Unit 1 On a Chinese Screen Part A The Beast of Burden Part B The Philosopher An Optimist Looks at China Unit 2 Past Masters of Life Part A The End of Life Part B Youths in China Seek Attention through Short Videos Unit 3 Chinese and Western Civilization Part A Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted (Part One) Part B Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted (Part Two) Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted (Part Three) Unit 4 The Mirror of Language Part A Mother Tongue (Part One) Part B Mother Tongue (Part Two) You Are What You Say Unit 5 Voices in Speeches Part A Inaugural Address Part B The Spider's Bite What Are You for? Unit 6 Rhetorical Construction in Discourse Part A How China Is Changing the Future of Shopping Part B Message on the Occasion of International Mother Language Day Sustainability Is about Being on the Right Side of History (Excerpt) Unit 7 China's Dynamic Decade Part A China's Economic Growth Part B China's Road to Common Prosperity China's Ecological Conservation Unit 8 China's Diplomatic Pursuits Part A Major-country Diplomacy Benefits the World-at-large Part B By Banning Huawci, Britain Is Turning Its back on a 5G-Dominated Future After the Pandemic, Then What? Works Cited