Chapter One Academic Success
Unit 1 Great Lectures3
Part One：Read ＆ Think5
Kennedy Inaugural Address5
Part Two：Applied Skills11
Nine Techniques to Delivering a Speech with Confidence11
Part Three：Extended Reading17
The Artist as a Booster of the Human Heart:17
Tips for Academic Study20
Top Ten Study Tips20
Unit 2 Learning, a Lifelong Skill21
Part One：Read ＆ Think23
My MOOC Experience23
Part Two：Applied Skills29
Lifelong Learning29
Part Three：Extended Reading38
Grandma Moses38
Tips for Academic Study41
Concentration Tips41
Unit 3 Doing Research43
Part One: Read ＆ Think45
Darwin and Natural Selection45
Part Two：Applied Skills53
Research Methodology: An Introduction53
Part Three：Extended Reading62
Blood, Sweat and Tears: on the Path of Treating Malaria62
Tips for Academic Study65
When to study65
Unit 4 Liberal Education67
Part One：Read ＆ Think69
The Allegory of the Cave69
Part Two：Applied Skills76
Who Needs a Liberal Education76
Part Three: Extended Reading84
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings84
Tips for Academic Study89
Six Reading Myths89
Unit 5 Be a Good Writer91
Part One：Read ＆ Think93
Ernest Hemingway and His Work93
Part Two: Applied Skills100
The Academic Writing Task100
Part Three：Extended Reading107
The Old Man and the Sea107
Tips for Academic Study110
Study Formula SQ3R110
Chapter Two Career Advancement
Unit 6 Understand People113
Part One：Read ＆ Think115
Personalities of Albert and Steve115
Part Two：Applied Skills122
Spirit of the Entrepreneur122
Part Three：Extended Reading129
Manage Your Boss—8 Ways to “Manage up”129
Tips for Academic Study133
Top 7 Tips for Understanding Why People Feel the Way They Do133
Unit 7 Work with Others135
Part One：Read ＆ Think137
Importance of Teamwork in Organizations137
Part Two：Applied Skills143
Five Steps to Building an Organizational Culture143
Part Three：Extended Reading157
Twelve Cs for Team Building157
Tips for Career Advancement160
Observer Assessment Form for Group Exercises160
Unit 8 Manage Your Work163
Part One：Read ＆ Think165
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix：How to Distinguish Between Urgent and Important Tasks
and Make Real Progress in Your Life165
Part Two：Applied Skills172
How to Communicate Effectively172
Part Three：Extended Reading182
Resource Management182
Tips for Career Advancement183
Self-management183
Unit 9 Lead Your Work185
Part One：Read ＆ Think187
What Is Leadership187
Part Two：Applied Skills191
How to Relieve Stress191
Part Three：Extended Reading197
What Is Motivation197
Tips for Career Advancement200
How to Become a Leader200
Unit 10 Present Your Work201
Part One：Read ＆ Think203
Public Speaking203
Part Two：Applied Skills212
How to Make a Good Presentation212
Part Three：Extended Reading222
Fight Your Shyness222
Tips for Career Advancement225
The Art of Rhetoric225
Chapter Three Science ＆ Technology
Unit 11 Brain ＆ Neuroscience231
Part One：Read ＆ Think233
Right-and Left-handedness in Humans233
Part Two：Applied Skills238
What Happens in the Brain When You Learn a Language238
Part Three：Extended Reading244
A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently244
Tips for Reading Science Report247
What Is a Literature Review247
Unit 12 Outer Space249
Part One：Read ＆ Think251
The Unearthly Landscapes of Mars: The Red Planet Is No Dead Planet251
Part Two：Applied Skills257
Incredible Technology: How to Find Life on Mars257
Part Three：Extended Reading262
The Threat from Outer Space262
New Technology265
3D Printed Car265
Unit 13 Computer ＆ the Internet267
Part One：Read ＆ Think269
The Internet of Things Is Far Bigger Than Anyone Realizes269
Part Two：Applied Skills272
Tomorrow‘s Cities: How Big Data Is Changing the World272
Part Three：Extended Reading279
What Cloud Computing Really Means279
Tesla Motors282
Unit 14 New Energy283
Part One：Read ＆ Think285
The Future Battery285
Part Two：Applied Skills289
New Energy Sources and Inventions289
Part Three：Extended Reading300
You’ll never ‘be-leaf‘ what makes up this battery300
Exploring Phosphorene, a Promising New Material302
Unit 15 Nanotech and Material Sciences303
Part One：Read ＆ Think305
How Nanotechnology Works305
Part Two：Applied Skills310
What You Need to Know about Nano-food310
Part Three：Extended Reading319
The Future of Nanotechnology319
Advanced Technology321
VR Technology321
References322
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