Unit 1 Product Design 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Tuning In Text B Safety First? 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit2 Energy Storage l. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Compressed Air Energy Storage Has Bags of Potential Text B Overview of Compressed Air Energy Storage 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit3 Robotics and Automation 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A A New Breed of Robots That Drive Themselves Text B Robots for Infants 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit4 Human-technologylnterface 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Preparing for the Intelligence Era Text B Putting People Power into Virtual Reality 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit S NanoTechnoiogy 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Nanoscale Armor Text B Engineering Without Limit 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Unit 6 Mechanical Engineering in Everyday Life 1. Search for Background Information 2. Discuss the Words' Meaning 3. Listen to the Lecture 4. Read for Information Text A Engineering Taste Text B Engineering a Better Guitar 5. Practice for Enhancement 6. Write an Academic Essay 7. Make Your Presentation Appendix1 Sample Academic Essay Appendix 2 Glossary Appendix 3 AWL