UNIT 1
Text A Mother Tongue
Text B Cross-cultural Differences
Practical Writing Essential Techniques of Essay Writing
UNIT 2
Text A The Last Leaf
Text B The Theory of Love
Practical Writing Patterns of Essay Development
UNIT 3
Text A Can You Raise a Polite Kid in This Rude World?
Text B The 50 Percent Catastrophe
Practical Writing Patterns of Essay Development (continued)
UNIT 4
Text A Technology Remakes the Schools
Text B Learning with Virtue Reality
Practical Writing Patterns of Essay Development (continued)
UNIT 5
Text A What on Earth Are We Doing?
Text B A Bet on Planet Earth
Practical Writing Writing for Practical Communication
UNIT 6
Text A New Genes -- New Hope or Future Disaster?
Text B Are Your Genes To Blame?
Practical Writing
Writing for Practical Communication (continued)
UNIT 7
Text A Scarcity, Choice, and Opportunity Cost
Text B Seven Money Mistakes Everyone Makes
Practical Writing Curriculum Vitae (or Resume)
UNIT 8
Text A Mission To Mars
Text B Life on Mars?
Practical Writing Abstract
UNIT 9
Text A Knowledge and Wisdom
Text B Two Truths to Live by
Practical Writing
Writing for International Academic Conferences ( I )
UNIT 10
Text A Commencement Address at Stanford University
Text B Presentation to IOC by Yang Lan
Practical Writing
Writing for International Academic Conferences (I[)
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