Unit 1 Traffic and Transportation** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A Types of Intersections TEXT B Technological 「Push」 Factors in Future Transportation III. Listening TALK A Railroads and Expressions TALK B CR Express: A Rail Linking Two Continents IV. Academic Language Focus Describing Trends and Projections V. Fun and Frontier Unit 2 Logistics Technology** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A How Logistics Technology Can Help E-commerce Companies Clean up Their 「CRaP」 TEXT B There Should Be a Nobel Prize for Vaccine Logistics III. Listening TALK A Intelligent Automated Warehouse TALK B Real-time Data and Logistics Technology IV. Academic Language Focus Explaining Causality V. Fun and Frontier Unit 3 Civil Engineering and Structures: Bridge the World** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A Innovations in Technology TEXT B How Do You Build an Underwater Tunnel? III. Listening TALK A The Golden Gate Bridge TALK B What Is Architecture? IV. Academic Language Focus Classifying and Listing V. Fun and Frontier Unit 4 Electric Engineering** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A Ultrafast Way to Manufacture Perovskite Solar Modules TEXT B Whirling Around in Electric Cars III. Listening TALK A The Beautiful Future of Solar Power TALK B Perovskite-silicon Tandem Solar Cells IV. Academic Language Focus Defining Terms V. Fun and Frontier Unit 5 Mechanical Engineering: Robotics** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A Tele-operated Robots: Keeping the Human in the Loop TEXT B How to Improve Robotic Touch III. Listening
TALK A Go Inside the Lab That』s Giving Robots a Sense of Touch TALK B The Jobs We』ll Lose to Machines and the Ones We Won』t IV. Academic Language Focus Being Cautious V. Fun and Frontier Unit 6 Computer Science: Facial Recognition** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) TEXT B Prestigious AI Meeting Takes Steps to Improve Ethics of Research III. Listening TALK A Facial Recognition Technology to Bring People Uneasy TALK B Application and Hidden Trouble of Facial Recognition Technology IV. Academic Language Focus Giving Examples as Support V. Fun and Frontier Unit 7 Environment and Sustainable Development** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A Weather and Climate TEXT B Importance and Vulnerability of the World』s Water Towers III. Listening TALK A What Really Happens to the Plastic You Throw Away? TALK B To Eliminate Waste, We Need to Rediscover Thrift IV. Academic Language Focus Signaling Transitions V. Fun and Frontier Unit 8 Information and Communication Engineering: Signals Everywhere** I. Bridge-in II. Reading TEXT A The Origins of Digital Image Processing TEXT B Deep Learning Models Have Advantages for Neuroscience, Researchers Find III. Listening TALK A Is 「Artificial Human」 Dangerous to Human Beings? TALK B AI Machine Learning and Deep Learning IV. Academic Language Focus Comparing and Contrasting V. Fun and Frontier
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