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UNIT 1 E-mail and Internet

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Seniors Find Fun on Web

     Applied Writing Fax (传真)

     Grammar Focus Non-restrictive Attributive Clause

                (非限制性定语从句)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

UNIT 2 Personal Selling

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Selling Styles

     Applied Writing Envelope and Business Letter Layout

                (信封及公函格式)

     Grammar Focus Relative Pronouns (关系代词):

                whom and whose

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

UNIT 3 Job Hunting

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Fruitful Interview

     Applied Writing Resume (个人简历)

     Grammar Focus Subjunctive Mood (虚拟语气)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

UNIT 4 Overseas Students

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Au Pair

     Applied Writing Letter of Application (求职信)

     Grammar Focus V. + to do & V. + doing

                (V. + to do 和 V. + doing 的区别)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

UNIT 5 A Manager Is Wanted

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Managers in Need

     Applied Writing Advertisements (广告)

     Grammar Focus Participial Absolute Structures

           (分词独立结构)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

Test One

UNIT 6 We Need Retraining

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Improve Communication Skills

     Applied Writing Contract of Employment (聘用合同)

     Grammar Focus Antecedent It (1)

                (先行代词it作形式宾语)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

UNIT 7 Conference

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage The Knowledge Economy Is Coming

     Applied Writing Conference Invitation (会议邀请函)

     Grammar Focus Antecedent It (2)

                (先行代词 it 作形式宾语)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

UNIT 8 Making an Apology

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Addressing the First-Name Custom

     Applied Writing Letter of Thanks and Letter of Apology

                (感谢信与道歉信)

     Grammar Focus Emphasis and Omission

                (强调和省略)

Merry Learning

Words & Phrases

UNIT 9 Welcoming

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage Culture Shock

     Applied Writing Welcoming Speech (欢迎辞)

     Grammar Focus “As” Clause (AS引导的从句)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

UNIT 10 Saying Goodbye

     Integrated Skills Development

          Passage A Beginning and an End

     Applied Writing Farewell Speech (欢送辞)

     Grammar Focus Inversion (倒装)

     Merry Learning

     Words & Phrases

Test Two

Vocabulary

Phrases