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Unit 1 CULTURE Lesson 01 Big and Beautiful? Lesson 02 The Japanese Tea CeremonyUnit 2 ARTS & LITERATURE Lesson 03 Henrik Ibsen Lesson 04 Marc ChagallReview 1 Lesson 05 Urban Legends: Fact or Fiction? Lesson 06 Louis ArmstrongUnit 3 POLITICS & BUSINESS Lesson 07 You GO, Girls! Lesson 08 What Caused the Global Financial Crisis?Review 2 Lesson 09 Online Shopping Clubs Lesson 10 Go for the Gold!Unit 4 TECHNOLOGY Lesson 11 Cyberbullying Lesson 12 Social Networks—User Beware!Unit 5 SCIENCE Lesson 13 Love is Like a Drug Lesson 14 Doomsday?Review 3 Lesson 15 Pheromones, Our Sixth Sense Lesson 16 Human AndroidsUnit 6 HEALTH Lesson 17 Fake Health Food Lesson 18 Monsters Inside You!Unit 7 ENTERTAINMENT Lesson 19 The Vampire Phenomenon Lesson 20 (Un)Reality TVReview 4 Lesson 21 Asperger’’s Syndrome Lesson 22 Justin BieberUnit 8 NATURE Lesson 23 The Battle of the Bees Lesson 24 Plate TectonicsUnit 9 TRAVEL Lesson 25 Napa Valley Lesson 26 Quebec CityReview 5 Lesson 27 Cycling in the Netherlands Lesson 28 Big Bugs!Unit 10 SPORTS Lesson 29 Ousted Olympic Sports Lesson 30 Competitive EatingUnit 11 LIFE Lesson 31 An Introduction to Aromatherapy Lesson 32 The Smaller, the Better?Review 6 Lesson 33 Road Rage Lesson 34 Lance Armstrong單詞索引附錄 翻譯及答案