Unit 1 Helping those in need
Voluntary work
Money-raising activities
Infinitives
Writing an email to ask for permission for a voluntary activity
Four poems about kindness
Blood donation (Health)
Setting up a voluntary group
Unit 2 Body language
Body language matters!
Ballet—the language of dancers
Verb-ing as subject and object
Verb-ing and verb-ed as adjectives
Writing an article about one kind of body language
How does eye contact work?
Chinese Sign Language (Languages)
Making a presentation about traditional Chinese gestures
Unit 3 Comics and animation
Chinese animation: from shadow puppets to 3D films
How to make a comic strip
The passive in the simple present
Making a comic strip called "Mystery Island"
The forerunner of animation
Firsts in animation history (Arts)
Making a collection of comic strips
Unit 4 Arts and heritage
A legendary Chinese painting
A paper-cut artist and her story
The passive in the simple past and the simple future
Writing an article about a person devoted to traditional crafts
Fan Jinshi: the daughter of Dunhuang
Famous paintings around the world (Arts)
Having an art appreciation session
Unit 5 Saving animals in danger
One family, two worlds: an elephant's story
Saving giant pandas
Using it as an empty subject (1)
Using adjective + enough + to + verb
Writing a blog post about an animal in danger
The story of the red-crowned crane
The IUCN Red List (Environmental science)
Creating a quiz about an animal in danger
Unit 6 Learning by doing
English Week: A chance for students to shine
Telling stories about China in English: China's high-speed trains
Modal verbs: should and had better
Writing a notice for English Week
The fir tree
The history of English (Languages)
Preparing a speech for English Week
Unit 7 Space exploration
Life in space
Space junk
The past continuous
Writing an article about a Chinese astronaut
Tiangong: China's space station
How BDS works (Communication technologies)
Making a poster about China's latest space missions
Unit 8 Imagine that!
Aliens arrive!
Rescuing the lost astronauts
Adverbial clauses of reason
Writing a short story about meeting the bird people
An excerpt from The Time Machine
Famous science fiction authors (Literature)
Introducing a science fiction story
Appendices
Study skills
Grammar review
Words and phrases in alphabetical order
Irregular verbs
Phonetic symbols
Words and phrases in each unit
Proper nouns
Glossary
