Unit 1 Telephoning
Text A How to Improve Your Telephone Skills
Text B How to Make and Answer a Phone Call
Reading Skills - Skimming
Text C Bad Mobile Behavior
Writing Letter of Invitation
Unit 2 How to Work with Colleagues
Text A How to Deal with the Difficult Colleagues
Text B How to Get Your Co-Workers to Like You Better Reading Skills - Scanning
Text C Work Nice with Others: Etiquette Rules for Co-working
Writing Letter of Refusal
Unit 3 Meeting
Text A Business Meetings: How to Run Productive and
Effective Business Meetings
Text B Effective Meeting Planning and Organization Guidelines
Reading Skills - Close Reading
Text C How to Take Meeting Minutes
Writing Letter of Congratulations
Unit 4 Leadership
Text A What Is Leadership?
Text B Leadership Development
Reading Skills - Guessing the Meaning of Word by the Clue of Definition
Text C The Most Successful Leaders Do 15 Things Automatically
Writing Letter of Condolence
Unit 5 Holidays and Celebrations
Text A Arranging Celebrations
Text B Boxing Day
Reading Skills - Guessing the Meaning of Word by the Clue of Reiteration
Text C Why Holiday Season "Self-Gifting" Is Such a Huge Retail Trend?
Writing Letter of Appreciation
Unit 6 Art and Music
Text A Types of Music
Text B What Is the Place of Art in Modern Life?
Reading Skills - Guessing the Meaning of Word
by the Clue of Explanation or Exposition
Text C All About Jazz, Uniquely American Music
Writing Public Relation Letters
Unit 7 Economic Development
Text A China's Economic Development Contributes to the World
Text B Figures Show Shifts in US, China Economies
Reading Skills - Guessing the Meaning of Word
by the Clue of Experience or Logic
Text C Does High GDP Mean Economic Prosperity?
Writing Letter of Claim
Unit 8 Globalization
Text A What Is Globalization?
Text B Furthering China-US Trade Reading Skills - Guessing the Meaning of Word
by the Clue of Example
Text C Creating a Holistic Global Development Model
Writing Resume
Appendix
Appendix Ⅰ Background, Language Points and Translation
Appendix Ⅱ Key to the Exercises
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary