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Unit 1 Discovering yourself 1

Passage 1 Discover Yourself in 20 Minutes 1

Passage 2 Maintain a Healthy Relationship with Your Parents 5

Passage 3 Help Yourself Through Hard Times 8

Passage 4 Figuring Out One's Personal Identity 12

Unit 2 Childhood memories 15

Passage 1 In Summer,Kids Need Real Play Time 15

Passage 2 What Dads Are Made Of 19

Passage 3 Teacher's Bet 23

Passage 4 Fighting Against Child Labor 27

Unit 3 Art for art's sake 31

Passage 1 Come On Kids,Let's Make Music! 31

Passage 2 Can a Film Change the World? 35

Passage 3 Science Fiction:The Stories of Now 38

Passage 4 Culture Crisis:The Recession and the Arts 42

Unit 4 Changing times 45

Passage 1 How Family Life Has Changed in One Generation 45

Passage 2 Choosing a Career in Changing Times 49

Passage 3 The Leasing Life 52

Passage 4 Changing Face of Higher Education 56

Unit 5 A place in society 60

Passage 1 Climbing the Social Ladder 60

Passage 2 The Importance of Community to Individuals 64

Passage 3 Tips for Socializing with People 67

Passage 4 How to Have Confidence in Any Situation 71

Unit 6 Streets full of heroes 74

Passage 1 Flight from the Fire:A Dramatic Condor Rescue 74

Passage 2 The Princess of Sales 78

Passage 3 Reflections on Real-Life Heroes 81

Passage 4 The Evolution of Heroism 85

Unit 7 The secret life of science 88

Passage 1 Better World:Top Tech for a Cleaner Planet 88

Passage 2 Trash Trackers:The Secret Life of Garbage 93

Passage 3 Echo Vision:The Man Who Sees with Sound 96

Passage 4 What Your Choice of Words Says About Your Personality 100

Unit 8 High days and holidays 104

Passage 1 Happy Meaningful Holidays 104

Passage 2 Humor:Valentine's Day 108

Passage 3 The Weirdest Holidays that I Have Ever Come Across in My Life 111

Passage 4 Simple Ways to Beat the Effects of Holiday Overeating 115

Unit 9 What's in a name 118

Passage 1 Does Your Name Spell Success? 118

Passage 2 Nicked Names 122

Passage 3 Finding Our History:African-American Names 125

Passage 4 An Introduction to Given Names 129

Unit 10 Tales ancient and modern 132

Passage 1 Chinese Mythology and Fantasies 132

Passage 2 Gods and Goddesses in Greek Mythology 136

Passage 3 Common Types of Myths 139

Passage 4 Modem Mythology 143

Answer Key 147