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Technological  Changes  满眼生机转化钧 天工人巧日争新

Part A Lead-in
Section 1 Cross-cultural Critical Competence ····································· 2
Section 2 Get Prepared to Improve Reading Comprehension ············· 3
Part B Focus Reading
Section 1 Banked Cloze ····································································· 5
Technology Is Making a Tremendous Significance in Workplaces ············ 5
Section 2 Skimming and Scanning ······················································ 8
Robot Management：A Great Management Revolution ····························· 8
Section 3 Reading in Depth ······························································· 13
Electric Bicycles Emerge as a Hot Trend in the US ································· 13
The Black Box Which Is Never Actually Black ········································· 16
Section 4 Extended Reading: Telling China’s Story to the World ······ 19
I’ve Witnessed How Miraculously Technology Has Been Changing in
China ········································································································ 19
Part C Reading Power Bank
Detailed Analysis and Translation of Great Sentences in the Unit ····· 24

Unit 2
Green  Environment  山青青 水青青 两岸萧萧芦荻林

Part A Lead-in
Section 1 Cross-cultural Critical Competence ··································· 28
Section 2 Get Prepared to Improve Reading Comprehension ··········· 29
Part B Focus Reading
Section 1 Banked Cloze ···································································· 31
Terrible Effects of Air Pollution ·································································· 31
Section 2 Skimming and Scanning ···················································· 34
It Ain’t Easy Being Green ········································································ 34
Section 3 Reading in Depth ······························································· 39
Why Forests Are Spreading in the Rich World ？ ····································· 39
War of Words:“ Global Warming” or“ Climate Change” ? ···························· 42
Section 4 Extended Reading: Telling China’s Story to the World ············45
Wandering in the Eight Most Picturesque Thousand-year-old Ancient Towns ··· 45
Part C Reading Power Bank
Detailed Analysis and Translation of Great Sentences in the Unit ············50

Unit 3
Diverse Cultures  和羹之美 在于合异
Part A Lead-in
Section 1 Cross-cultural Critical Competence ·········································54
Section 2 Get Prepared to Improve Reading Comprehension ·················55
Part B Focus Reading
Section 1 Banked Cloze ··········································································57
Why Is Cycling So Popular in the Netherlands? ············································· 57
Section 2 Skimming and Scanning ··························································61
How Do You See Diversity? ············································································ 61
Section 3 Reading in Depth ·····································································66
What Will Happen to Pairing Interracial Students in Residences? ················· 66
The Fastest-growing Asian Americans ··························································· 69
Section 4 Extended Reading: Telling China’s Story to the World ············71
Both Jinan and Wenzhou Honored as 2022 Culture Cities of East Asia ········ 71
Part C Reading Power Bank
Detailed Analysis and Translation of Great Sentences in the Unit ···········74

Unit 4
Women Up  休言女子非英物 夜夜龙泉壁上鸣

Part A Lead-in
Section 1 Cross-cultural Critical Competence ·········································78
Section 2 Get Prepared to Improve Reading Comprehension ·················79
Part B Focus Reading
Section 1 Banked Cloze ··········································································81
Inequality by Gender ······················································································ 81
Section 2 Skimming and Scanning ··························································84
Beauty and Body Image in the Media ···························································· 84
Section 3 Reading in Depth ·····································································89
Women Should Say “No” When Handling Conflict at Work ··························· 89
Why Women Are in Short Supply at the Top of Government and Business in
the United States? ·························································································· 92
Section 4 Extended Reading: Telling China’s Story to the World ············95
Dialogue about Tu Youyou，a Chinese Woman Scientist ································ 95
Part C Reading Power Bank
Detailed Analysis and Translation of Great Sentences in the Unit ············97

Unit 5
Soft  Qualities  墙角数枝梅 凌寒独自开

Part A Lead-in
Section 1 Cross-cultural Critical Competence ·······································100
Section 2 Get Prepared to Improve Reading Comprehension ···············101
Part B Focus Reading
Section 1 Banked Cloze ·········································································103
Accept Anxiety as Another Name for Challenge ·········································· 103
Section 2 Skimming and Scanning ························································106
Six Secrets of High-energy People······························································· 106
Section 3 Reading in Depth ···································································110
What Is a True Leader Like? ········································································· 110
Is There Power in Positive Thinking? ···························································· 113
Section 4 Extended Reading: Telling China’s Story to the World ··········116
Tough Out ····································································································· 116
Part C Reading Power Bank
Detailed Analysis and Translation of Great Sentences in the Unit ·········120

Unit 6
Poverty Issues  但愿苍生俱饱暖 不辞辛苦出山林

Part A Lead-in
Section 1 Cross-cultural Critical Competence ·······································124
Section 2 Get Prepared to Improve Reading Comprehension ···············125
Part B Focus Reading
Section 1 Banked Cloze ········································································127
Another Step Forward in Improving Access to a Quality Education ············ 127
Section 2 Skimming and Scanning ························································130
Poverty Is a Story about Us, Not Them ························································ 130
Section 3 Reading in Depth ···································································134
Expanding Population and Unchanging Poverty of African Cities ··············· 134
“No Child Left Behind Act” Is Left Behind! ····················································· 137
Section 4 Extended Reading: Telling China’s Story to the World ··········140
Popular Cadre Dies for the Cause of Fighting Poverty ································ 140
Part C Reading Power Bank
Detailed Analysis and Translation of Great Sentences in the Unit ·········147