Chapter One　Academic Success

　Unit 1　 Great Lectures

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　Kennedy Inaugural Address

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Nine Techniques to Delivering a Speech with Confidence

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　The Artist as a Booster of the Human Heart:

　Tips for Academic Study

　　Top Ten Study Tips

　Unit 2　 Learning, a Lifelong Skill

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　My MOOC Experience

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Lifelong Learning

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　Grandma Moses

　Tips for Academic Study

　　Concentration Tips

　Unit 3　 Doing Research

　Part One: Read ＆ Think

　　Darwin and Natural Selection

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Research Methodology: An Introduction

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　Blood, Sweat and Tears: on the Path of Treating Malaria

　Tips for Academic Study

　　When to study

　Unit 4　 Liberal Education

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　The Allegory of the Cave

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Who Needs a Liberal Education?

　Part Three: Extended Reading

　　A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

　Tips for Academic Study

　　Six Reading Myths

　Unit 5　 Be a Good Writer

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　Ernest Hemingway and His Work

　Part Two: Applied Skills

　　The Academic Writing Task

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　The Old Man and the Sea

　Tips for Academic Study

　　Study Formula SQ3R

Chapter Two　Career Advancement

　Unit 6　 Understand People

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　Personalities of Albert and Steve

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Spirit of the Entrepreneur

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　Manage Your Boss—8 Ways to “Manage up”

　Tips for Academic Study

　　Top 7 Tips for Understanding Why People Feel the Way They Do

　Unit 7　 Work with Others

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　Importance of Teamwork in Organizations

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Five Steps to Building an Organizational Culture

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　Twelve Cs for Team Building

　Tips for Career Advancement

　　Observer Assessment Form for Group Exercises

　Unit 8　 Manage Your Work

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　The Eisenhower Decision Matrix：How to Distinguish Between Urgent and Important Tasks and Make Real Progress in Your Life

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　How to Communicate Effectively

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　Resource Management

　Tips for Career Advancement

　　Self-management

　Unit 9　 Lead Your Work

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　What Is Leadership?

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　How to Relieve Stress

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　What Is Motivation

　Tips for Career Advancement

　　How to Become a Leader

　Unit 10　 Present Your Work

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　Public Speaking

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　How to Make a Good Presentation

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　Fight Your Shyness

　Tips for Career Advancement

　　The Art of Rhetoric

Chapter Three　Science ＆ Technology

　Unit 11　 Brain ＆ Neuroscience

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　Right-and Left-handedness in Humans

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　What Happens in the Brain When You Learn a Language?

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently

　Tips for Reading Science Report

　　What Is a Literature Review?

　Unit 12　 Outer Space

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　The Unearthly Landscapes of Mars: The Red Planet Is No Dead Planet

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Incredible Technology: How to Find Life on Mars

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　The Threat from Outer Space

　New Technology

　　3D Printed Car

　Unit 13　 Computer ＆ the Internet

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　The Internet of Things Is Far Bigger Than Anyone Realizes

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　Tomorrow‘s Cities: How Big Data Is Changing the World

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　What Cloud Computing Really Means

　Tesla Motors

　Unit 14　 New Energy

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　The Future Battery

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　New Energy Sources and Inventions

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　You’ll never ‘be-leaf‘ what makes up this battery

　Exploring Phosphorene, a Promising New Material

　Unit 15　 Nanotech and Material Sciences

　Part One：Read ＆ Think

　　How Nanotechnology Works

　Part Two：Applied Skills

　　What You Need to Know about Nano-food

　Part Three：Extended Reading

　　The Future of Nanotechnology

　Advanced Technology

　　VR Technology

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