Unit 1 Education 001
Text A The Difference between Chinese and American College Life 002
Text B China Vs. America? Learning Strategies in the 21st Century 004
Unit 2 Medical Care and Insurance 017
Text A China Fights COVID-19 with People-first Approach 018
Text B Medical Bills Prompt More than 60 Percent of U.S. Bankruptcies 021
Unit 3 Saving Habits 031
Text A The Chinese Can’t Kick Their Saving Habit 032
Text B Why Don’t Americans Save More Money? 034
Unit 4 Urbanization 047
Text A More than 100 Chinese Cities Now above 1 Million People 048
Text B The Commuting Principle that Shaped Urban History 050
Unit 5 Technology and City 065
Text A Getting to Know China’s New Infrastructure Projects 066
Text B What Makes a City Great? An American Perspective 070
Unit 6 Aging and Health 085
Text A Population Aging in China: A Mixed Blessing 086
Text B The American Perspective on Aging and Health 088
Unit 7 Teaching and Learning 099
Text A Guest-Teaching Chinese, and Learning America 100
Text B What It’s Like Teaching English to University Students in China 103
Unit 8 Material and Spiritual 113
Text A The History behind China’s Obsession with Hot Water? 114
Text B Why Americans Are Devoted to ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ 117
Unit 9 Hugging 127
Text A Why Chinese Have Been Slow to Embrace Hugging 128
Text B Chinese Embrace Hugging, but Americans Are Wary of the ‘Awkward
Embrace’ 131
Unit 10 Critical Thinking 141
Text A Study Finds Chinese Students Excel in Critical Thinking 142
Text B College Students Lack Critical Thinking Skills, But Who’s To Blame? 145
Unit 11 Sport Stars 155
Text A 1 Background Information: Yao Ming 156
2 Yao Has Grown into One of NBA’s Biggest Stars 157
Text B 1 Background Information: Award-winning Olympian Swimmer Michael
Phelps Retires to Scottsdale, Arizona 160
2 Michael Phelps, Top Olympian and Greatest Swimmer of All Time 162
