前言
Part I Note-Taking Skills
    Lesson 1 Recording Important Information
    Lesson 2 Abbreviations and Symbols
    Lesson 3 Timelines
    Lesson 4 Steps in a Process
    Lesson 5 Comparison and Contrast
    Lesson 6 Cause and Effect
    Lesson 7 Numbers and Dates
    Lesson 8 Countries and Peoples
    Lesson 9 How to Write a Summary?
Part II Audios and Videos
    Lesson 1 Traditional and Modern China
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            The Anjihai Grand Canyon (Amazing China)
        Watching
            Video 1 Xi Calls for Confi dence, Eff orts to Secure Good Start to a New Journey (CGTN)
            Video 2 Xi Stresses Grasping, Advancing Chinese Modernization (CGTN)
            Video 3 Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army (the Weird History Channel)
            Video 4 The Great Wall (Ancient China From Above)
    Lesson 2 Animals
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Endangered Species Protection in Australia (CNN)
        Watching
            Video 1 Hornets (CNN 10)
            Video 2 Butterflies, Fish, and Beavers (Newsround)
            Video 3 Animal Life Cycles (BBC Teach)
            Video 4 Underwater Astonishments (BBC Teach)
    Lesson 3 Education
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Protest against the Rising Cost of Education (CNN)
        Watching
            Video 1 Family Education of Bill Gates (Fortune)
            Video 2 Obama’s Education Background (BIO)
            Video 3 Will Schools Reopen This Fall? (CNN 10)
            Video 4 What’s Education for? (www.theschooloflife.com)
    Lesson 4 Sports
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            A Six-year-old Golfer (Newsround)
        Watching
            Video 1 Climbing in Tokyo Olympics (Newsround)
            Video 2 A Tour around Beijing Winter Olympic Village (VOA)
            Video 3 Wimbledon 2022 (Newsround)
            Video 4 Elite Athletes (VOA)
    Lesson 5 Travel
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Summer Solstice at Stonehenge (Newsround)
        Watching
            Video 1 Maps (BBC Teach)
            Video 2 The Caribbean Island of Nevis (CNN 10)
            Video 3 Chinese Tourists in the US (CNN)
            Video 4 London Underground (Newsround)
    Lesson 6 Success
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Billionaires around the World (CNN)
        Watching
            Video 1 Steven Chu’s Speech at Harvard
            Video 2 Eight Secrets of Success (TED)
            Video 3 Success Is a Continuous Journey (TED)
            Video 4 Johnny Depp (YouTube)
    Lesson 7 Culture
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Ancient Sculptures Reassembled and Exhibited (CNN)
        Watching
            Video 1 Leonardo da Vinci (YouTube)
            Video 2 Social Dancing (TED-Ed)
            Video 3 Anatomy of an Artwork (Sothebys.com/anatomy)
            Video 4 The Book of the Dead (TED)
    Lesson 8 Food
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Plant Genetics (BBC)
        Watching
            Video 1 Keeping My Body Healthy (BBC Teach)
            Video 2 The Story of Frozen Food (MinuteEarth)
            Video 3 Food Addiction (ABC)
            Video 4 Agricultural History (The History of Food)
    Lesson 9 Technology
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Electric Cars with Solar Panels (Newsround)
        Watching
            Video 1 What Is Innovation? (YouTube)
            Video 2 Invention of Pencil (The Dr. Binocs Show)
            Video 3 An Unexpected Consequence of COVID (MinuteEarth)
            Video 4 How Does Artificial Intelligence Learn? (TED-Ed)
    Lesson 10 Calamities
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Wildfires in Israel (VOA)
        Watching
            Video 1 Earthquakes (BBC Teach)
            Video 2 Three Things I Learned while My Plane Crashed (TED)
            Video 3 How Fighting Wildfires Makes Them Worse? (MinuteEarth)
            Video 4 Volcanic Eruption in Tonga (PBS News Hour)
    Lesson 11 Human Mind
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            A New Research on Dementia (VOA)
        Watching
            Video 1 What Is Clinic Depression? (NIMH)
            Video 2 This Is Your Brain on Extreme Weather (MinuteEarth)
            Video 3 Four Reasons Our Brains Stuck at Pandemics (MinuteEarth)
            Video 4 The Case against Perfection (ABC)
    Lesson 12 Economy
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Agriculture in Africa (VOA)
        Watching
            Video 1 Yang Lan’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Bid Speech
            Video 2 Primary and Secondary Industries (BBC Teach)
            Video 3 Tertiary and Quaternary Industries (BBC Teach)
            Video 4 Economy in Cuba and Sri Lanka (CNN 10)
    Lesson 13 Society
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Fire on a Rig (CNN)
        Watching
            Video 1 Uvalde School Shooting (CNN 10)
            Video 2 The Up Series (BBC)
            Video 3 Ruth Bader Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex)
            Video 4 How to Build a Better City? (MinuteEarth)
    Lesson 14 Exploration
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            Discovery on Mission (VOA)
        Watching
            Video 1 Ocean Deep (Planet Earth)
            Video 2 Watch the Space (Newsround) 
            Video 3 First Contacts (MinuteEarth) 
            Video 4 What Is a Space Station? (The Dr. Binocs Show)
    Lesson 15 Politics
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            A Brief Introduction to England (YouTube)
        Watching
            Video 1 Houses of Parliament in the UK (BBC) 
            Video 2 Gross National Happiness (Simpleshow) 
            Video 3 Should Scotland Be an Independent Country? (Newsround)
            Video 4 Poverty in the USA (Deutsche Welle)
    Lesson 16 Entertainment
        Topic Preview
        Listening
            A 44-day Starvation Stunt (CNN)
        Watching
            Video 1 Turning Red (Newsround) 
            Video 2 Shanghai Disneyland Reopened (CNN) 
            Video 3 Oscars Academy Award Ceremony (CNN 10)
            Video 4 Avatar, a Computer-animated Film (YouTube)
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