1 English Studies and Tests 1
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 2
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 7
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 9
Passage Ⅰ Same Language,Different Meanings 9
Passage Ⅱ Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner? 14
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 18
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 21
2 Art of Negotiations 23
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 23
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 28
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 30
Passage Ⅰ Art of Negotiations 30
Passage Ⅱ Watch That First Step 35
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 38
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 41
3 DNA and Cloning 43
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 44
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 48
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 50
Passage Ⅰ To Clone or Not to Clone 50
Passage Ⅱ Should We Fear Dolly? 55
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 58
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 61
4 The IT Age 63
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 63
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 67
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 69
Passage Ⅰ Reach Out and TOUCH Someone Online 69
Passage Ⅱ Buzzword:Globalization 74
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 78
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 80
5 Studying Overseas 81
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 82
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 86
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 88
Passage Ⅰ Return to Home Country:A Thirty-Year Perspective from Nigeria 88
Passage Ⅱ Returned Scholar-Run Businesses Promote Hi-Tech 93
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 96
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 99
6 Art in Engineering 101
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 102
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 106
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 108
Passage Ⅰ What Rhymes with Engineers? 108
Passage Ⅱ Right or Wrong? 112
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 116
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 119
7 Environment 121
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 121
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 125
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 127
Passage Ⅰ Shrinking Water Supply Poses Threat to Peace 127
Passage Ⅱ Save the Plankton 133
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 136
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 139
8 Cultural Differences and Business Management 141
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 141
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 146
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 147
Passage Ⅰ Cultural Differences and Doing Business in Europe and Japan 147
Passage Ⅱ Don't Cry for New Economy 152
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 156
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 160
NEW WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 161
VOCABULARY 170
PHRASES 179