目錄
Unit 1 Challenges in Higher Education
Text A: Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's
Text B: A Plea for "Close Learning"
Writing Focus: Planning an Argumentation
Unit 2 Humanities---To Be or Not to Be, That Is the Question
Text A: Humanities-To Be or Not to Be, That ls the Question
Text B: Why a Humanities Degree Isn't Career Suicide
Writing Focus: Writing a Strong Thesis Statement
Unit 3 Psychology
Text A: What Children Lose When Their Brains Develop Too Fast
Text B: Content Moderators Pay a Psychological Toll to Keep Socia Media Clean
Writing Focus: Grounds
Unit 4 Post-Truth, Post-Fact Society?
Text A: Why Aren't People Listening to Scientists?
Text B: Teaching Writing in a Post-Truth Era
Writing Focus: Warrant .
Unit 5 The Business of Survival
Text A: Bringing Dignity to Workers: Make the Minimum Wage a Living Wage
Text B: For the Future, Look to the Past
Writing Focus: Responding to Opposing Views
Unit 6 Finance and Recession
Text A: HowI Survived an Unexpected Financial Emergency
Text B: America's Property Market Suggests Recession Is on the Way
Writing Focus: Conclusion
Unit 7 New Tech, New Life
Text A: How ChatGPT Can Improve Education, Not Threaten It
Text B: Are Autonomous Cars Really Safer than Human Drivers?
Writing Focus: Language Features of Academic Writing
Unit 8 Science and Intelligence
Text A: To Fight Misinformation, We Need to Teach That Science Is Dynamic
Text B: Artificial Intelligence Needs Both Pragmatists and Blue-Sky Visionaries
Writing Focus: Citation and Reference
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