Unit One 1
Lesson One 1
The Standard of Living 1
Reading Skill:What Is Efficient Reading? 10
Lesson Two 14
Descending the Rapids 14
Reading Skill:Factors Contributing to Reading Speed 21
Unit Two 25
Lesson Three 25
Influenza 25
Reading Skill:Help Hints for Speed Reading Practices 30
Lesson Four 39
The Police Computer 39
Reading Skill:Skimming(1) 50
Unit Three 56
Lesson Five 56
Conquering the Channel 56
Reading Skill:Skimming(2) 63
Lesson Six 69
Cheap and Lovely 69
Reading Skill:Skimming(3) 76
Unit Four 79
Lesson Seven 79
Hunting for Viruses on the Amazon 79
Reading Skill:Scanning(1) 83
Lesson Eight 88
The Psychology of Money 88
Reading Skill:Scanning(2) 94
Unit Five 100
Lesson Nine 100
Behind Enemy Lines 100
Reading Skill:Scanning(3) 109
Lesson Ten 114
The City of the Future 114
Reading Skill:Skimming and Scanning(1) 117
Unit Six 127
Lesson Eleven 127
Sister Cities 127
Reading Skill:Skimming and Scanning(2) 131
Lesson Twelve 136
"Ear-Sight" 136
Reading Skill:Prediction(1) 143
Unit Seven 149
Lesson Thirteen 149
Thank Him or Kick Him? 149
Reading Skill:Prediction(2) 154
Lesson Fourteen 160
Gold 160
Reading Skill:Word-formation(1) 166
Unit Eight 170
Lesson Fifteen 170
The View From Out There 170
Reading Skill:Word-formation(2) 176
Lesson Sixteen 180
Greenwich Mean Time 180
Reading Skill:Word-formation(3) 184
Unit Nine 187
Lesson Seventeen 187
Our Changing Environment 187
Reading Skill:Contextual Clues(1) 195
Lesson Eighteen 203
How Far Can You Think? 203
Reading Skill:Contextual Clues(2) 209
Unit Ten 215
Lesson Nineteen 215
The Banana 215
Reading Skill:Applying Mixed Clues(1) 221
Lesson Twenty 225
Tchaikovsky(1840—1893) 225
Reading Skill:Applying Mixed Clues(2) 232
Key to Reading Skill Exercises 237
Bibliography 256