Unit 1 Teaching and Learning of English
Pre-class Task
Text A Learning the World Language: Today and Tomorrow
Text B Don't Insist on English
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 2 Finding Your Mr. Right
Pre-class Task
Text A How to Know If lie's The One
Text B Why Can't a Successful Woman Find a Man·
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 3 Parenting: Eastern vs. Western
Pre-class Task
Text A Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Text B 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 4 Confidence and Compassion
Pre-class Task
Text A Keeping the Heart's Door Open
Text B On Compassion
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 5 Aging Period
Pre-elass Task
TextA Old Age
Text B Life's Third Act
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 6 Digital Citizenship
Pre-class Task
Text A The Flight from Conversation
Text B We Are All Cyborgs Now
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 7 Work-life Balance
Pre-class Task
Text A Understanding the Dynamics of Workaholism
Text B How to Make Work-life Balance Work
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 8 Philanthropy and Charity
Pre-class Task
Text A Philanthropy Now Yielding Financial Returns
Text B You Are the Future of Philanthropy
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 9 Discord on Campus
Pre-class Task
Text A The Uses of Fear and Envy in Academe
Text B USA's Most Selective College
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Unit 10 Age of Information Overload
Pre-class Task
Text A Making Choices in the Age of Information Overload
Text B Information Is Food
Exercises
In-class Oral Practice
After-class Language Skills Enhancement
Appendix: Keys to Exercises