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 Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills
 UNIT 1 Learning
  Text A Learning and the Brain
  Text B Prehistoric Viruses and the Function of the Brain
 UNIT 2 Employer and Employee Satisfaction
  Text A Resisting the Depersonalization of the Workspace
  Text B Will AI Take All Our Jobs? Not So Fast
 UNIT 3 Social Life
  Text A A Recipe for Growth: Cantonese Chef Program Boosts Employment
  Text B Life “Audits” on Xiaohongshu Demolish Cross-cultural Stereotypes
 UNIT 4 Traffic and Transportation
  Text A Seat Belt Usage
  Text B China’s EV Industry is Steering the Global Transition to a Smarter and More Sustainable Future
 UNIT 5 New Technologies
  Text A China’s Brain-computer Interface Innovation in Fast Lane
  Text B How to Use Your Laptop to Locate an Earthquake
 UNIT 6 Competition
  Text A Knowledge-based Competition
  Text B How Winning Leads to Cheating
 UNIT 7 Energy
  Text A Energy Sources and Uses
  Text B What Breakthroughs Do Biofuels Need?
 UNIT 8 Health
  Text A Should Dentists Offer Health Screenings?
  Text B A New Way to Detect Parkinson’s — by Smell
 Midterm Test
 UNIT 9 Forest and Nature
  Text A Dry, Hot and Windy
  Text B Rainforest Playgrounds
 UNIT 10 Ecosystem
  Text A Can Ecosystems Be Restored?
  Text B China Emerges as Global Biodiversity Champion
 UNIT 11 Deserts
  Text A Deserts
  Text B Sahara
 UNIT 12 Tourists Attractions
  Text A Grand Canyon National Park
  Text B Death Valley’s Harsh Environment — Home to Beauty and Wonder
 UNIT 13 Public Concerns
  Text A What’s Fueling Europe’s Heat Wave?
  Text B FaceApp, Aging and Loneliness
 UNIT 14 Invention
  Text A About Crittercam
  Text B Artificial Intelligence
 UNIT 15 Environment
  Text A European Youth Face Environmental Hazards
  Text B What Killed the Great Beasts of North America?
 UNIT 16 Living Species
  Text A The Ocean’s Veins: Can Kelp Evolve to Survive a Hotter Ocean?
  Text B Pesticides Are Killing Off the Andean Condor
 Final Test