UNIT ONE 1
Part A Text(Place Wars and the Olympic Games) 1
Part B Skill Training 7
Part C Supplementary Reading(The Winner Is Sydney) 9
UNIT TWO 14
Part A Text(The Future of the Net Economy) 14
Part B Skill Training 20
Part C Supplementary Reading(Going Grocery Shopping:Let Your Fingers Do the Walking) 21
UNIT THREE 26
Part A Text(Love for Strangers) 26
Part B Skill Training 31
Part C Supplementary Reading(The Perfect Woman) 35
UNIT FOUR 40
Part A Text(Some Kids Are Orchids) 40
Part B Skill Training 46
Part C Supplementary Reading(Wedding Customs and Traditions) 48
UNIT FIVE 54
Part A Text(The Value of Friendship) 54
Part B Skill Training 60
Part C Supplementary Reading(How to Mend a Broken Friendship) 63
REVIEW ONE 70
Part A Text(Ways to Get Your Money Back) 75
UNIT SIX 75
Part B Skill Training 81
Part C Supplementary Reading(They Have Ways of Making You Spend!) 83
UNIT SEVEN 88
Part A Text(To Lie or Not to Lie—The Doctor s Dilemma) 88
Part B Skill Training 94
Part C Supplementary Reading(The English Character) 98
UNIT EIGHT 103
Part A Text(New Rules for Landing a Job) 103
Part B Skill Training 110
Part C Supplementary Reading(How to Plan Your Career) 113
Part A Text(Urban Sprawl: No End in Sight) 119
UNIT NINE 119
Part B Skill Training 124
Part C Supplementary Reading(The American Way: Freedom) 129
UNIT TEN 134
Part A Text(Some Remarks on Humor) 134
Part B Skill Training 139
Part C Supplementary Reading(Platinum Card) 142
REVIEW TWO 147
GLOSSARY 152
PHRASES 164