Unit 1 Education
Part One Listening Comprehension: Finding out the Implied Meaning
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: When Students Grade Their Teachers
Part Four Oral Practice: Education
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Reference Letter
Unit 2 Outer Space
Part One Listening Comprehension: Identifying Preference
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: The Universe Gives up Its Deepest Secret
Part Four Oral Practice: Space Exploration
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Abstract
Unit 3 Public Speaking
Part One Listening Comprehension: Recognizing Comparative Structure
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: Acquiring Confidence before an Audience
Part Four Oral Practice: Public Speaking
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Public Speech
Unit 4 Administration
Part One Listening Comprehension: Identifying Plans and Decisions
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: Lessons in Leadership: Decision Making, a Must for Success
Part Four Oral Practice: Leadership
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Memorandum
Unit 5 E-commerce
Part One Listening Comprehension: Drawing Inferences
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: Electronic Commerce
Part Four Oral Practice: E-commerce
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Contracts and Agreements
Unit 6 International Business
Part One Listening Comprehension: Recognizing the Real Condition
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: China’s Firms Set Sights on the World
Part Four Oral Practice: International Business
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Welcoming Remarks
Unit 7 Architecture
Part One Listening Comprehension: Identifying the Unreal Condition
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: Leaning Tower of Pisa
Part Four Oral Practice: Architecture
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Wrap-up
Unit 8 Law and Justice
Part One Listening Comprehension: Summarizing
Part Two Reading Comprehension
Part Three Intensive Reading: Creative Justice
Part Four Oral Practice: Law and Justice
Part Five Writing
Essay Writing
Practical Writing — Research Proposal
Vocabulary