UNIT 10 Saying Goodbye Integrated Skills Development Passage A Beginning and an End "I've forgotten the last time that I cried. But I really can not cheer up now," said Philip, a graduate majoring in...
UNIT 9 Welcoming Integrated Skills Development Passage Culture Shock When a person moves from one culture to another, he suddenly finds that much of what he has learned about interpreting the actions...
UNIT 8 Making an Apology Integrated Skills Development Passage Addressing the First-Name Custom The first-naming is almost always done by people young enough to be our children. Last year, I sprained...
UNIT 7 Conference Integrated Skills Development Passage The Knowledge Economy Is Coming Human society has developed through several stages. Sociologist Daniel Bell calls these stages "pre-industrial,"...
UNIT 6 We Need Retraining Integrated Skills Development Passage Improve Communication Skills Your work in business will involve communication—a lot of it—because communication is a major and essen...
UNIT 4 How to Use a Bank Integrated Skills Development Passage Banking Services Everyone needs money to buy food, clothes, and housing. Very few people can produce everything that they need. Today, mo...
UNIT 3 Social Customs Integrated Skills Development Passage Different Cultures and Different Customs There are many things that we do in our own culture that we never ask questions about. We do things...
UNIT 2 Western Holidays Integrated Skills Development Passage Christmas Christmas Day, which is the most festive time in the United States, falls on December 25th on which Christian people believe Jes...
UNIT 1 Education In the Air Integrated Skills Development Passage Open Education In traditional education, the teacher may feel that the students are not very grown up. Usually, teachers are older tha...
UNIT 15 My Hometown Integrated Skills Development Dialogues A. The Return Visit Mr. Hall spent his childhood in Changchun, China. However, he has lived most of his life in Newtown. He is now returning...