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1．The Old Man and the Sea 1

2．From Earth to Moon 9

3．The First Men on Venus 16

4．Elephants 24

5．Sometimes They Seem Almost Human 33

6．Healthy Eating 41

7．Plastics—Man's Most Useful Material 49

8．Sports around the World 58

9．Madame Curie and Radium 66

10．Learning Science 75

11．Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen 84

12．The Prince and the Judge 96

13．The Tragedy from the California Gold Rush 106

14．A Ship of Ice 114

15．Nature Recycles Water 122

16．Paper and Its Uses 129

17．Pyramids 138

18．Tokyo 147

19．Eskimos in a Changing World 157

20．Cultural Survival,Inc 166

21．Energy Sense Makes Future Sense 175

22．Waste Not,Want Not 184

23．Money 193

24．Talk Returns to the Doctor′s Office 201

25．Dreams—What Do They Mean? 210

26．Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer? 218

27 Computers Concern You 228

28 Early Birds 237

29．Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrasts 246

30．The Tramp and the Philosopher 254

31．Better Known as Mark Twain 263

32．Education in the United States 274

33．Transportation 286

34．Communications 296

35．American Food and Drink 307

36．Graveyard of the Atlantic 319

SUPPLEMENTARY SPEED READING MATERIAL 330

1．Fire Making 330

2．The Development of Textile Fibres 334

3．East or West 339

4．A Chimp in Space 344

5．Geography of the United States 352

6．The Weather 358

7．Country Living 362

8．Food and Cooking 367

9．Vacations 371

10．Sports in America 378

11．Medical Treatment 384

12．Postal Services 389

13．Weights and Measures 393

14．Libraries 398

15．Expert Says Arctic Ocean Will Soon Be an Open Sea 402

16．The Wizard of Menlo Park 408

ANSWERS 417

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 436