1. Listen and talk about travel 2. Read about what can be learnt from traveling 3. Write an introduction to your home town 4. Practice reading skills: pragmatic meaning 5. Practice translating skills: synthesis 6. Learn and practice paragraph development by comparison and contrast 7. Learn to write a trip itinerary

1) To listen to and then talk about business successes 2) To read about brand names 3) To write about a brand-name product 4) To practice reading skills: conceptual meaning 5) To learn and practice paragraph development by process 6) To practice Translating skills: Omission 7) To Learn to write advertisements 8) To visit Culture Salon about brand-name products

1. first listen to and then talk about environmental problems 2. read about an interview of a group of exports on environmental problems 3. write about what we should do to protect our Earth 4. practice reading skills: word attack strategies 5. practice translating skills: extension 6. learn and practice sentence functions 7. learn how to write a letter of invitation to an symposium, forum or conference 8. visit Culture Salon about our environment

1. First listen to and then talk about cloning issues 2. Read about the ethical issue of cloning 3. Write about why cloning should or should not be banned 4. Practice reading skills: propositional meaning 5. Practice translating skills: conversion 6. Learn and practice paragraph development by space 7. Learn to write a call for papers 8. Visit Culture Salon about the history and method of cloning

1. First listen to and then talk about lifelong education 2. Read about why and how people pursue continuing education 3. Write about various ways of learning 4. Practice reading skills: contextual meaning 5. Practice translating skills: splitting 6. Learn and practice paragraph development by example 7. Learn to write an online program introduction 8. Visit Culture Salon about the concepts and practice of lifelong education

1. Unit 1 Life and logic Text A Love and logic: The story of a fallacy 2. Unit 2 Secrets to beauty Text A The confusing pursuit of beauty 3. Unit 3 Being entrepreneurial Text A Fred Smith and FedEx: The vision that changed the world 4. Unit 4 Nature: To worship or to conquer Text A Achieving sustainable environmentalism 5. Unit 5 Why culture counts Text A Speaking Chinese in America 6. Unit 6 Gender equality Text A The weight men carry 7. Unit 7 Energy and food crises Text A The coming energy crisis

1. Unit 1 Language in mission Text A An impressive English lesson 2. Unit 2 College — The ladder to success? Text A The humanities: Out of date? 3. Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage? Text A Journey through the odyssey years 4. Unit 4 Dance with love Text A College sweethearts 5. Unit 5 The money game Text A Spend or save–The student’s dilemma 6. Unit 6 Less is more Text A Door closer, are you? 7. Unit 7 Women: Making a difference Text A Women at the management level