Unit 1 The Fear of Uncertainty&Bartara Lantin 1
Unit 2 Mysteries of the World&Anonymous 14
Unit 3 Information Please&Paul Villiard 30
Unit 4 Victorian TV Family&Christopher Middleton 45
Unit 5 What's Right About Reading&Anna Quindlen 58
Unit 6 The Transaction&William Linsser 73
Unit 7 True Height&David Naster 87
Unit 8 Homeless&Anna Quindlen 101
Unit 9 Ghosts for Tea&Ona Low 115
Unit 10 Watching the Grasshopper Get the Goodies&？llen Goodman 131
Unit 11 You and the Law&Henry Poor 144
Unit 12 Don't Let Stereotypes Warp Your Fudgment&Rolert Heillroner 159
Appendix 173
New Words 173
Phrases and Expressions 183