Pearl Earring Grammar Adverbial clauses Writing Letters of congratulation Culture express Broadway musicals UNIT 7 Listening and speaking ��Listening for the main idea of lectures ��Talking about aims and purposes Reading ��Passage A Subsidized in the city ��Passage B Street art Grammar The subjunctive mood (i) Writing Resume Culture express Parkour UNIT 8 Listening and speaking ��Listening to speeches ��Predicting Reading ��Passage A The evolution of the American college dorm ��Passage B Forerunners of football Grammar The subjunctive mood (ii) Writing Cover letters Culture express The World Cup Vocabulary