Contents
Units One Page 1
Titles Financial Crisis
Listening Skills Focusing on Specific Information
Speaking Skills Talking About Financial Crisis Units Two Page 13
Titles Youth Unemployment Crisis
Listening Skills Identifying the Purpose of Listening
Speaking Skills Asking for and Giving Opinions Units Three Page 29
Titles China's GDP Growth
Listening Skills Recognizing Signal Words
Speaking Skills Describing Tables and Graphs Units Four Page 41
Titles The Business World
Listening Skills Listening for Cause and Effect
Speaking Skills Expressing Ideas Units Five Page 53
Titles The Business Internet Age
Listening Skills Identifying People's Identities
Speaking Skills Showing Likes and Dislikes Units Six Page 65
Titles House Prices
Listening Skills Grasping the Main Idea
Speaking Skills Expressing Viewpoints Units Seven Page 75
Titles The RMB and the SDR
Listening Skills Making Inferences
Speaking Skills Making Comments Units Eight Page 89
Titles Consumption
Listening Skills Listening for Required Information
Speaking Skills Making Persuasions Units Nine Page 99
Titles Stocks and the Stock Market
Listening Skills Predicting the Theme and Related Vocabulary in Pre-listening
Speaking Skills Describing the Current Situation in the Stock Market Units Ten Page 113
Titles The Gig Economy
Listening Skills Learning to Use Synonymous Substitutions
Speaking Skills Describing Similarities and Differences