Unit 1 Education (I)
Section One Texts
Text One Why the World Loves a British Education
Text Two Stephen Hawking's Secret of Surviving: A Sense of Humor
Section Two Reading Skills - Scanning
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: multi-; inter-; extra- Suffixes: -ity; -ion; -ance
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 2 Education (II)
Section One Texts
Text One Why Chinese Parents Are Becoming Superior
Text Two Steve Jobs: Technology Alone Is Not Enough
Section Two Reading Skills - Previewing
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: super-; auto-; mis- Suffixes: -ful; -ive; -ent/ant
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 3 Culture (I)
Section One Texts
Text One The Terracotta Warriors
Text Two The Hidden Ways Your Language Betrays Your Character
Section Two Reading Skills - Predicting
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: dis-; un-; in-/im- Suffixes: -ist; -ant; -er/or
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 4 Culture (II)
Section One Texts
Text One My Last Conversation with My Father
Text Two The Decline of the American Teenager's Summer Job
Section Two Reading Skills - Guessing the meaning of unfamiliar
words or phrases from context clues
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: anti-; de-; non- Suffixes: -ic-/ical; -(i)ous; -ate
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 5 Culture (III)
Section One Texts
Text One It's Not My Gender, It's My Age
Text Two From Imitation to Innovation: How China Became a Tech
Superpower
Section Two Reading Skills - Guessing the meaning of unfamiliar
words or phrases from word-formation
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes'." fore-; co-; re- Suffixes: -ward; -ile; -y
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 6 Literature (I)
Section One Texts
Text One The Model Millionaire (adapted)
Text Two The Book of Songs: Poems That Helped Shape Chinese
Thought
Section Two Reading Skills - Identifying the topic
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: a-; per-; under- Suffixes: -ize; -fy; -ate
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 7 Literature (II)
Section One Texts
Text One Thank You, Ma'am
Text Two City Noise Might Be Making You Sick
Section Two Reading Skills - Identifying the topic sentence
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: trans-; ex-; bi- Suffixes: -ish; -able/-ible; -al
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 8 History (I)
Section One Texts
Text One A Brief History of Marriage
Text Two Kingdom of Women
Section Two Reading Skills - Locating supporting details
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: uni-; mono-; poly- Suffixes: -age; -ship; -ment
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 9 History (II)
Section One Texts
Text One The History of English
Text Two The Evolution of Chinese Language and Characters
Section Two Reading Skills - Outlining
Section Three Word Formation
Prefixes: in-; pre-; en- Roots: -rain-; -tend-; -fam-
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 10 Life and Society (I)
Section One Texts
Text One Myths about Loneliness
Text Two Permission to Speak
Section Two Reading Skills - Mapping
Section Three Word Formation
Roots: -mot-; -divid-/-divis-; -tempor-
Suffixes: -ness; -ics; -ure
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 11 Life and Society (II)
Section One Texts
Text One China's Superfast Bullet Train
Text Two Chinese Teachers in British Classrooms Spark Global Debate
Section Two Reading Skills - Summarizing a paragraph
Section Three Word Formation
Roots: -sign-; -fer-; -norm-
Suffixes: -ology; -ary; -hood
Section Four Testing Your Reading Comprehension
Unit 12 Life and Society (III)
Section One Texts
Text One The Chinese Village with the Secret to Long Life
Text Two How to Live Longer
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