Unit 1 Leaders and Leadership Passage A President Xi Jinping's 2020 New Year Speech Passage B Anecdotes of Yanzi Write Academically: Preparing for a Research Paper Unit 2 Language and Culture Passage A World English: A Blessing or a Curse? Passage B Humbled by Nature, Humble by Culture Write Academically: Choosing a Topic Unit 3 Ecology and Economy Passage A Spillonomics: Underestimating Risk Passage B Environmental Protection in the Eyes of the Poor Write Academically: Constructing Research Proposal Unit 4 Medical Research Passage A What Genius and Autism Have in Common? Passage B A Pill for Loneliness Write Academically: Deciding on a Title Unit 5 Leading Scientist and Pioneering Work Passage A A Beautiful Mind Passage B Mind over Machine Write Academically: Creating an Outline Unit 6 People and the World Passage A A Christmas Sermon on Peace Passage B Bill Clinton Write Academically: Citation vs. Plagiarism Unit 7 Space and Species Passage A Our Picture of the Universe Passage B If Half of All Species Go Extinct, Will One of Them Be Us? Write Academically: Writing the Introduction Unit 8 Career and Work Passage A Start-Ups Aren't Cool Anymore Passage B It’s Getting Harder for International STEM Students to Find Work after Graduation Write Academically: Writing a Literature Review Unit 9 Desire and Anxiety Passage A Steve Jobs Passage B Fearing Fear Itself Write Academically: Presenting Methodology Unit 10 Alone and Lonely Passage A Spell of the Rising Moon Passage B One Is the Loneliest Number: the History of a Western Problem Write Academically: Composing Results and Discussion Unit 11 Chip Wars and Tech Revolution Passage A Chip Wars Passage B Will Tech Revolution Overwhelm Global System? Write Academically: Presenting Tables and Figures Unit 12 Health and Disease Passage A E-cigarettes: A Fairy Tale of a Healthy Alternative to Conventional Cigarettes? Passage B Is Obesity Really a Disease? Write Academically: Writing Conclusion and Recommendation Unit 13 Energy and Environment Passage A Nuclear Energy Regulation Risk and the Environment Passage B Why Don't More Cities Require Green Roofs? Write Academically: References Unit 14 Surveillance and Supervision Passage A The Employer-Surveillance State Passage B The Controversy over Parents Who Eat Lunch with Their Children at School Write Academically: Writing an Abstract Unit 15 Global Green Economy Passage A Global Green Growth Engine in the Making Passage B Get the Lead Out: Why the Best Way to Improve Health in Poor Countries Is to Clean up Industrial Pollution? Write Academically: Preparing for Publication