UNIT 1 1
1.Self-Protection 1
2.The Blues-the Song of the Walking Wounded 5
UNIT 2 9
3.A Carrot a Day May Keep Cancer Away 9
4.Just the Job! 13
UNIT 3 17
5.1066 and All That 17
6.Top Soloist or “Trained Seal”? 21
UNIT 4 25
7.Living a Long Life 25
8.A New Island for Iceland 29
UNIT 5 33
9.Inside Story 33
10.The Underclass-An Open Wound in Society s Belly 37
UNIT 6 41
11.What Can a Child Do at Five? 41
12.Rembrandt 45
UNIT 7 49
13.The Television Camera 49
14.Nowhere to Call Home 53
UNIT 8 57
15.Christmas in the Antarctic 57
16.How I Rowed Across the Atlantic and Found Florida 61
UNIT 9 65
17.From Cattle to Cash 65
18.The Nixies 69
UNIT 10 73
19.A Sound Sleeper 73
20.The Door Swings Open 77
Key to Comprehension Exercises 81