Contents 1
Great Mysteries 1
1 The mystery of the Marie Celeste 1
2 People who disappear 7
3 The Turin Shroud 12
4 Strange phenomena 18
5 UFOs 24
Inventions 29
1 'Cat's Eyes' 29
2 The Zip Fastener 33
3 The Ballpoint Pen 37
4 The Hearing Aid 40
5 False Teeth 45
6 The Parachute 49
Key to the Exercises 52
How a Record is Made 55
1 The record world 55
2 In the recording studio 58
3 The record factory 67
4 Selling a record 75
1 Crippen's life at sea 80
The Beginning of Radio 80
2 We have plenty of wire 86
3 On the roof of the Post Office 89
4 The Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company 91
5 Messages over the sea 94
6 Marconi finds a wife 97
7 Disaster on the Titanic 100
8 Radio as entertainment 104
Key to the Exercises 109
1 The early years 113
Tennis 113
2 The game of tennis today 118
3 The top tennis players of all time 125
4 The big tennis competitions 129
British Food 132
1 What do the British think of food？ 132
2 British food in the past 135
3 Where to eat in Britain 141
4 What to eat：a guide to British food 147
5 Ways of cooking 152
6 Meals 155
Key to the Exercises 159