Module 1
Text A The Wage War�� Should America's Working Poor Get a Raise?
Paragraph Writing
Text B Empowering Women to End Worldwide Poverty
Selected Story Air Force One and the Farmer

Module 2
Text A An Uncomfortable Bed
Paragraph Writing
Text B Hungry for Books
Selected Story The Husband Becoming His Wife's Son

Module 3
Text A The Winters and the Palmleys
Paragraph Writing
Text B Mo Yan's Nobel Lecture�� Storytellers
Selected Story Swallowing a Horse

Module 4
Text A No Rules for the Rich�� How China Spends Its New Wealth
Paragraph Writing
Text B Billionaire Death Race�� Inside America's Cup and the World's Most Dangerous Sailboat
Selected Story Making the Big Decisions

Module 5
Text A How Animals Predict Earthquakes
Paragraph Writing
Text B The Boston Marathon Bombing�� Keep Calm and Carry on
Selected Story Always Take and Never Give

Module 6
Text A Why Students Shouldn't Take Unpaid Internships
Paragraph Writing
Text B The Problem with Standardized Tests
Selected Story The Power of Embrace and Kiss

Module 7
Text A China's Middle Class Feels the Pinch of Rising Prices
Paragraph Writing
Text B Tencent's Worth
Selected Story A Pitiful Husband and His High-handed Wife

Module 8
Text A So Many Books�� So Little Time�� A Passionate Reader's Story
Paragraph Writing
Text B Avoiding the Digital "Flock"
Selected Story Shame�� Shame�� Shame

Vocabulary
New Words
Phrases and Expressions