Unit1 Learn a Foreign Language for Your Career 1
Reading 1
Practical reading Picture Books and Literacy 1
Reading for appreciation How to Be a Successful Language Learner 6
Writing Certificate of Attendance 8
Listening and Speaking 9
Merry Learning 11
Unit 2 Job Hunt 12
Reading 12
Practical reading The Whale Story 12
Reading for appreciation Beyond Order-Taking 17
Writing Application Letter 20
Listening and Speaking 22
Merry Learning 24
Unit 3 Foreign Friends with Us 25
Reading 25
Practical reading Queen Mother Elizabeth 25
Reading for appreciation Living Your Potential 29
Writing Letter of Complaint 32
Listening and Speaking 34
Merry Learning 36
Unit 4 Movement to the Far West 37
Reading 37
Practical reading International Marriage 37
Reading for appreciation Making Friends in America 43
Writing Tour Guide Speech 45
Listening and Speaking 48
Merry Learning 49
Unit 5 Chinese Arts 51
Reading 51
Practical reading The Thread Through Time 51
Reading for appreciation Tao Yuanming and the Art of Chinese Poetry 56
Writing Poster for Performance 59
Listening and Speaking 60
Merry Learning 62
Model Test 1 63
Unit 6 Milestone in Medical Science 73
Reading 73
Practical reading Circle of Life 73
Reading for appreciation Helen Keller 77
Writing Medicine Instructions 80
Listening and Speaking 82
Merry Learning 83
Unit 7 Investment in China 84
Reading 84
Practical reading What Is Economic Globalization 84
Reading for appreciation What Always Makes Good Advertising 88
Writing Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement 91
Listening and Speaking 93
Merry Learning 95
Unit 8 Employment and Contract 96
Reading 96
Practical reading To Get a Job in Canada 96
Reading for appreciation Are You Cut Out for an Adventure Career? 101
Writing Employment Contract 104
Listening and Speaking 106
Merry Learning 108
Unit 9 privacy and plagiarism 109
Reading 109
Practical reading Does Celebrity Destroy Privacy? 109
Reading for appreciation How to Detect Plagiarism 113
Writing Patent 116
Listening and Speaking 119
Merry Learning 120
Unit 10 public Speaking 121
Reading 121
Practical reading The Road to Success 121
Reading for appreciation Delivering Your Speech 125
Writing Invitation for Bid 128
Listening and Speaking 130
Merry Learning 132
Model Test 2 133
Keys ＆ Translations 143
Vocabulary ＆ Phrases 203