Unit 1 Education 1
Text A Why Bilinguals Are Smarter 1
Text B Let's Inspire the Next Generation of Scientists 7
Teaching Theory Discussion Method 12
Writing Types of Sentences 12
Unit 2 Science and Technology 15
Text A The Trouble with Scientific Secrets 15
Text B Why the Technology Industry's Greatest Years Are Still Ahead 23
Teaching Theory Reflective Teaching(1) 26
Writing Paragraph 27
Unit 3 Important Figures 30
Text A A Very Precious Queen 30
Text B The Father of the Green Revolution 37
Teaching Theory Reflective Teaching(2) 41
Writing Styles of Writing—Narration 41
Unit 4 Literature 44
Text A Three Days to See(Excerpts) 44
Text B Self-reliance(Excerpts) 51
Teaching Theory Effective Schooling 55
Writing Styles of Writing—Description 56
Unit 5 Well-known Speeches 59
Text A Obama's Victory Speech in 2012(Excerpts) 59
Text B Queen's Diamond Jubilee Address 66
Teaching Theory Individualized Instruction 68
Writing Styles of Writing—Exposition 69
Unit 6 Cyberspace 74
Text A To Cloud or Not to Cloud?That is the Digital Question 74
Text B March of QQ Penguin—How QQ Changed China 80
Teaching Theory Project Work 83
Writing Styles of Writing—Argumentation 84
Unit 7 World Economy 87
Text A The World Economy:Self-induced Sluggishness 87
Text B Let's Be Less Productive 95
Teaching Theory Questioning Techniques 98
Writing Abstract 99
Unit 8 Daily Life 103
Text A Students Can't Let Stress Become Their New Norm 103
Text B Living Alone Is the New Norm 108
Teaching Theory Discovery Learning 112
Writing Resume/CV 113
Unit 9 Culture 117
Text A China's Younger Generation:Lifestyle Counts as Much as Work 117
Text B Guest—Teaching Chinese,and Learning America 122
Teaching Theory Task 124
Writing Research Proposal 126
Unit 10 World Events 131
Text A Olympic Britain Vs.Royal Britain 131
Text B China's"Rare Earths",and the Hypocrisy of the Obama Administration 138
Teaching Theory Evaluation and Test 141
Writing Oral Presentation 142
参考译文和答案 151