Chapter One  Academic Success
Unit 1  Great Lectures	3
Part One：Read ＆ Think	5
Kennedy Inaugural Address	5
Part Two：Applied Skills	11
Nine Techniques to Delivering a Speech with Confidence	11
Part Three：Extended Reading	17
The Artist as a Booster of the Human Heart:	17
Tips for Academic Study	20
Top Ten Study Tips	20
Unit 2  Learning, a Lifelong Skill	21
Part One：Read ＆ Think	23
My MOOC Experience	23
Part Two：Applied Skills	29
Lifelong Learning	29
Part Three：Extended Reading	38
Grandma Moses	38
Tips for Academic Study	41
Concentration Tips	41
Unit 3  Doing Research	43
Part One: Read ＆ Think	45
Darwin and Natural Selection	45
Part Two：Applied Skills	53
Research Methodology: An Introduction	53
Part Three：Extended Reading	62
Blood, Sweat and Tears: on the Path of Treating Malaria	62
Tips for Academic Study	65
When to study	65
Unit 4  Liberal Education	67
Part One：Read ＆ Think	69
The Allegory of the Cave	69
Part Two：Applied Skills	76
Who Needs a Liberal Education?	76
Part Three: Extended Reading	84
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings	84
Tips for Academic Study	89
Six Reading Myths	89
Unit 5  Be a Good Writer	91
Part One：Read ＆ Think	93
Ernest Hemingway and His Work	93
Part Two: Applied Skills	100
The Academic Writing Task	100
Part Three：Extended Reading	107
The Old Man and the Sea	107
Tips for Academic Study	110
Study Formula SQ3R	110
Chapter Two  Career Advancement
Unit 6  Understand People	113
Part One：Read ＆ Think	115
Personalities of Albert and Steve	115
Part Two：Applied Skills	122
Spirit of the Entrepreneur	122
Part Three：Extended Reading	129
Manage Your Boss—8 Ways to “Manage up”	129
Tips for Academic Study	133
Top 7 Tips for Understanding Why People Feel the Way They Do	133
Unit 7  Work with Others	135
Part One：Read ＆ Think	137
Importance of Teamwork in Organizations	137
Part Two：Applied Skills	143
Five Steps to Building an Organizational Culture	143
Part Three：Extended Reading	157
Twelve Cs for Team Building	157
Tips for Career Advancement	160
Observer Assessment Form for Group Exercises	160
Unit 8  Manage Your Work	163
Part One：Read ＆ Think	165
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix：How to Distinguish Between Urgent and Important Tasks 
     and Make Real Progress in Your Life	165
Part Two：Applied Skills	172
How to Communicate Effectively	172
Part Three：Extended Reading	182
Resource Management	182
Tips for Career Advancement	183
Self-management	183
Unit 9  Lead Your Work	185
Part One：Read ＆ Think	187
What Is Leadership?	187
Part Two：Applied Skills	191
How to Relieve Stress	191
Part Three：Extended Reading	197
What Is Motivation	197
Tips for Career Advancement	200
How to Become a Leader	200
Unit 10  Present Your Work	201
Part One：Read ＆ Think	203
Public Speaking	203
Part Two：Applied Skills	212
How to Make a Good Presentation	212
Part Three：Extended Reading	222
Fight Your Shyness	222
Tips for Career Advancement	225
The Art of Rhetoric	225
Chapter Three  Science ＆ Technology
Unit 11  Brain ＆ Neuroscience	231
Part One：Read ＆ Think	233
Right-and Left-handedness in Humans	233
Part Two：Applied Skills	238
What Happens in the Brain When You Learn a Language?	238
Part Three：Extended Reading	244
A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently	244
Tips for Reading Science Report	247
What Is a Literature Review?	247
Unit 12  Outer Space	249
Part One：Read ＆ Think	251
The Unearthly Landscapes of Mars: The Red Planet Is No Dead Planet	251
Part Two：Applied Skills	257
Incredible Technology: How to Find Life on Mars	257
Part Three：Extended Reading	262
The Threat from Outer Space	262
New Technology	265
3D Printed Car	265
Unit 13  Computer ＆ the Internet	267
Part One：Read ＆ Think	269
The Internet of Things Is Far Bigger Than Anyone Realizes	269
Part Two：Applied Skills	272
Tomorrow‘s Cities: How Big Data Is Changing the World	272
Part Three：Extended Reading	279
What Cloud Computing Really Means	279
Tesla Motors	282
Unit 14  New Energy	283
Part One：Read ＆ Think	285
The Future Battery	285
Part Two：Applied Skills	289
New Energy Sources and Inventions	289
Part Three：Extended Reading	300
You’ll never ‘be-leaf‘ what makes up this battery	300
Exploring Phosphorene, a Promising New Material	302
Unit 15  Nanotech and Material Sciences	303
Part One：Read ＆ Think	305
How Nanotechnology Works	305
Part Two：Applied Skills	310
What You Need to Know about Nano-food	310
Part Three：Extended Reading	319
The Future of Nanotechnology	319
Advanced Technology	321
VR Technology	321
References	322