目录 5
前言 5
Unit 1 A World in Action 5
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 5
Section 2．Reading：Hostile Environment Training 9
Section 3．Speaking up 14
Section 4．Writing 14
Transcripts for the Exercises 15
Key 19
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 20
Unit 2 The Inner Self 20
Section 2．Reading:Going It Alone Won t Work 24
Section 3．Speaking up 28
Section 4．Writing 28
Transcripts for the Exercises 29
Key 33
Unit 3 Well-Connected 34
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 34
Section 2．Reading:The Real Losers Are the Poor 38
Section 3．Speaking up 44
Section 4．Writing 44
Transcripts for the Exercises 45
Key 49
Unit 4 When,Where and How? 50
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 50
Section 2．Reading:Monkey s Best Friend 54
Section 3．Speaking up 59
Section 4．Writing 60
Transcripts for the Exercises 61
Key 64
Unit 5 Putting the Horse Before the Cart 65
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 65
Section 2．Reading:The End of the Oil Age 69
Section 3．Speaking up 75
Section 4．Writing 75
Transcripts for the Exercises 76
Key 80
Unit 6 The Other Side of the Coin 81
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 81
Section 2．Reading:Carmakers See the Future in China 85
Section 3．Speaking up 89
Section 4．Writing 90
Transcripts for the Exercises 90
Key 94
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 95
Unit 7 Lending an Ear to Numbers 95
Section 2．Reading:Sustaining Our Future 99
Section 3．Speaking up 103
Section 4．Writing 104
Transcripts for the Exercises 104
Key 108
Unit 8 Being Indirect and Probable 109
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 109
Section 2．Reading:Rethinking Protectionism 113
Section 3．Speaking up 118
Transcripts for the Exercises 119
Section 4．Writing 119
Key 123
Unit 9 Speaking in Quotes 124
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 124
Section 2．Reading:Light Heavy Lifters 128
Section 3．Speaking up 132
Section 4．Writing 132
Transcripts for the Exercises 133
Key 136
Unit 10 Speech Acts 137
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 137
Section 2．Reading:Justice Takes Its Time for an Innocent Man 141
Section 3．Speaking up 145
Section 4．Writing 146
Transcripts for the Exercises 146
Key 150
Unit 11 Stretching the Limits 151
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 151
Section 2．Reading:The Child Is Father to the Patient 155
Section 3．Speaking up 159
Section 4．Writing 160
Transcripts for the Exercises 161
Key 163
Section 1．Listening Comprehension 165
Unit 12 Getting the Gist 165
Section 2．Reading:Soul of a Newer Machine 167
Section 3．Speaking up 170
Section 4．Writing 171
Transcripts for the Exercises 171
Practice Tests 175
Test 1 176
Test 2 194
Test 3 213
Test 4 231
Test 5 250