Contents
Unit 1 Smarter World, Better World? …………………………………1
Note-taking Skill: Outlining……………………………………………………4
Speaking Skill: Selecting a topic and a purpose………………………………7
Skill for Academic Speaking: Learning about academic events………10
Unit 2 Living with Al………………………………………………………19
Note-taking Skill: Using mind maps………………………………………22
Speaking Skill: Analyzing the audience…………………………………24
Skill for Academic Speaking: Attending academic events………………28
Unit 3 Advanced Materials, Advanced Life………………………………33
Note-taking Skill: Noting down the keywords………………………………36
Speaking Skill: Organizing the body of a speech………………………38
Skill for Academic Speaking: Introducing academic proflles ……………42
Unit 4 New Energy, New Future………………………………………49
Note-taking Skill: Focusing on numbers and statistics …………………52
Speaking Skill: Supporting your ideas………………………………………55
Skill for Academic Speaking: Joining a discusslon…………………………59
Unit 5 The Future Is Now………………………………………………………69
Note-taking Skill: Using symbols and abbreviations………………………72
Speaking Skill: Speaking on special occasions………………………………75
Skill for Academic Speaking: Raising and answering questions ………78
Unit 6 What's Yours Is Mine?………………………………………………87
Note-taking Skill: Using the paragraph method…………………………90
Speaking Skill: Speaking to inform …………………………………………94
Skill for Academic Speaking: Leading/Chairing an academic meeting…101
Unit 7 Gene Editing:Hope or Disaster?………………………………107
Note-taking Skill:Noting down causes and effects …………………………111
Speaking Skill:Speaking to persuade………………………………………… …114
Skill for Academic Speaking:Making presentations…………………………122
Unit 8 Architecture for the Renewable World……………………127
Note-taking Skill:Noting down comparisons and contrasts ………………129
Speaking Skill:Methods of delivery………………………………………………133
Skill for Academic Speaking:Delivering a group report……………………137