1 English Studies and TestsSection Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 2
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 9
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 11
Passage Ⅰ Same Language,Different Meanings 11
Passage Ⅱ Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner? 16
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 20
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 23
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 25
2 Art of Negotiations 27
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 27
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 34
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 36
Passage Ⅰ Art of Negotiations 36
Passage Ⅱ Watch That First Step 41
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 45
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 47
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 48
3 DNA and Cloning 49
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 50
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 57
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 59
Passage Ⅰ To Clone or Not to Clone 59
Passage Ⅱ Should We Fear Dolly? 64
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 67
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 70
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 71
4 The IT Age 73
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 73
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 79
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 81
Passage Ⅰ Reach Out and TOUCH Someone Online 81
Passage Ⅱ Buzzword:Globalization 86
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 90
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 92
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 93
5 Studying Overseas 95
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 96
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 102
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 104
Passage Ⅰ Return to Home Country:A Thirty-Year Perspective from Nigeria 104
Passage Ⅱ Returned Scholar-Run Businesses Promote Hi-Tech 109
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 112
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 115
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 116
6 Art in Engineering 117
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 118
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 124
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 126
Passage Ⅰ What Rhymes with Engineers? 126
Passage Ⅱ Right or Wong? 130
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 134
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 137
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 138
7 Environment 139
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 139
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 145
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 147
Passage Ⅰ Shrinking Water Supply Poses Threat to Peace 147
Passage Ⅱ Save the Plankton 153
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 156
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 159
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 160
8 Cultural Differences and Business Management 161
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 161
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 168
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 169
Passage Ⅰ Cultural Differences and Doing Business in Europe and Japan 169
Passage Ⅱ Don't Cry for New Economy 174
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 178
Section Ⅴ Preparing for Test 182
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 183
NEW WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 184
VOCABULARY 193
PHRASES 202