Unit 1 The Power of Language
Part I Critical Reading
How Does Our Language Shape the Way We Think?
Part Ⅱ Thematic Speaking: Telling a Chinese Story
Theme: The Beauty of Chinese Language
The Charm of Classical Chinese
Part Ⅲ Academic Writing
Definition and Features of Academic Writing
Unit 2 Education
Part I Critical Reading
Understanding Graduate Students: Motivations and Perceptions
Part Ⅱ Thematic Speaking: Telling a Chinese Story
Theme: The Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Culture
Happiness in Early Chinese Thought: Confucius' Joy
Part Ⅲ Academic Writing
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Unit 3 Harmony with Nature
Part I Critical Reading
Extreme Heatwaves: Surprising Lessons from the Record Warmth
Part IⅡ Thematic Speaking: Telling a Chinese Story
Theme: Chinese 24 Solar Terms
One of the Chinese Solar Terms - Mangzhong
Part IⅢⅢ Academic Writing
Writing a Title
Unit 4 Relentless Scientific Quest
Part I Critical Reading
Jibo, A Social Robot
Part Ⅱ Thematic Speaking: Telling a Chinese Story
Theme: Traditional Chinese Medicine
Is the 2015 Nobel Prize a Turning Point for Traditional Chinese Medicine?
Part Ⅲ Academic Writing
Writing an Abstract
Unit 5 Thinking Outside the Box
Part I Critical Reading
Be the Fox
Part Ⅱ Thematic Speaking: Telling a Chinese Story
Theme: The Integration of Eastern and Western Ideas
When Drucker “Meets" Confucius
Part Ⅲ Academic Writing
Writing an Introduction
Unit 6 Food-based Wisdom
Part I Critical Reading
Healthy People, Healthy Planet: The Search for a Sustainable Global Diet
Part Ⅱ Thematic Speaking: Telling a Chinese Story
Theme: Chinese Rice, A Blessing for People
Seawater Rice Turning Wasteland into the Rice Bowl
Hybrid Rice: An End to Hunger
Part Ⅲ Academic Writing
Writing a Literature Review