Chapter One Academic Success
Unit 1 Great Lectures 3
Part One：Read ＆ Think 5
Kennedy Inaugural Address 5
Part Two：Applied Skills 11
Nine Techniques to Delivering a Speech with Confidence 11
Part Three：Extended Reading 17
The Artist as a Booster of the Human Heart: 17
Tips for Academic Study 20
Top Ten Study Tips 20
Unit 2 Learning, a Lifelong Skill 21
Part One：Read ＆ Think 23
My MOOC Experience 23
Part Two：Applied Skills 29
Lifelong Learning 29
Part Three：Extended Reading 38
Grandma Moses 38
Tips for Academic Study 41
Concentration Tips 41
Unit 3 Doing Research 43
Part One: Read ＆ Think 45
Darwin and Natural Selection 45
Part Two：Applied Skills 53
Research Methodology: An Introduction 53
Part Three：Extended Reading 62
Blood, Sweat and Tears: on the Path of Treating Malaria 62
Tips for Academic Study 65
When to study 65
Unit 4 Liberal Education 67
Part One：Read ＆ Think 69
The Allegory of the Cave 69
Part Two：Applied Skills 76
Who Needs a Liberal Education? 76
Part Three: Extended Reading 84
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings 84
Tips for Academic Study 89
Six Reading Myths 89
Unit 5 Be a Good Writer 91
Part One：Read ＆ Think 93
Ernest Hemingway and His Work 93
Part Two: Applied Skills 100
The Academic Writing Task 100
Part Three：Extended Reading 107
The Old Man and the Sea 107
Tips for Academic Study 110
Study Formula SQ3R 110
Chapter Two Career Advancement
Unit 6 Understand People 113
Part One：Read ＆ Think 115
Personalities of Albert and Steve 115
Part Two：Applied Skills 122
Spirit of the Entrepreneur 122
Part Three：Extended Reading 129
Manage Your Boss—8 Ways to “Manage up” 129
Tips for Academic Study 133
Top 7 Tips for Understanding Why People Feel the Way They Do 133
Unit 7 Work with Others 135
Part One：Read ＆ Think 137
Importance of Teamwork in Organizations 137
Part Two：Applied Skills 143
Five Steps to Building an Organizational Culture 143
Part Three：Extended Reading 157
Twelve Cs for Team Building 157
Tips for Career Advancement 160
Observer Assessment Form for Group Exercises 160
Unit 8 Manage Your Work 163
Part One：Read ＆ Think 165
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix：How to Distinguish Between Urgent and Important Tasks
and Make Real Progress in Your Life 165
Part Two：Applied Skills 172
How to Communicate Effectively 172
Part Three：Extended Reading 182
Resource Management 182
Tips for Career Advancement 183
Self-management 183
Unit 9 Lead Your Work 185
Part One：Read ＆ Think 187
What Is Leadership? 187
Part Two：Applied Skills 191
How to Relieve Stress 191
Part Three：Extended Reading 197
What Is Motivation 197
Tips for Career Advancement 200
How to Become a Leader 200
Unit 10 Present Your Work 201
Part One：Read ＆ Think 203
Public Speaking 203
Part Two：Applied Skills 212
How to Make a Good Presentation 212
Part Three：Extended Reading 222
Fight Your Shyness 222
Tips for Career Advancement 225
The Art of Rhetoric 225
Chapter Three Science ＆ Technology
Unit 11 Brain ＆ Neuroscience 231
Part One：Read ＆ Think 233
Right-and Left-handedness in Humans 233
Part Two：Applied Skills 238
What Happens in the Brain When You Learn a Language? 238
Part Three：Extended Reading 244
A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently 244
Tips for Reading Science Report 247
What Is a Literature Review? 247
Unit 12 Outer Space 249
Part One：Read ＆ Think 251
The Unearthly Landscapes of Mars: The Red Planet Is No Dead Planet 251
Part Two：Applied Skills 257
Incredible Technology: How to Find Life on Mars 257
Part Three：Extended Reading 262
The Threat from Outer Space 262
New Technology 265
3D Printed Car 265
Unit 13 Computer ＆ the Internet 267
Part One：Read ＆ Think 269
The Internet of Things Is Far Bigger Than Anyone Realizes 269
Part Two：Applied Skills 272
Tomorrow‘s Cities: How Big Data Is Changing the World 272
Part Three：Extended Reading 279
What Cloud Computing Really Means 279
Tesla Motors 282
Unit 14 New Energy 283
Part One：Read ＆ Think 285
The Future Battery 285
Part Two：Applied Skills 289
New Energy Sources and Inventions 289
Part Three：Extended Reading 300
You’ll never ‘be-leaf‘ what makes up this battery 300
Exploring Phosphorene, a Promising New Material 302
Unit 15 Nanotech and Material Sciences 303
Part One：Read ＆ Think 305
How Nanotechnology Works 305
Part Two：Applied Skills 310
What You Need to Know about Nano-food 310
Part Three：Extended Reading 319
The Future of Nanotechnology 319
Advanced Technology 321
VR Technology 321
References 322