目录
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CONTENTS
| READING | LISTENING & VIEWING | |
| Unit 1 Food Science P. 1 | 1. Are Potatoes Now a Cancer Risk?2. Not All Processed Foods Are Bad for YouSurveying an articleSkimming and scanningRecognizing classification | 1. Bananas Genetically Modified (GM)Not to Rot2. Why I'm a Weekday Vegetarian Predicting the contentUnderstanding main ideas: key words |
| Unit 2 Technology P. 28 | 1. What Do You Think the Internet Will Be Like in 2050?2. Cutting Auto Emissions by Combining Three Vehicle TechnologiesRecognizing text organization / structurePaying attention to statisticsUnderstanding paraphrasing | 1. Is VR the New Reality?2. The Technology of StorytellingHandling unfamiliar wordsUnderstanding vocabulary from context |
| Unit 3 Identity P. 58 | 1. You Are Less Beautiful than You Think2. Creative People Physically See and Process the World DifferentlyGuessing unfamiliar words from contextRecognizing the topic sentence and supporting evidence | 1. What Your Desk Says About You2. The Psychology of Your Future SelfUnderstanding supporting evidence (I): explicit meansUnderstanding supporting evidence (II): implicit means |
| Unit 4 Health P. 87 | 1. What Can I Do to Extend the Length of My Life?2. You Are When You Eat Reading by skipping the supplementary informationUnderstanding direct quotations Recognizing cohesionUnderstanding indirect quotationsUnderstanding hedging language | 1. How to Live Longer2. One More Reason to Get a Good Night's SleepRecognizing rhetorical questions Recognizing analogy |
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| SPEAKING | WRITING | TRANSLATING | VOCABULARY |
| Opening a discussion Agreeing and disagreeing | Writing an introduction Writing a thesis statement | Diction (I): grammatical clues Diction (II): collocation clues | Prefixes (I): “con-” and “com-” Prefixes (II): “en-” and “dis-” |
| Keeping a discussion going Discussing the pros and cons | Writing a body paragraph Writing a topic sentence | Omission (I): leaving out unnecessary prepositions and conjunctions Omission (II): leaving out unnecessary articles | Prefixes (III): “pre-” and “per-” Prefixes (IV): “trans-” and “sus-” |
| Interrupting politely Asking for clarification or confirmation | Writing a conclusion | Conversion (I): translating nouns as adjectives or verbs Conversion (II): translating verbs as nouns or adverbs | Suffixes (I): “-ize” and “-ify” Suffixes (II): “-ity” and “-ness” |
| Expressing an opinion Supporting an opinion | Writing in a formal style | Addition (I): adding nouns Addition (II): adding adjectives or adverbs | Suffixes (III): “-able” and “-ful” Suffixes (IV): “-ive” and “-ic” |
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| READING | LISTENING & VIEWING | |
| Unit 5 Psychology P. 119 | 1. What's Behind Phantom Cellphone Buzzes?2. Why We Love Superstorms Distinguishing facts from opinions Using questions for effective reading | 1. Are You Addicted to Your Phone?2. How to Make Stress Your Friend Focusing on numbers and statistics Recognizing signposting language (I): contrast |
| Unit 6 Zoology P. 150 | 1. Can Pets Make You Happy?2. Why Do Cats Love Cardboard Boxes?Identifying the author's evaluation Recognizing comparison and contrast | 1. Your Cat Thinks You're Cool2. Migratory Birds May Use Magnetic GPS Recognizing signposting language (II): consequence Recognizing signposting language (III): presenting factual information |
| Unit 7 Sports P. 182 | 1. Children Need Physical Education More than Ever2. Attitude Makes a Champion Identifying the thesis statement Recognizing cause and effect | 1. Bigger Bodies Better in Pool2. Why Some People Find Exercise Harder than Others Note-taking (I): numbers Note-taking (II): diagrams |
| Unit 8 Urban Planning P. 212 | 1. City Parks May Mend the Mind2. How Traffic Jams Decentralize Cities Increasing reading speed Annotating a text | 1. Brilliant Designs to Fit More People in Every City (Part I)2. Brilliant Designs to Fit More People in Every City (Part II) Understanding the organization of a lecture (I): chronological order Understanding the organization of a lecture (II): categorization |
Glossary P. 244
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| SPEAKING | WRITING | TRANSLATING | VOCABULARY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preparing for a presentation | Writing in cautious language | Addition (III): adding verbsAddition (IV): adding conjunctions | Compounding (I): compound nounsCompounding (II): compound adjectives |
| Opening a presentation | Writing in an efficient style | Translating relative clauses (I): translating as premodifiersTranslating relative clauses (II): translating as postmodifiers | Compounding (III): compound verbsConversion (I): noun $ \rightarrow $ verb |
| Presenting the main body | Avoiding plagiarism (I) | Translating relative clauses (III): mergingTranslating relative clauses (IV): dividing | Conversion (II): adjective $ \rightarrow $ verbConversion (III): verb $ \rightarrow $ noun |
| Concluding a presentation | Avoiding plagiarism (II) | Translating passive constructions (I): as active constructionsTranslating passive constructions (II): as passive constructions | Back-formation (I): noun $ \rightarrow $ verbBack Formation (II): adjective $ \rightarrow $ verb; compound noun $ \rightarrow $ verb |