Unit 1 Learn a Foreign Language for Your Career 1 Reading 1 Passage A Why Do People Learn Foreign Languages? 1 Passage B Annabel Lee 6 Applied Writing The Center for English Language Education (CELE) End of Course Report 9 Listening and Speaking 14 Serf-Assessment 18 Merry Learning 21 Words & Phrases 21 Unit 2 Job Hunt 25 Reading 25 Passage A Job Advertisements 25 Passage B Prize Fight 31 Applied Writing Resume with a Cover Letter 35 Listening and Speaking 40 Self-Assessment 44 Merry Learning 47 Words & Phrases 47 Unit 3 Foreign Friends with Us 51 Reading 51 Passage A William Empson Taught English in China 51 Passage B When 1 Was in America 57 Applied Writing Letter of Complaint 59 Listening and Speaking 63 Serf-Assessment 66 Merry Learning 69 Words & Phrases 70 Unit 4 Movement to the Far West 73 Reading 73 Passage A The West Coast Valleys 73 Passage B A Bilingual Childhood 78 Applied Writing Tour Guide Speech 80 Listening and Speaking 84 Self-Assessment 88 Merry Learning 91 Words & Phrases 91 Unit 5 Chinese Arts 95 Reading 95 PassageA I Love Chinese Martial Arts 95 Passage B Beijing Opera: A Glowing Pearl of Oriental Art 101 Applied Writing Poster for Performance 104 Listening and Speaking 107 Self-Assessment 111 Merry Learning 114 Words & Phrases 114 Model Test 1 119 Unit 6 Milestone in Medical Science 131 Reading 131 Passage A Clones: A Milestone in Medical Science 131 Passage B Robots Will Roll into Operating Rooms 137 Applied Writing Medicine Prescription 140 Listening and Speaking 143 Self-Assessment 146 Merry Learning 150 Words & Phrases 150 Unit 7 Investment in China 155 Reading 155 Passage A A Key to Successful Investment in China 155 Passage B Causes Behind the Asian Crisis 161 Applied Writing Memorandum of Understanding 163 Listening and Speaking 168 Self-Assessment 170 Merry Learning 173 Words & Phrases 174 Unit 8 Employment and Contract 179 Reading 179 Passage A Seeking Employment Opportunities 179 Passage B Explanation on the Draft Contract Law 183 Applied Writing Contract 186 Listening and Speaking 191 Self-Assessment 194 Merry Learning 198 Words & Phrases 198 Unit 9 Privacy and Plagiarism 203 Reading 203 Passage A Public Interest and Private Lives 203 Passage B Plagiarism Exposed at University 209 Applied Writing Patent 213 Listening and Speaking 218 Self-Assessment 221 Merry Learning 224 Words & Phrases 224 Unit 10 Public Speaking 229 Reading 229 Passage A The Art of Public Speaking 229 Passage B Excerpt from President Nixon' s Remarks at Andrews Air Force Base 234 Applied Writing Invitation for Bids 238 Listening and Speaking 242 Self-Assessment 245 Merry Learning 248 Words & Phrases 249 Model Test 2 253 Vocabulary 265 Phrases 291