Unit 1  INVITING TO BIDS

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  Introduction of Bids

  READ ON  Procedures of Bids

  READ MORE  How Much Water Is There on the Earth?

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

Unit 2  SUBMITTING THE BIDS

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  A Bid Form

  READ ON  Form of Tender

  READ MORE  The Water Cycle

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

Unit 3  WINNING THE BIDS

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  SINOHYDRO Wins the First Project in Poland

  READ ON  Notification of Award

  READ MORE  Types of Floods

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

Unit 4  SIGNING THE CONTRACT

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  POWERCHINA Signs Two More Contracts for Overseas

  Projects

  READ ON  What is a Contract?

  READ MORE  The Yellow River

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

Unit 5 CONSTRUCTION

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  Construction Begins on Big Hydro Project

  READ ON  The Xiangjiaba Project

  READ MORE  Hydropower's Golden Opportunity

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

Unit 6 TRIAL OPERATION

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  Hydro-solar Power Station Starts Trial Operation  ..

  READ ON  Tibetan Mega-dam Begins Operation

  READ MORE  The Three Gorges Dam

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

Unit 7  COMPLETING AND HANDING OVER

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  The Issue of Final Completion Certificate

  READ ON  Certificate and Payment in FIDIC Conditions

  READ MORE  Engineering Management

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

Unit 8  PUTTING INTO OPERATION

  WARM UP

  LISTEN & TALK

  Listening Practice

  Talking Practice

  READ & WRITE

  Reading Practice

  READ  Kamchay Hydro Dam to Be Put into Operation by Late

  November

  READ ON  China Puts First Brahmaputra Dam into Operation

  READ MORE  Building the World's First Hydro Nation

  Writing Practice

  REVIEW & PRACTICE

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