Unit One 1
Lesson One 1
A Case of Mistaken Identity 1
Reading Skill:Understanding Com-plex Sentences(1) 10
Lesson Two 16
Standing Room Only 16
Reading Skill:Understanding Com-plex Sentences(2) 24
Our Lost Children 29
Lesson Three 29
Unit Two 29
Reading Skill:Cohesive Ties(1):Lexical Devices 39
Lesson Four 46
Two Ways of Life 46
Reading Skill:Cohesive Ties(2):Grammatical Devices 54
Unit Three 60
Lesson Five 60
In Search of HMS EDINBURGH 60
Reading Skill:Cohesive Ties(3):Substitution and Ellipsis 71
Lesson Six 79
Choosing a Career 79
Reading Skill:Cohesive Ties(4):Clausal Relationships 86
Unit Four 90
Lesson Seven 90
Paper and Its Uses 90
Reading Skill:Getting the Main Idea(1):Topic Sentences 96
Diseases of the 21st Century 102
Lesson Eight 102
Reading Skill:Getting the Main Idea(2):Implied Main Idea 113
Unit Five 119
Lesson Nine 119
Breathing Below the Surface of the Sea 119
Reading Skill:Supporting Details 125
Lesson Ten 132
The Effects of Lead 132
Reading Skill:Identifying the Impor-tant Details 141
Computers for the Masses 146
Lesson Eleven 146
Unit Six 146
Reading Skill:Paragraph Patterns(1):Addition or Listing 157
Lesson Twelve 162
A Canadian's Language Problems 162
Reading Skill:Paragraph Patterns(2):Sequence of Events 170
Unit Seven 174
Lesson Thirteen 174
A Sleepless Night 174
Reading Skill:Paragraph Patterns(3):Causes and Effects 182
Lesson Fourteen 188
The State of the Language 188
Reading Skill:Paragraph Patterns(4):General and Particular 197
Unit Eight 202
Lesson Fifteen 202
Men and Women:Some Differences 202
Reading Skill:Paragraph Patterns(5):Comparison and Contrast 211
Communications of the Future 217
Lesson Sixteen 217
Reading Skill:Paragraph Patterns(6):Definition 225
Unit Nine 231
Lesson Seventeen 231
Extrasensory Perception 231
Reading Skill:Inferring 237
Lesson Eighteen 243
Melting Pot or Tossed Salad? 243
Reading Skill:Figurative Expressions 251
The Soft Sell 256
Unit Ten 256
Lesson Nineteen 256
Reading Skill:Evaluating Information 263
Lesson Twenty 271
Chaplin—Master of Anti-capitalist Satire 271
Reading Skill 282
Key to the Exercises 289
References 308
Bibliography 311