Contents Units One Page 1 Titles Financial Crisis Listening Skills Focusing on Specific Information Speaking Skills Talking About Financial Crisis Units Two Page 13 Titles Youth Unemployment Crisis Listening Skills Identifying the Purpose of Listening Speaking Skills Asking for and Giving Opinions Units Three Page 29 Titles China's GDP Growth Listening Skills Recognizing Signal Words Speaking Skills Describing Tables and Graphs Units Four Page 41 Titles The Business World Listening Skills Listening for Cause and Effect Speaking Skills Expressing Ideas Units Five Page 53 Titles The Business Internet Age Listening Skills Identifying People's Identities Speaking Skills Showing Likes and Dislikes Units Six Page 65 Titles House Prices Listening Skills Grasping the Main Idea Speaking Skills Expressing Viewpoints Units Seven Page 75 Titles The RMB and the SDR Listening Skills Making Inferences Speaking Skills Making Comments Units Eight Page 89 Titles Consumption Listening Skills Listening for Required Information Speaking Skills Making Persuasions Units Nine Page 99 Titles Stocks and the Stock Market Listening Skills Predicting the Theme and Related Vocabulary in Pre-listening Speaking Skills Describing the Current Situation in the Stock Market Units Ten Page 113 Titles The Gig Economy Listening Skills Learning to Use Synonymous Substitutions Speaking Skills Describing Similarities and Differences