PASSAGE 1 Hunting for Viruses on the Amazon 1
PASSAGE 2 Owls 8
PASSAGE 3 Canada 14
PASSAGE 4 Climate and Vegetation 20
PASSAGE 5 Mass Production 25
PASSAGE 6 Like Father,Like Son? 31
PASSAGE 7 Zoos in the Past and Now 37
PASSAGE 8 The Balance of Nature 43
PASSAGE 9 A Famous Speech 49
PASSAGE 10 The Marketplace on the Internet 55
PASSAGE 11 Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs 61
PASSAGE 12 The British Police and the American Police 66
PASSAGE 13 The San Francisco Earthquake 72
PASSAGE 14 Television 77
PASSAGE 15 New England 83
PASSAGE 16 How Is Leather Made? 88
PASSAGE 17 The Pennsylvania Dutch 93
PASSAGE 18 Living a Long Life 99
PASSAGE 19 Texas 105
PASSAGE 20 The Female Mosquito 110
PASSAGE 21 A Marriage of Convenience 116
PASSAGE 22 Rabies 122
PASSAGE 23 A Library Mishap 128
PASSAGE 24 Dreams—What Do They Mean? 134
PASSAGE 25 Knowing Everybody in Bardfield by Sight 139
PASSAGE 26 A Meeting about a Flower Show 145
PASSAGE 27 The Earth's Spreading Deserts 151
PASSAGE 28 Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrast 158
PASSAGE 29 How to Cope with Insomnia? 164
PASSAGE 30 Darwin's Theory 171
PASSAGE 31 Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer? 177
PASSAGE 32 Down the Mine 183
PASSAGE 33 Shooting an Elephant 189
PASSAGE 34 Chinese-Americans:Success of an Ethnic Group 196
PASSAGE 35 Cigarettes 202
PASSAGE 36 Faithful Hachiko 209
PASSAGE 37 The Three Brothers 216
PASSAGE 38 The Two Generals 223
PASSAGE 39 The Marvels of Colour 230
PASSAGE 40 Pollution:a Threat to Our Environment 237
APPENDIX Vocabulary 244