Contents
Unit 1 Pandemic
Part A Information Searching and Delivering......................2
Part B Text Understanding.....................................................2
Passage 1 Pandemics¡ªWhat Everyone Needs to Know .. 2
Passage 2 A Universal Flu Vaccine Is Vital....................... 5
Passage 3 Wearing Face Masks in the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Altruism and Solidarity .................................................... 8
Part C Integrated Exercises.................................................. 11
Part D Academic Skills..........................................................18
Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Main Ideas and Supporting Details................ 18
Academic Reading Skill: Medical Terminology ............. 23
Academic Writing Skill: Topic Sentence and Supporting Details......................................25
Unit 2 Medicine
Part A Information Searching and Delivering....................30
Part B Text Understanding...................................................30
Passage 1 Medicine ......................................................... 30
Passage 2 What Are the Benefits and Advantages of Telemedicine? ................................................. 33
Passage 3 Interpreting the Language of Traditional Medicine .......................................................... 36
Part C Integrated Exercises..................................................40
Part D Academic Skills..........................................................47
Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Signal Words.... 47
Academic Reading Skill: Skimming and Scanning......... 52
Academic Writing Skill: How to Write Definitions......... 55
Unit 3 Nursing
Part A Information Searching and Delivering¡¡¡¡60
Part B Text Understanding¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡60
Passage 1 Men in Nursing: The Challenges in Caregiving¡.60
Passage 2 2020: Unleashing the Full Potential of Nursing¡64
Passage 3 If Nurses Nurse, Why Don't Doctors Doctor?¡.66
Part C Integrated Exercises¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡70
Part D Academic Skills¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡77
Academic Listening Skill: Finding the Sequence of Events in a Narrative¡¡77
Academic Reading Skill: Signal Words¡¡¡¡¡81
Academic Writing Skill: Comparison and Contrast¡83
Unit 4 Mental Health
Part A Information Searching and Delivering¡¡¡¡90
Part B Text Understanding¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡90
Passage 1 Mental Health and Mental Disorders¡¡¡90
Passage2 No Physical Health Without Mental Heath:Lessons Unlearned?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡94
Passage 3 Mental Health Care for University Students: A Way Forward?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡96
Part C Integrated Exercises¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡100
Part D Academic Skills¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡108
Academic Listening Skill: Making Predictions¡¡108
Academic Reading Skill: Topic Sentences¡¡¡¡112
Academic Writing Skill: Problem and Solutiom--115
Unit 5 Food and Nutrient
Part A Information Searching and Delivering¡¡¡¡122
Part B Text Understanding¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡122
Passage 1 Diet, Nutrition and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Excerpt)¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡122
Passage 2 Fact or Fiction? Feed a Cold,Starve a Fever¡ªThe Answer ls Simmering in a Bowl of Chicken Soup¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡126
Passage 3 Does Lactose Cause Bloating?¡¡¡¡128
Part C Integrated Exercises¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡132
Part D Academic Skills¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡139
Academic Listening Skill: Making Inferences¡¡¡139
Academic Reading Skill: Inference Making¡¡¡142
Academic Writing Skill: Cause and Effect¡¡¡¡146
Unit 6 Drug
Part A Information Searching and Delivering¡¡¡¡150
Part B Text Understanding¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡150
Passage 1 Medicine's Journey Through the Body¡¡150
Passage 2 When Legal Drugs Harm and illegal Drugs Help¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡153
Passage 3 Dealing with Drug Pricing: Not Just One Solution¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡155
Part C Integrated Exercises¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡158
Part D Academic Skills¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡165
Academic Listening Skill: Identifying Numbers¡¡165
Academic Reading Skill: Facts and Opinions¡¡¡169
Academic Writing Skill: Examples and Statistics¡171
Unit 7 Cancer
Part A Information Searching and Delivering¡¡¡¡176
Part B Text Understanding¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡176
Passage 1 Building a More Resilient Cancer Healthcare System¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡176
Passage 2 Disability in Cancer Care: Time for Change?¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡179
Passage 3 Time to Focus on Value-Based Metrics for Cancer Care?¡181
Part C Integrated Exercises¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡185
Part D Academic Skills¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡193
Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Cause and Effect Relationship¡¡193
Academic Reading Skill: Arguments and Evidences¡198
Academic Writing Skill: Quoting and Paraphrasing ¡¡201
Unit 8 Medical Ethics
Part A Information Searching and Delivering¡¡¡¡206
Part B Text Understanding¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡206
Passage 1 Introduction to Medical Ethics (Excerpt)¡206
Passage 2 Palliative Cane¡ªA Shifting Paradigm¡210
Passage 3 A Genetically Augmented Future¡¡¡213
Part C Integrated Exercises¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡216
Part D Academic Skills¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡223
Academic Listening Skill: Summarizing¡¡¡¡223
Academic Reading Skill: Tables and Figures¡¡227
Academic Writing Skill: Summarizing¡¡¡¡¡232