them are designed to

is the lexical sets which are related to the topic. The accompanying activities

are designed to help the students learn to use these expressions. The final type

of words are those which are beyond the required level, but which need to be

understood in order to be able to understand the main idea of the passage. The

accompanying activity encourages the students to develop skills to deal with

unfamiliar words, both within and beyond the Passage

Reading and interpreting, in which aspects of inference, style, and writers

purpose are examined

Developing critical thinking, a series of questions which develop the ideas

presented in the Passage, and encourage independent and critical thinking

alking point is a short section where the unit theme is further explored in an

pportunity for less intensive discussion and interaction

Active reading(2)contains the second main reading passage, and covers the same

stages as in Active reading(1). The passage explores the unit theme from a different

perspective and is written in a different genre from the passage in Active reading (1)

This ensures that the students are exposed to a variety of viewpoints and Genres.

Talking point occurs again, and serves a similar function to the first Talking Point

anguage in use is designed to explore aspects of grammar and complex sentence

patterns which are presented in the two reading passages. There is also extra

information about particular words or expressions, as well as activities on

collocations. The section finishes with culture translation from and into Chinese

This is a new feature of the second edition. The activities aim to cultivate students

translation skills and their intercultural communication skills

Reading across cultures contains a passage which shows an aspect of cultural life

customs or behaviour in a country or culture other than China, and with which the

students may not be familiar. There are comprehension questions and questions

which provide an opportunity for the students to compare the culture shown in the

Passage with their own culture

Guided writing uses the passage in Reading across cultures as a model for writing

Practice. Aspects of language which are commonly found in written English,

especially academic writing, are explored, and the section finishes with an activity

designed to help the students produce a new and unique piece of writing which

Practises the aspects of language explored earlier.

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