1.page 12
Text:
When We Explore the Deep Sea,We Are Exploring for Our Own
Survival
Reading 1:
Mars Can Wait.Oceans Can't
Reading 2:
Race to the Deep
Usage:
The use of sort of/kind of
Sentence patterns:
Like/Unlike...
...need to do...
A video speech by Sylvia Earle on the protection of the oceans
Press conference:
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Essay writing:
"Why Ocean Exploration Is So Important"
2.psge 36
Text:
Hutong Karma
Reading 1:
China's Villages Change amid Rush for the Cities
Reading 2:
Shenzhen—from Rural Village to the World's Largest Megalopolis
Usage:
Participles used as adjectives
Sentence patterns:in order to if anything
A video report on the impaet of urbanization
TV talk show:
Urbanization in China
Essay writing:
Write a descriptive essay on a place you know very well
Text:
How to Get a Job at Google
Reading 1:
Should You Cross This Line to Get the Job?
Reading 2:
China: Making Graduates Employable
Word formation:
Abbreviation
Sentence patterns:
Without/With...
To sum up (...)
A video about job interview questions and answers
Role—play:
A job interview
Practical writing:
A job application letter to Google
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Text:
Marie Curie: The First Woman Nobel Laureate
Reading 1:
The Saint of the Gutters
Reading 2:
The Modest Woman Who Beat Malaria for the World
Usage:
The use of subjunctive mood in "...insist/suggest/recommend/demand,etc.that..."
Sentence patterns:
as yet if (it is) true/possible/right...
A video about the life of Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Debate:
About whether or not innate differences between men and women might be one of the reasons women lag behind in science and math careers
Practical writing:
A resume
5 page 116
Text:
Is the Internet Killing off Language?
Reading 1:
Why Emoji Are Suddenly Acceptable at Work
Reading 2:
China Has a Word for lt Crass New Rich
Usage:
Adverbs ending in—Iy
Sentence patterns:
There is no doubt that...The same goes for...
A video talk by David Crystal on the impact of technology on language
Debate:
About whether or not the Internet is killing off language
Essay writing:
Based on a cartoon,write an essay about how the Internet changes the way we communicate
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Text:
Don't Fear Artificial Intelligence
Reading 1:
As Robots Replace People,Where Will Workers Go?
Reading 2:
Will China Be a Leader in Robotics?
Usage:
As used as conjunction
Sentence patterns:
once...similar to...
An video about"Will robots take our jobs?"
About whether or not robots endanger human beings in the future
Based on a cartoon,write an essay about robots' possible impact on human beings in the future
Appendix 168 Glossary