Unit 1 Festival Culture 1
Warm-up Activities 1
Text A Chinese New Year 2
Text B Origin of Christmas and History of Valentine's Day 8
Phonetics Strong and Weak Forms 11
Translation Guide Translation Criteria 12
Practical Writing Advertisement(1) 13
Grammar Verb Tense(1) 14
Unit 2 Oral Communication 17
Warm-up Activities 17
Text A Ten Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking 18
Text B President Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address 23
Phonetics Loss of Explosion and Incomplete Explosion 26
Translation Guide Translation Process 27
Practical Writing Advertisement(2) 28
Grammar Verb Tense(2) 29
Unit 3 Love and Marriage 32
Warm-up Activities 32
Text A Over Cyber-love 33
Text B Love Is Just a Thread 38
Phonetics Sentence Stress(1) 40
Translation Guide Literal Translation and Figurative Translation 41
Practical Writing Contract 41
Grammar Verb Tense(3) 42
Unit 4 The Internet 45
Warm-up Activities 45
Text A What is the Internet? 46
Text B World-Wide Web Unleashed 51
Phonetics Sentence Stress(2) 54
Translation Guide Passive Sentences 55
Practical Writing Product Description 56
Grammar Passive Voice 57
Unit 5 Secretary 60
Warm-up Activities 60
Text A A Day in the Life 61
Text B Career:Secretary 65
Phonetics Liaison 68
Translation Guide Multiples 69
Practical Writing Memo 70
Grammar Infinitive 71
Unit 6 Dietary Culture 75
Warm-up Activities 75
Text A Chinese Cooking Art 75
Text B Healthy Eating for Lifetime 81
Phonetics Thought Group and Pause 84
Translation Guide Attributive Clause 85
Practical Writing Notice 86
Grammar Gerund 86
Unit 7 An Introduction to Logistics 89
Warm-up Activities 89
Text A A Brief History of Logistics 89
Text B Supply Chain Management 96
Phonetics Intonation(1) 99
Translation Guide Long Sentences 100
Practical Writing Hotel Registration Form 102
Grammar Participle 102
Unit 8 Marketing Art 104
Warm-up Activities 104
Text A Telling a Good Story 105
Text B Street Smarts:Your Good Name 110
Phonetics Intonation(2) 113
Translation Guide Translating Chinese into English 114
Practical Writing Invoice 115
Grammar Emphasis Pattern 117
Appendix Glossary 120
New Words 120
Phrases and Expressions 129
Proper Names 131