Reading Skill: Skimming Unit 1 Education Text I: Bachelor''''s Degree: Has It Lost Its Edge and Its Value? Text II: The "Idea of a University" Today Unit 2 Body Language Text I: The Secret Language of Barrier Signals Text II: Using Body Language Unit 3 Animals Text I: What Is Animal Welfare? Text II: Bird Brains Unit 4 History Text I: Models for Understanding History Text II: History as Conspiracy Unit 5 Language Text I: Vocabulary Change Text II: Some Notes on Gender-Neutral Language Reading Skill: Scanning Unit 6 Space Text I: Giant Leaps: Top Milestones of Human Spaceflight Text II: Mars Exploration Unit 7 Women Text I: Women in Education, Sports and Media Text II: Women in Science Unit 8 Cities Text I: The Unforgettable Hong Kong Text II: Urbanization and Cities Unit 9 Cross-Cultural Communication Text I: Cross-Cultural Differences in How People Communicate Text II: Cultural Intelligence Unit 10 Environment Text I: Climate Change Text II: China''''s Green Leap Forward Reading Skill: Drawing Inferences Unit 11 Evolution Text I: Introduction: Evolution Text II: Evolution vs. Creation——A Contentious Debate Unit 12 Transportation Text I: Sustainable Urban Transportation: Initiatives in Canada Text II: An Electric Boost for Bicyclists Unit 13 Time Text I: The Calendar Text II: A Brief History of Clock Unit 14 Television Text I: How Reality TV Works Text 1I: Television: The Cyclops That Eats Books Unit 15 Poetry