Unit 1 summarizes people in the author's life including family members like a cousin and aunt. Unit 2 is about food, including a recipe for a corn meal dish and a discussion of favorite foods like pasta and restaurants like Friday's and McDonald's. Key details mentioned are a cousin who is like a sister, an aunt who is like a mother, and a favorite food of pasta made with flour, salt, pepper, margarine, meat, tomato, onion, olive oil, carrot, pepper, and garlic.