1 English Studies and Tests 1
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 1
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 6
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 8
Passage Ⅰ A Nude at the Party! 8
Passage Ⅱ Whose English Is It,Anyway? 12
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 15
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 17
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 19
2 Art of Negotiations 20
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 20
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 25
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 27
Passage Ⅰ Suggested Salary Negotiation Guidelines for Recent College Graduates 27
Passage Ⅱ Dollars and Sense 32
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 34
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 36
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 38
3 DNA and Cloning 39
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 39
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 44
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 46
Passage Ⅰ Genetically Engineered Foods:Uh-Oh!! 46
Passage Ⅱ To Clone or Not to Clone? 51
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 53
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 55
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 57
4 The IT Age 58
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 58
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 63
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 65
Passage Ⅰ The Internet Changed My Life 65
Passage Ⅱ Ban Cell Phones 70
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 73
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 74
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 76
5 Studying Overseas 77
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 77
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 82
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 85
Passage Ⅰ Are You Prepared for Learning Shock? 85
Passage Ⅱ Climate ＆ Clothing in the UK 89
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 93
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 95
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 96
6 Art in Engineering 97
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 97
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 102
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 105
Passage Ⅰ Attacks on the World Trade Centre:An Engineering Perspective 105
Passage Ⅱ Ellen Ochoa and Jennifer Matozco:Two Great Female Engineers 110
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 113
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 116
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 117
7 Environment 118
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 118
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 123
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 125
Passage Ⅰ Poisoning Our Food and Our Famers 125
Passage Ⅱ How Our Food Choices Can Help Save the Environment 129
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 132
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 133
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 134
8 Cultural Differences and Business Management 135
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 135
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 140
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 142
Passage Ⅰ Attacking Anxiety 142
Passage Ⅱ How to Spell Success 146
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 149
Section Ⅴ Testing Yourself 150
Section Ⅵ Having Some Fun 151
Self-Assessment 152
Keys ＆ Translations 174
Vocabulary ＆ Phrases 236