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目 录
Unit One 1
How should we celebrate our traditional Lunar New Year 1
New Words 3
Phrases 4
After-reading Tasks 5
Comprehensive Practice 9
Grammar 9
Translation 11
Writing 13
Speaking 18
Reading 19
New Words 20
Keys to Unit One 22
Unit Two 25
Synergy of East and West for Greater Creativity 25
New Words 27
Phrases 29
After-reading Tasks 29
Comprehensive Practice 33
Grammar 33
Translation 35
Writing 37
Speaking 41
Reading 43
New Words 44
Keys to Unit Two 46
Unit Three 49
Education in the New Economy 49
New Words 50
Phrases 51
After-reading Tasks 52
Comprehensive Practice 56
Grammar 56
Translation 58
Writing 60
Speaking 63
Reading 64
New Words 65
Keys to Unit Three 67
Unit Four 70
Bill Gates In His Boyhood 70
New words 72
Phrases 73
After-reading Tasks 74
Comprehensive Practice 77
Grammar 77
Translation 80
Writing 82
Speaking 88
Reading 89
New Words 90
Keys to Unit Four 92
Unit Five 95
A Robot about the House 95
New Words 97
Phrases 98
After-reading Tasks 98
Comprehensive Practice 102
Grammar 102
Translation 104
Writing 106
Speaking 109
Reading 110
New Words 111
Keys to Unit Five 113
Unit Six 116
Symptoms 116
New Words 118
Phrases 119
After-reading Tasks 120
Comprehensive Practice 123
Grammar 123
Translation 126
Writing 128
Speaking 131
Reading 132
New Words 133
Keys to Unit Six 135
Unit Seven 137
What is Decision-making? 137
New Words 139
Phrases 140
Proper Names 140
After-reading Tasks 140
Comprehensive Practice 143
Grammar 143
Translation 146
Writing 147
Speaking 151
Reading 152
New Words 153
Key to Uint Seven 156
Unit Eight 159
McDonald’s Applies the Marketing Concept 159
New Words 160
Phrases 162
After-reading Tasks 162
Comprehensive Practice 165
Grammar 165
Translation 167
Writing 168
Speaking 172
Reading 173
New words 174
Keys to Unit Eight 178
Unit Nine 181
A Dynamic Economy with A Human Face 181
New Words 183
Phrases 185
After-reading Tasks 186
Comprehensive Practice 190
Grammar 190
Translation 192
Writing 194
Speaking 198
Reading 199
New Words 200
Keys to Unit Nine 202
Unit Ten 206
Save Yourself 206
New Words 208
Phrases 210
After-reading Tasks 210
Comprehensive Practice 214
Grammar 214
Translation 217
Writing 219
Speaking 224
Reading 224
New Words 225
Keys to Unit Ten 228
Unit Eleven 231
The WTO 231
New Words 234
Phrases 235
Proper Names 236
After-reading Tasks 237
Comprehensive Practice 240
Grammar 240
Translation 243
Writing 244
Speaking 248
Useful sentences 248
Reading 249
Glossary 250
New Words 250
Keys to Unit Eleven 253
Unit Twelve 256
Functions of the Foreign Exchange Markets 256
New Words 258
Phrases and Pr oper Names 259
After-reading Tasks 259
Comprehensive Practice 262
Grammar 262
Translation 265
Writing 266
Useful Expressions 268
Reading 268
New Words 269
Keys to Unit Twelve 271