Unit One Schooling Lead-in Reading 1 Marva Collins' Way Reading 2 Why Tough Teachers Get Good Results Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Writing Effective Sentences Unit Two Music Lead-in Reading 1 The Mozart Effect: How Music Makes You Smarter Reading 2 "Mozart Effect" Dispelled: Music Study Does Not Make Children Smarter Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Writing Effective Paragraphs Unit Three Language Lead-in Reading 1 Travel Language Reading 2 From English to Chinglish: The Globalization of Languages Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Cohesion and Coherence Unit Four Entertainment Lead-in Reading 1 The Not So Wonderful World of Disney Reading 2 Think Like an Iconoclast: The Principles of Walt Disney's Success Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Cause and Effect Unit Five The lnternet Lead-in Reading 1 In Search of Serendipity Reading 2 The Intemet Doesn't Hurt People--- People Do: "The New Digital Age" Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Comparison and Contrast Unit Six Dictionary Lead-in Reading 1 Principles and Methods of Modem Dictionary-Making Reading 2 Principles and Methods of Traditional Dictionary-Making--Based on the First Oxford English Dictionary Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Writing an Argumentative Essay Unit Seven Elite Education Lead-in Reading 1 The Disadvantages of an Elite Education Reading 2 Is Harvard Worth It? Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Writing Academic Papers Unit Eight Travel Lead-in Reading 1 Answer the Call of the Wild Reading 2 Impacts of Tourism on the Environment Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Linguistic Feature (1) Nominalization Unit Nine Beauty Lead-in
Reading 1 An Obsession with Looks Reading 2 The Price of Beauty Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Linguistic Feature (2) : Hedging Unit Ten Artificial Intelligence Lead-in Reading 1 Why Does Artificial Intelligence Scare Us So Much? Reading 2 Artificial Intelligence Poised to Ride a New Wave Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Avoiding Plagiarism (1) : Plagiarism and Quoting Unit Eleven Globalization Lead-in Reading 1 Slowbalization: The Steam Has Gone Out of Globalization Reading 2 The New-Old Globalization Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Avoiding Plagiarism (2): Paraphrasing Unit Twelve Social Problems Lead-in Reading 1 Say No to Drugs: World War Three Reading 2 Marijuana Legalization: A Response to the Failure of the War on Drugs Projects and Critical Thinking Focus Writing Avoiding Plagiarism (3): Summarizing