Unit 1 Education and Learning 1
Part Ⅰ Start-up 2
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 3
Text A Learning Difficulties 3
Translation Tips Translating Numerals and Quantifiers 7
Improving Reading Skills Identifying Main Ideas 10
Text B Understanding Your Learning Styles 13
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 18
Extensive Reading 18
Language Building 23
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 25
Unit 2 Cultural Differences 26
Part Ⅰ Start-up 27
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 29
Text A Why Asians Wear Surgical Masks in Public 29
Translation Tips Conversion 35
Improving Reading Skills Essay Structure 38
Text B Social Distancing: Why Has Compliance Been So Different Across Europe? 44
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 51
Extensive Reading 51
Language Building 56
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 59
Unit 3 Job and Career 60
Part Ⅰ Start-up 61
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 62
Text A That’s a Woman’s Job: How Do Certain Careers Acquire a Gender? 62
Translation Tips Amplification 67
Improving Reading Skills Identifying the Important Information 69
Text B California Jobs Rise with Green Energy 71
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 75
Extensive Reading 75
Language Building 80
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 83
Unit 4 Business and Industry 84
Part Ⅰ Start-up 85
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 86
Text A Stop Believing in Free Shipping 86
Translation Tips Omission 89
Improving Reading Skills Distinguishing Facts from Opinions 91
Text B Netflix’s Accidental Coup 93
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 97
Extensive Reading 97
Language Building 102
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 105
Unit 5 Science and Innovation 106
Part Ⅰ Start-up 107
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 108
Text A The Future of Home Delivery 108
Translation Tips Translation of Passive Sentences 112
Improving Reading Skills Guessing the Unknown Words in the Context 113
Text B Military Supply Lines Having No Truck with It 115
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 119
Extensive Reading 119
Language Building 124
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 127
Unit 6 Earth and Climate 128
Part Ⅰ Start-up 129
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 130
Text A Iee Melt Linked to Accelerated Regional Freshwater Depletion 130
Translation Tips Translation of Negation 134
Improving Reading Skills Understanding Logic of Sentences 136
Text B 140
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 144
Extensive Reading 144
Language Building 148
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 152
Unit 7 Computer and Society 153
Part Ⅰ Start-up 154
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 155
Text A Kids Learn Computer Science Without Computers 155
Translation Tips Translation of Noun Clauses 159
Improving Reading Skills Understanding Implications 162
Text B Your Smartphone Reduces Your Brainpower 164
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 168
Extensive Reading 168
Language Building 173
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 175
Unit 8 Health and Medicine 176
Part Ⅰ Start-up 177
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 178
Text A Laughter Is Really Good Medicine 178
Translation Tips Translation of Relative Clauses 182
Improving Reading Skills Making Inferences 185
Text B Choose to Live a Healthy Lifestyle 186
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 191
Extensive Reading 191
Language Building 196
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 199
Unit 9 Future of the World 200
Part Ⅰ Start-up 201
Part Ⅱ Reading to Explore 202
Text A War Robots & Nefarious Motives: How Humans Might Use AGI Is the Real Threat 202
Translation Tips Translation of Adverbial Clauses 206
Improving Reading Skills Understanding Author’s Attitude and Purposes 208
Text B The Future Is Now: Five Awesome Uses of Virtual Reality in Marketing 211
Part Ⅲ Extensive Reading and Language Building 215
Extensive Reading 215
Language Building 220
Part Ⅳ Assessing Learning 224