CCONTTEENTTSS
Unit 1 Urban Planning .................................................... 1
Text A Pre-reading tasks .....................................................................................................................2
Living Lab: Urban Planning Goes Digital in Spanish
Smart City ..............................................................................................................3
After-reading check ..............................................................................................................7
Academic writing ....................................................................................................................11
? Planning essays ............................................................................................................................. 11
? Writing an explanation essay ................................................................................................13
Text B Urban Resilience for a New Century .....................................................15
After-reading check ...........................................................................................................19
Academic writing ...................................................................................................................22
? Nominalization: moving towards more academic writing ..................................22
? Modality: using modality in your writing .........................................................................25
Critical thinking .......................................................................................................................26
Unit 2 Education ............................................................ 27
Text A Pre-reading tasks ..................................................................................................................28
Higher Education, Creative Destruction .....................................................29
After-reading check ...........................................................................................................33
Academic writing ...................................................................................................................36
? Writing an argument essay ....................................................................................................36
Text B Free Education: Learning New Lessons .....................................................39
After-reading check ...........................................................................................................45
Academic writing ...................................................................................................................48
? Cohesion through discourse markers: addition, example,
deduction and summation .....................................................................................................48
? Writing a comparison and contrast essay ....................................................................49
Critical thinking ........................................................................................................................52
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综合学术英语 教程
Unit 3 Science and Technology ................................... 55
Pre-reading tasks Text A ..................................................................................................................56
At 50 Years Old, the Challenge to Keep up with Moores Law ......57
After-reading check ...........................................................................................................61
Academic writing ...................................................................................................................65
? Writing a discussion essay .....................................................................................................65
Text B The Future of Computing after Moores Law ...................................69
After-reading check ...........................................................................................................73
Academic writing ...................................................................................................................76
? Cohesion through markers that indicate reasons ....................................................76
? Writing a cause and e ect essay .......................................................................................77
Critical thinking ........................................................................................................................80
Unit 4 Economy ............................................................. 83
Text A Pre-reading tasks ..................................................................................................................84
Wage Inequality: A Race between Education and
Technology? .........................................................................................................85
After-reading check ...........................................................................................................88
Academic writing ...................................................................................................................93
? Paragraph formatting 1..............................................................................................................93
Text B Is Brexit the Beginning of the End for Globalization? .................95
After-reading check ...........................................................................................................99
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 102
? Di erences between spoken and written register...............................................102
Critical thinking .................................................................................................................... 106
Unit 5 Academic Dishonesty ...................................... 107
Text A Pre-reading tasks ............................................................................................................... 108
When Exciting Trumps Honest, Traditional Academic
Journals Encourage Bad Science ........................................................109
After-reading check .........................................................................................................113
Academic writing .................................................................................................................116
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Contents
? Paragraph formatting 2 .......................................................................................................... 116
Text B Innovation: Time to Fix Patents .............................................................120
After-reading check ........................................................................................................ 124
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 127
? Interpreting and describing information from tables andgures ...............127
Critical thinking .................................................................................................................... 130
Unit 6 Medication and Health ..................................... 131
Pre-reading tasks Text A ............................................................................................................... 132
Is This Antibiotic Apocalypse? ................................................................133
After-reading check ........................................................................................................ 137
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 141
? Writing to propose ....................................................................................................................141
Text B Promoting Immunology: The Future Is Here ................................143
After-reading check ........................................................................................................ 146
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 149
? Writing notes to a paper .......................................................................................................149
Critical thinking .................................................................................................................... 153
Unit 7 Environment ..................................................... 155
Text A Pre-reading tasks ............................................................................................................... 156
Accelerating Extinction Risk from Climate Change .................157
After-reading check ........................................................................................................ 164
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 168
? Writing research reports ......................................................................................................168
Text B Australian Community Members Attitudes toward
Climate Change Impacts at the Great Barrier Reef ..................172
After-reading check ........................................................................................................ 181
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 184
? Mini-research project ............................................................................................................184
Critical thinking ..................................................................................................................... 186
Unit 8 Studying Behavior ........................................... 187
Pre-reading tasks Text A ............................................................................................................... 188
The Linguistic Genius of Babies ............................................................189
After-reading check ........................................................................................................ 193
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 197
? Oral presentation skills and oral discourse markers ...........................................197
? Further oral presentation skills ..........................................................................................200
? Oral presentation assignment ...........................................................................................202
Text B Parental Involvement and Student Achievement .....................203
After-reading check ........................................................................................................ 205
Academic writing ................................................................................................................ 207
? Tutorial participation skills ....................................................................................................207
? Using visual aids in presentations ...................................................................................209
? Giving constructive criticism .............................................................................................. 211
Critical thinking .................................................................................................................... 212