Reading 1
Passage A Why Do People Learn Foreign Languages? 1
Unit 1 Learn a Foreign Language for Your Career 1
Passage B Annabel Lee 6
Applied Writing The Center for English Language Education(CELE) End of Course Report 9
Listening and Speaking 14
Self-Assessment 18
Merry Learning 21
Words Phrases 21
Reading 25
Passage A Job Advertisements 25
Unit 2 Job Hunt 25
Passage B Prize Fight 31
Applied Writing Resume with a Cover Letter 35
Listening and Speaking 40
Self-Assessment 44
Merry Learning 47
Words Phrases 47
Unit 3 Foreign Friends with Us 51
Reading 51
Passage A William Empson Taught English in China 51
Passage B When I Was in America 57
Applied Writing Letter of Complaint 59
Listening and Speaking 63
Self-Assessment 66
Merry Learning 69
Words Phrases 70
Unit 4 Movement to the Far West 73
Reading 73
Passage A The West Coast Valleys 73
Passage B A Bilingual Childhood 78
Applied Writing Tour Guide Speech 80
Listening and Speaking 84
Self-Assessment 88
Words Phrases 91
Merry Learning 91
Unit 5 Chinese Arts 95
Reading 95
Passage A I Love Chinese Martial Arts 95
Passage B Beijing Opera:A Glowing Pearl of Oriental Art 101
Applied Writing Poster for Performance 104
Listening and Speaking 107
Self-Assessment 111
Merry Learning 114
Words Phrases 114
Model Test 1 119
Passage A Clones:A Milestone in Medical Science 131
Unit 6 Milestone in Medical Science 131
Reading 131
Passage B Robots Will Roll into Operating Rooms 137
Applied Writing Medicine Prescription 140
Listening and Speaking 143
Self-Assessment 146
Merry Learning 150
Words Phrases 150
Unit 7 Investment in China 155
Reading 155
Passage A A Key to Successful Investment in China 155
Passage B Causes Behind the Asian Crisis 161
Applied Writing Memorandum of Understanding 163
Listening and Speaking 168
Self-Assessment 170
Merry Learning 173
Words Phrases 174
Unit 8 Employment and Contract 179
Reading 179
Passage A Seeking Employment Opportunities 179
Passage B Explanation on the Draft Contract Law 183
Applied Writing Contract 186
Listening and Speaking 191
Self-Assessment 194
Words Phrases 198
Merry Learning 198
Unit 9 Privacy and Plagiarism 203
Reading 203
Passage A Public Interest and Private Lives 203
Passage B Plagiarism Exposed at University 209
Applied Writing Patent 213
Listening and Speaking 218
Self-Assessment 221
Merry Learning 224
Words Phrases 224
Passage A The Art of Public Speaking 229
Unit 10 Public Speaking 229
Reading 229
Passage B Excerpt from President Nixon's Remarks at Andrews Air Force Base 234
Applied Writing Invitation for Bids 238
Listening and Speaking 242
Self-Assessment 245
Merry Learning 248
Words Phrases 249
Model Test 2 253
Vocabulary 265
Phrases 291