Unit 1　Globalization 　　Text A: Why We Should Embrace Globalization 　　Text B: Globalization Opens Door to New Dangers 　　Text C: Survey Finds Support for Globalization, But amid Worries 　　Reading Skills Development 1 — The Reason Why We Should Read Our Assigned Texts in Advance of a Class Unit 2　Evolution 　　Text A: Manufacturing Industrial Evolution 　　Text B: Wireless E-Business — the Evolution of a Revolution 　　Text C: Trends in Electronic Banking Evolution 　　Reading Skills Development 2 — Definitions of Main Heading and Subheading (1) Unit 3　Banking 　　Text A: What the Banks Must Do 　　Text B: M & A Lessons 　　Text C: Trichet Will Bring Best Practice to the ECB 　　Reading Skills Development 3 — Definitions of Main Heading and Subheading (2) Unit 4　Regional Economies 　　Text A: China: Westward Ho! 　　Text B: Shanghai — This Ain't China 　　Text C: China: Westward Ho! 　　Reading Skills Development 4 — Recognizing Enumerations Unit 5　Intelleetual Property 　　Text A: Mine Games — Companies Are Coining Intellectual Property 　　Text B: Spy vs Spy 　　Text C: Intellectual Property 　　Reading Skills Development 5 — Recognizing Definitions and Exalnples Unit 6　Business Crisis 　　Text A: In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue: US Drillers Eye Huge Petroleum Pool 　　Text B: How Far Can It Fall? 　　Text C: Oil and Empire: Say No to the Oil War 　　Reading Skills Development 6 — Recognizing Signal Words Unit 7　Strategies 　　Text A: Thinking Outside the Burger Box 　　Text B: A Five-step Business Continuity Plan for CEOs 　　Text C: Outside Directors Don't Mean Outsize Returns 　　Reading Skills Development 7 — Addition Words Unit 8　Strategy Assessment 　　Text A: Strategy Assessment 　　Text B: Ebay Good Enron Bad 　　Text C: New Approaches to Strategy Formulation 　　Reading Skills Development 8 — Comparison or Contrast Words Unit 9　Management 　　Text A: Managing Uncertainty 　　Text B: Security Firm Cycles around the Bad Times 　　Text C: Home Suite Home — What Recession? 　　Reading Skills Development 9 — Illustration Words Unit 10　Business Ethics 　　Text A: Earon — A Case for Better Understanding of Cash Flows 　　Text B: Accounting after Anderson: What Has Changed, What Hash't 　　Text C: The Moral Advantage: How to Succeed in Business by Doing the Right Thing 　　Reading Skills Development 10 — Cause-and-Effect Words Unit 11　Business Rules 　　Text A: Wal-Mart Rules 　　Text B: Beating the Odds 　　Text C: Four Ideas for Reforming Corporate Governance after Enron 　　Reading Skills Development 1 1 — Recognizing Main Ideas in Paragraphs and Short Selections Unit 12　Corporate Ownership 　　Text A: The Case for Going Private 　　Text B: Bourses Kick off Nordic M & A 　　Text C: American Airlines Plans to Buy TWA 　　Reading Skills Development 12 — The Value of Finding the Main Idea Unit 13　Corporate Culture 　　Text A: When Something Is Rotten 　　Text B: Prosperous Entertaining for Business Success in UK 　　Text C: Dunkin' Donuts Redux 　　Reading Skills Development 13 — Knowing How to Outline Unit 14　Entrepreneurs 　　Text A: The Next Picture Show 　　Text B: Increasing Personal Productivity 　　Text C: Graduates as Entrepreneurs 　　Reading Skills Development 14 — Knowing How to Summarize Unit 15　Investor 　　Text A: The Suit Is Back in Business 　　Text B: Tips for Using Networking Skills to Attract Investors 　　Text C: Secret CIO: Dressing for Success in a Tough Economy 　　Reading Skills Development 15 — Skimming Unit 16　Business Supervisor 　　Text A: Mind Your Own Business 　　Text B: Control That Anger! 　　Text C: Golden Business Ideas — Websites:First In, First Out 　　Reading Skills Development 16 — Rapid Reading Appendices 　　Appendix 1　　New Words in Each Unit 　　Appendix 2　　Words Related to Business in Each Unit 　　Appendix 3　　Background Knowledge in Each Unit 　　Appendix 4　　The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 　　Appendix 5　　World Currencies 　　Appendix 6　　World's Top 10 Banks, 2003 　　Appendix 7　　Forbes International 500, 2002 　　Appendix 8　　Forbes 500, 2003 　　Appendix 9　　List of Famous Entrepreneurs 　　Appendix 10　 Worldwide Intellectual Property Offices and Organizations