Test Yourself
Unit 1 Language Learning
Reading
Text A Why Bilinguals Are Smarter
Text B Skype's Real-Time Translator--the End of Language Learning?
Writing
�� The fundamental features of an effective paragraph
�� The topic sentence
�� Paragraph development
Unit 2 Life Story
Reading
Text A A Summer Lesson
Text B The Day I Will Never Forget
Writing
�� The structure of narration
�� Narrative hooks
�� The thesis statement
���� Transitions
Unit 3 Education
Reading
Text A Attachment Parenting
Text B Critical Success Factors in Online Education
Writing
�� The fundamental features of exposition
�� Definition essay
�� Classification essay
���� Cause and effect essay
Unit 4 Public Transport
Reading
Text A Mass Transit Expansion Goes off the Rails
Text B Trams Are Great for City Transport--Why Doesn't the UK Have More?
Writing
�� The structure of argumentation
�� Thesis
�� Supporting evidence
���� Organization
Unit 5 Economy
Reading
Text A Don't Even Ask!
Text B Upstart Short-Video App Challenges China's Heavyweights
Writing
�� The key requirements of writing tasks based on graphs�� charts or tables
�� How to describe�� summarize or explain the information of the given graphs�� charts or tables
Unit 6 Environment
Reading
Text A Planet or Plastic
Text B Seashell Souvenirs Are Killing Protected Marine Life
Writing
�� The definition of summary
�� Paraphrase -- A useful technique in summary
�� The procedure of summary writing
Unit 7 Employment
Reading
Text A Coming to an Office near You
Text B Automation for the People�� The Public�� Technology and Jobs
Writing
�� The fundamental features of resume
�� Cover letters/Application letters
Unit 8 Human Rights
Reading
Text A HeforShe
Text B Dare to Educate Afghan Girls
Writing
�� Determining the purpose of a speech
�� Phrasing the central idea
�� Structuring a speech
���� Using language
Unit 9 Health
Reading
Text A Laughter and Health Outcomes
Text B Poverty and Obesity in the U�� S��
Writing
�� The definition of an abstract
�� The types of abstracts
�� The structure of an abstract
���� The steps to write an abstract
���� The function of keywords
Glossary