Contents Unit 1 Smarter World, Better World? …………………………………1 Note-taking Skill: Outlining……………………………………………………4 Speaking Skill: Selecting a topic and a purpose………………………………7 Skill for Academic Speaking: Learning about academic events………10 Unit 2 Living with Al………………………………………………………19 Note-taking Skill: Using mind maps………………………………………22 Speaking Skill: Analyzing the audience…………………………………24 Skill for Academic Speaking: Attending academic events………………28 Unit 3 Advanced Materials, Advanced Life………………………………33 Note-taking Skill: Noting down the keywords………………………………36 Speaking Skill: Organizing the body of a speech………………………38 Skill for Academic Speaking: Introducing academic proflles ……………42 Unit 4 New Energy, New Future………………………………………49 Note-taking Skill: Focusing on numbers and statistics …………………52 Speaking Skill: Supporting your ideas………………………………………55 Skill for Academic Speaking: Joining a discusslon…………………………59 Unit 5 The Future Is Now………………………………………………………69 Note-taking Skill: Using symbols and abbreviations………………………72 Speaking Skill: Speaking on special occasions………………………………75 Skill for Academic Speaking: Raising and answering questions ………78 Unit 6 What's Yours Is Mine?………………………………………………87 Note-taking Skill: Using the paragraph method…………………………90 Speaking Skill: Speaking to inform …………………………………………94 Skill for Academic Speaking: Leading/Chairing an academic meeting…101 Unit 7 Gene Editing:Hope or Disaster?………………………………107 Note-taking Skill:Noting down causes and effects …………………………111 Speaking Skill:Speaking to persuade………………………………………… …114 Skill for Academic Speaking:Making presentations…………………………122 Unit 8 Architecture for the Renewable World……………………127 Note-taking Skill:Noting down comparisons and contrasts ………………129 Speaking Skill:Methods of delivery………………………………………………133 Skill for Academic Speaking:Delivering a group report……………………137