Unit 1 Telephoning 1
Text A How to Improve Your Telephone Skills 1
Text B How to Make and Answer a Phone Call 6
Reading Skills—Skimming 10
Text C Bad Mobile Behavior 12
Writing Letter of Invitation 15
Unit 2 How to Work with Colleagues 17
Text A How to Deal with the Difficult Colleagues 17
Text B How to Get Your Co-Workers to Like You Better 22
Reading Skills—Scanning 26
Text C Work Nice with Others:Etiquette Rules for Co-working 30
Writing Letter of Refusal 34
Unit 3 Meeting 37
Text A Business Meetings:How to Run Productive and Effective Business Meetings 37
Text B Effective Meeting Planning and Organization Guidelines 42
Reading Skills—Close Reading 47
Text C How to Take Meeting Minutes 48
Writing Letter of Congratulations 52
Unit 4 Leadership 54
Text A What Is Leadership? 54
Text B Leadership Development 59
Reading Skills—Guessing the Meaning of Word by the Clue of Definition 64
Text C The Most Successful Leaders Do 15 Things Automatically 66
Writing Letter of Condolence 70
Unit 5 Holidays and Celebrations 72
Text A Arranging Celebrations 72
Text B Boxing Day 78
Reading Skills—Guessing the Meaning of Word by the Clue of Reiteration 82
Text C Why Holiday Season"Self-Gifting"Is Such a Huge Retail Trend? 83
Writing Letter of Appreciation 86
Unit 6 Art and Music 88
Text A Types of Music 88
Text B What Is the Place ofArt in Modern Life? 93
Reading Skills—Guessing the Meaning of Word by the Clue of Explanation or Exposition 97
Text C All About Jazz,Uniquely American Music 98
Writing Public Relation Letters 101
Unit 7 Economic Development 105
Text A China's Economic Development Contributes to the World 105
Text B Figures Show Shifts in US,China Economies 111
Reading Skills—Guessing the Meaning of Word by the Clue of Experience or Logic 116
Text C Does High GDP Mean Economic Prosperity? 117
Writing Letter of Claim 120
Unit 8 Globalization 124
Text A What Is Globalization? 124
Text B Furthering China-US Trade 129
Reading Skills—Guessing the Meaning of Word by the Clue of Example 135
Text C Creating a Holistic Global Development Model 135
Writing Resume 139
Appendix 145
Appendix Ⅰ Background,Language Points and Translation 145
Appendix Ⅱ Key to the Exercises 224
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 243