Unit 1 1
TEXT A What Makes a Global Language 2
TEXT B The Story of English 8
Speaking Skills How to Start a Conversation 12
Unit 2 15
TEXT A Managers for the 21st Century 16
TEXT B The Muddle of MBAs 21
Speaking Skills How to Make Suggestions 25
Unit 3 28
TEXT A Engineering 29
TEXT B Introductions to the Grand Challenges for Engineering 34
Speaking Skills How to Talk about Likes and Dislikes 40
How to Give Instructions 42
Unit 4 44
TEXT A Images of Public Administration 45
TEXT B The Spirit of Adam Smith 50
Speaking Skills How to Make and Respond to Compliments 54
Unit 5 57
TEXT A Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech（Ⅰ） 58
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech（Ⅱ） 59
TEXT B Sand from Centuries Past;Send Future Voices Fast 64
Speaking Skills How to Complain 69
How to Make an Appointment 70
Unit 6 72
TEXT A What is a Scientific Theory 73
TEXT B A Beautiful Mind 78
Speaking Skills How to Make a Public Speech 84
Unit 7 87
TEXT A Our Century...and the Next One 88
TEXT B Computers Know a Lot about You 95
Speaking Skills How to Host a Symposium 99
Unit 8 102
TEXT A College Pressures 103
TEXT B Plagiarism Exposed at University 113
Speaking Skills How to Make a Dinner Speech 118
Unit 9 120
TEXT A How"Average"People Excel 121
TEXT B Civil Disobedience 128
Speaking Skills How to Make Opening and Closing Remarks 133
Unit 10 137
TEXT A Professions for Women 138
TEXT B The Gift of Maggie 144
Speaking Skills How to Debate 149
Unit 11 152
TEXT A Science and Humanity in the Twenty-First Century 153
TEXT B The Anthropological Study of Religion 161
Speaking Skills Research Presentation（Ⅰ） 166
Unit 12 172
TEXT A Can Ethics Be Taught 173
TEXT B The Moral Ambiguity of Looting 180
Speaking Skills Research Presentation（Ⅱ） 185
References 190