Unit One
Part A: Main Article: Communication
Part B: Supplementary Reading: The Next Step in the Communications Revolution
Part C: Conversations: Greetings, Introductions, Partings
Unit Two
Part A: Main Article: The Cost of Education
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Components of Business
Part C: Conversations: Finding Housing
Unit Three
Part A: Main Article: Travel and Adventure
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Future World
Part C: Conversations: Shopping
Unit Four
Part A: Main Article: A Country on the Move
Part B: Supplementary Reading: A Vision of Workplace 2000
Part C: Conversations: Telephone Call
Unit Five
Part A: Main Article: Why People Buy
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Marketing Is Changing, Thanks to the Internet
Part C: Conversations: Invitation, Gratitude
Unit Six
Part A: Main Article: Think Local, Act Global
Part B: Supplementary Reading: The Dimensions of Quality
Part C: Conversations: Studies and Jobs
Unit Seven
Part A: Main Article: Key Aspects of Personnel Management
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Factors That Affect Career Choices
Part C: Conversations: Schedules and Appointments
Unit Eight
Part A: Main Article: Is There Email Privacy
Part B: Supplementary Reading: The Social Control of Science and Technology
Part C: Conversations: Interviews
Unit Nine
Part A: Main Article: Population Growth and Industry
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Global Food Insecurity
Part C: Conversations: Meetings
Unit Ten
Part A: Main Article: Money and Banking
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Corruption and Crisis in the Global Economy
Part C: Conversations: Introduction of Advanced Technology into China
Unit Eleven
Part A: Main Article: Computers for the Masses
Part B: Supplementary Reading: WhiteCollar Crime
Part C: Conversations: On Price
Unit Twelve
Part A: Main Article: Extending Participate Decision Making Abroad
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Japanese Style in Decisionmaking
Part C: Conversations: Placing an Order
Unit Thirteen
Part A: Main Article: Schneider National's Cultural Revolution
Part B: Supplementary Reading: A Speech of Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Chairman and CEO of IBM in Beijing
Part C: Conversations: Arranging Terms of Payment
Unit Fourteen
Part A: Main Article: Birth of a Buzzword
Part B: Supplementary Reading: World Trade Organization (WTO)
Part C: Conversations: Shipment and Insurance
Unit Fifteen
Part A: Main Article: The Environmental Crisis
Part B: Supplementary Reading: Clones: Will There Be “Carbon Copy” People
Part C: Conversations: Claims and ArbitrationUnit One