Unit 1 Pandemic
Part A Information Searching and Delivering2
Part B Text Understanding2
Passage 1 Pandemics—What 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 Skills18
Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Main Ideas and Supporting Details 18
Academic Reading Skill: Medical Terminology 23
Academic Writing Skill: Topic Sentence and Supporting Details25
Unit 2 Medicine
Part A Information Searching and Delivering30
Part B Text Understanding30
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 Exercises40
Part D Academic Skills47
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 Delivering60
Part B Text Understanding60
Passage 1 Men in Nursing: The Challenges in Caregiving60
Passage 2 2020: Unleashing the Full Potential of Nursing64
Passage 3 If Nurses Nurse, Why Don't Doctors Doctor?66
Part C Integrated Exercises70
Part D Academic Skills77
Academic Listening Skill: Finding the Sequence of Events in a Narrative77
Academic Reading Skill: Signal Words81
Academic Writing Skill: Comparison and Contrast83
Unit 4 Mental Health
Part A Information Searching and Delivering90
Part B Text Understanding90
Passage 1 Mental Health and Mental Disorders90
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 Exercises100
Part D Academic Skills108
Academic Listening Skill: Making Predictions108
Academic Reading Skill: Topic Sentences112
Academic Writing Skill: Problem and Solutiom--115
Unit 5 Food and Nutrient
Part A Information Searching and Delivering122
Part B Text Understanding122
Passage 1 Diet, Nutrition and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Excerpt)122
Passage 2 Fact or Fiction? Feed a Cold,Starve a Fever—The Answer ls Simmering in a Bowl of Chicken Soup126
Passage 3 Does Lactose Cause Bloating?128
Part C Integrated Exercises132
Part D Academic Skills139
Academic Listening Skill: Making Inferences139
Academic Reading Skill: Inference Making142
Academic Writing Skill: Cause and Effect146
Unit 6 Drug
Part A Information Searching and Delivering150
Part B Text Understanding150
Passage 1 Medicine's Journey Through the Body150
Passage 2 When Legal Drugs Harm and illegal Drugs Help153
Passage 3 Dealing with Drug Pricing: Not Just One Solution155
Part C Integrated Exercises158
Part D Academic Skills165
Academic Listening Skill: Identifying Numbers165
Academic Reading Skill: Facts and Opinions169
Academic Writing Skill: Examples and Statistics171
Unit 7 Cancer
Part A Information Searching and Delivering176
Part B Text Understanding176
Passage 1 Building a More Resilient Cancer Healthcare System176
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 Exercises185
Part D Academic Skills193
Academic Listening Skill: Recognizing Cause and Effect Relationship193
Academic Reading Skill: Arguments and Evidences198
Academic Writing Skill: Quoting and Paraphrasing 201
Unit 8 Medical Ethics
Part A Information Searching and Delivering206
Part B Text Understanding206
Passage 1 Introduction to Medical Ethics (Excerpt)206
Passage 2 Palliative Cane—A Shifting Paradigm210
Passage 3 A Genetically Augmented Future213
Part C Integrated Exercises216
Part D Academic Skills223
Academic Listening Skill: Summarizing223
Academic Reading Skill: Tables and Figures227
Academic Writing Skill: Summarizing232