Unit 1 Pandemic Part A Information Searching and Delivering2 Part B Text Understanding2 Passage 1 Pandemics—What Everyone Needs to Know 2 Passage 2 A Universal Flu Vaccine Is Vital 5 Passage 3 Wearing Face Masks in the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Altruism and Solidarity 8 Part C Integrated Exercises 11 Part D Academic Skills18 Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Main Ideas and Supporting Details 18 Academic Reading Skill: Medical Terminology 23 Academic Writing Skill: Topic Sentence and Supporting Details25 Unit 2 Medicine Part A Information Searching and Delivering30 Part B Text Understanding30 Passage 1 Medicine 30 Passage 2 What Are the Benefits and Advantages of Telemedicine? 33 Passage 3 Interpreting the Language of Traditional Medicine 36 Part C Integrated Exercises40 Part D Academic Skills47 Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Signal Words 47 Academic Reading Skill: Skimming and Scanning 52 Academic Writing Skill: How to Write Definitions 55 Unit 3 Nursing Part A Information Searching and Delivering60 Part B Text Understanding60 Passage 1 Men in Nursing: The Challenges in Caregiving60 Passage 2 2020: Unleashing the Full Potential of Nursing64 Passage 3 If Nurses Nurse, Why Don't Doctors Doctor?66 Part C Integrated Exercises70 Part D Academic Skills77 Academic Listening Skill: Finding the Sequence of Events in a Narrative77 Academic Reading Skill: Signal Words81 Academic Writing Skill: Comparison and Contrast83 Unit 4 Mental Health Part A Information Searching and Delivering90 Part B Text Understanding90 Passage 1 Mental Health and Mental Disorders90 Passage2 No Physical Health Without Mental Heath:Lessons Unlearned?94 Passage 3 Mental Health Care for University Students: A Way Forward?96 Part C Integrated Exercises100 Part D Academic Skills108 Academic Listening Skill: Making Predictions108 Academic Reading Skill: Topic Sentences112 Academic Writing Skill: Problem and Solutiom--115 Unit 5 Food and Nutrient Part A Information Searching and Delivering122 Part B Text Understanding122 Passage 1 Diet, Nutrition and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Excerpt)122 Passage 2 Fact or Fiction? Feed a Cold,Starve a Fever—The Answer ls Simmering in a Bowl of Chicken Soup126 Passage 3 Does Lactose Cause Bloating?128 Part C Integrated Exercises132 Part D Academic Skills139 Academic Listening Skill: Making Inferences139 Academic Reading Skill: Inference Making142 Academic Writing Skill: Cause and Effect146 Unit 6 Drug Part A Information Searching and Delivering150 Part B Text Understanding150 Passage 1 Medicine's Journey Through the Body150 Passage 2 When Legal Drugs Harm and illegal Drugs Help153 Passage 3 Dealing with Drug Pricing: Not Just One Solution155 Part C Integrated Exercises158 Part D Academic Skills165 Academic Listening Skill: Identifying Numbers165 Academic Reading Skill: Facts and Opinions169 Academic Writing Skill: Examples and Statistics171 Unit 7 Cancer Part A Information Searching and Delivering176 Part B Text Understanding176 Passage 1 Building a More Resilient Cancer Healthcare System176 Passage 2 Disability in Cancer Care: Time for Change?179 Passage 3 Time to Focus on Value-Based Metrics for Cancer Care?181 Part C Integrated Exercises185 Part D Academic Skills193 Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Cause and Effect Relationship193 Academic Reading Skill: Arguments and Evidences198 Academic Writing Skill: Quoting and Paraphrasing 201 Unit 8 Medical Ethics Part A Information Searching and Delivering206 Part B Text Understanding206 Passage 1 Introduction to Medical Ethics (Excerpt)206 Passage 2 Palliative Cane—A Shifting Paradigm210 Passage 3 A Genetically Augmented Future213 Part C Integrated Exercises216 Part D Academic Skills223 Academic Listening Skill: Summarizing223 Academic Reading Skill: Tables and Figures227 Academic Writing Skill: Summarizing232