UNIT 1.The Importance of Punctuality 1
UNIT 2.Possession Amassing and Collecting 8
UNIT 3.A Little Spot of Bother 14
UNIT 4.The Return of the Native 20
UNIT 39.Only Stricter Traffic Laws Can Prevent Accidents 24
UNIT 5.The River Beside Our Farm 27
UNIT 6.From the Earth:Greetings 33
UNIT 7.Instinct or Cleverness? 39
UNIT 8.In the Public Interest 45
UNIT 9.Mud Is Mud 52
UNIT 10.Automation 58
UNIT 11.New Year Resolutions 65
UNIT 12.The Ideal Servant 71
UNIT 13.The Silent Village 78
UNIT 14.Through the Eeath s Crust 85
UNIT 15.Do It Yourself 92
UNIT 16.The Power of the Press 99
UNIT 17.Speed and Comfort 106
UNIT 18.Fully Indured 112
UNIT 19.Modern Cavemen 118
UNIT 20.Illusions of Pastoral Peace 124
UNIT 21.A Terrible Travel Experience 130
UNIT 22.Noise and Its Effects 137
UNIT 23.The Past Life of the Earth 143
UNIT 24.The Menace of Urban Explosion 148
UNIT 25.Patients and Doctors 154
UNIT 26.On Telling the Truth 160
UNIT 27.The Origion of Things 166
UNIT 28.Journey Through Adolescence 172
UNIT 29.The Process of Aceing 178
UNIT 30.What Every Writer Wants 184
UNIT 31.It s High Time Men Ceased To Regard Women As Second Class Citizens 191
UNIT 32.World Governments Should Conduct Serious Campaings Against Smoking 198
UNIT 33.Television Is Doing Irreparable Harm 204
UNIT 34.Any Form of Education Other Than Co-Education Is Simply Unthinkable 210
UNIT 35.Camping Is the Ideal Way of Spending A Holiday 217
UNIT 36.New Fashions in Clothing Are Created Solely For the Commercial Exploitation of Women 224
UNIT 37.We Sholud All Grow Fat and Be Happy 230
UNIT 38.The Younger Generation Knows Best 237
UNIT 40.Parents Are Too Permissive With Their Children Nowadays 251
UNIT 41.Advertiser Perform A Useful Service To the Community 257
UNIT 42.Pop Stars Certainly Earn Their Money 263
UNIT 43.Vicious and Dangerous Sports Should Be Banned By Law 269
UNIT 44.Transistor Radios Should Be Prohibited in Public Places 276
UNIT 45.The Only Thing People Are Interested in Today Is Earning More Money 282
UNIT 46.Compulsory Milltary Service Should Be Abolished in All Countries 289
UNIT 47.Childhood Is Certainly Not the Happiest Time of Your Life 295
UNIT 48.Untidy People Are Not Nice To Know 302
UNIT 49.The Only Way To Travel Is On Foot 309
UNIT 50.Examinations Exert A Pernicious Influence on Education 315
UNIT 51.Books,Plays And Films Should Be Censored 322
UNIT 52.People Should Be Rewarded According To Ability,Not According To Age And Experience 329
UNIT 53.The Tourist Trade Contributes Absolutely Nothing To Increasing Understanding Between Nations 336
UNIT 54.Only A Madman Would Choose To Live in A Large Modern City 343
UNIT 55.Equality of Opportunity in the Twentieth Century Has Not Destroyed the Class System 350
UNIT 56.No One Wants To Live To Be A Hundred 357
UNIT 57.Capital Punishment Is the Only Way To Deter Criminals 363
UNIT 58.The Space Race Is the World s Biggest Money Waster 370
UNIT 59.Violence Can Do Nothing To Diminish Race Prejudice 376
UNIT 60.The Most Important of All Human Quqlities Is A Sence of Humour 383