Unit One Cultivating Your Mind and Nurturing Your Capabilities
for a Brighter Future
Part One: Reading Workshop
1. Pre-reading
2. Focus on Reading
Text A: Five Minds for the Future: Mental Building Blocks for the
New Century
Intake Practices
Text B: How the Lessons, Skills, and Values You Develop in College
Prepare You
for the Job Market
Output Practices
Part Two: Writing Workshop
Section A: Writing Skills Training
1. Paragraph Writing
2. Essay Writing
Model Essay: What I Have Lived For
3. Sentence Writing
Section B: Writing Practice
Part Three: Expansion
Ideas Store
Projects
Connecting Your Experience and Life
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
Unit Two Different Ways of Thinking and Cultural Awareness in
Global Communication
Part One: Reading Workshop
1. Pre-reading
2. Focus on Reading
Text A: East Meets West: How the Brain Unites Us All
Intake Practices
Text B: Toyota Head Faces Culture Shock in U.S.
Output Practices
Part Two: Writing Workshop
Section A: Writing Skills Training
1. Paragraph Writing
2. Essay Writing
Model Essay: American Space, Chinese Place
3. Sentence Writing
Section B: Writing Practice
Part Three: Expansion
Ideas Store
Projects
Connecting Your Experience and Life
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
Unit Three Career Planning Career Change
Part One: Reading Workshop
1. Pre-reading
2. Focus on Reading
Text A: With Finance Disgraced, Which Career Will Be King?
Intake Practices
Text B: Moving On: Going Back to Work
Output Practices
Part Two: Writing Workshop
Section A: Writing Skills Training
1. Paragraph Writing
2. Essay Writing
Model Essay: A Career Change Could Be As Good As a Holiday
Rest.
3. Sentence Writing
Section B: Writing Practice
Part Three: Expansion
Ideas Store
Projects
Connecting Your Experience and Life
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
Unit Four Career Development Career Success
Part One: Reading Workshop
1. Pre-reading
2. Focus on Reading
Text A: Success Stories That Inspire
Intake Practices
Text B: Steve Jobs'' Speech at Stanford University
Output Practices
Part Two: Writing Workshop
Section A: Writing Skills Training
1. Paragraph Writing
2. Essay Writing
Model Essay A: My Own Little World
Model Essay B: My Third Story Is About Death
3. Sentence Writing
Section B: Writing Practice
Part Three: Expansion
Ideas Store
Projects
Connecting Your Experience and Life
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2
Unit Five Creative Technologies That Surprise You
Part One: Reading Workshop
1. Pre-reading
2. Focus on Reading
Text A: Biomimicry: Why the World Is Full of Intelligent
Design.
Intake Practices
Text B: Robot Wars: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence
Output Practices
Part Two: Writing Workshop
Section A: Writing Skills Training
1. Proces Problem-solving
2. Essay Writing
Model Essay: How to Do Well on a Job Interview
3. Sentence Writing
Section B: Writing Practice
Part Three: Expansion
Ideas Store
Projects
Connecting Your Experience and Life
APPENDIX 1
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Unit Six Interesting Arguments That Challenge the Traditional
Science
Part One: Reading Workshop
1. Pre-reading
2. Focus on Reading
Text A: Clever Fools: Why a High IQ Doesn''t Mean You''re
Smart-Intake Practices
Text B: Survival of the Fittest Theory: Darwinism''s Limits
Output Practices
Part Two: Writing Workshop
Section A: Writing Skills Training
1. Paragraphs Writing
2. Essay Writing
Model Essay: Taming the Anger Monster
3. Sentence Writing
Section B: Writing Practice
Part Three: Expansion
Ideas Store
Projects
Connecting Your Experience and Life
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2