Theme 1 Soft Skills1
Unit 1 I Wish Someone Had Told Me3
Unit 2 How to Avoid Foolish Opinions9
Theme 2 Work17
Unit 3 Why People Work19
Unit 4 Why Did We Go Virtual26
Writing Focus: Summary Writing31
Theme 3 Culture35
Unit 5 Understanding Americans37
Unit 6 Will an Elite College Degree Shelter
Asian Americans from Discrimination44
Theme 4 It’s All About the Styles51
Unit 7 Clothes Make the Man53
Unit 8 Style’s Hidden Persuaders61
Writing Focus: Expository Writing67
Theme 5 Education71
Unit 9 Think Twice73
Unit 10 The World Is Going to University79
Theme 6 Gender Pay Gap87
Unit 11 He Clicked, She Clicked89
Unit 12 Pay Gap Persists Even as Women Take over
Male-Dominated Fields95
Writing Focus: Argumentative Writing100
Theme 7 Business World105
Unit 13 On a Wing and a Hotel Room107
Unit 14 Big Blunders from Big Business113
Theme 8 Fake News121
Unit 15 The Science of Fake News123
Unit 16 Fake News Spreads Faster than True News on Twitter—Thanks to
People,Not Bots132
Writing Focus: Curriculum Vitae Writing138