1.The Gulf War(Ⅰ) 1
2.The Gulf War(Ⅱ) 5
3.Ordinary and Great 9
4.Are We Tolerating More Dishonesty? 13
5.Pandora's Box 17
6.Family Values in America 21
7.The Open Window 25
8.Chien-Shiung Wu 30
9.The Scientist and the Sensitive Snake 35
10.Why Are You Laughing? 39
11.HoW the English Celebrate Christmas 44
12.The English Language 47
13.Watch Your Hand Gestures 50
14.Philanthropy 53
15.Will We Ever Cure... 56
16.Managing Your Time 59
17.Winter Comes to the Animal World 64
18.Dear Miss O'Neill 68
19.The Art of Thinking 73
20.The Bird That Didn't Fly 77
21.Animals up in the Air 81
22.I Have Had My Day 84
23.The Female Mosquito 88
24.The Great White Shark 91
25.The Greatest Grizzly 94
26.Sunshine is Good for You 97
27.Mom's the One 100
28.Stress 103
29.Starting a Small Business in Australia 106
30.Easy Ways to Avoid an Argument 110
31.Today the Sheep... 114
32.Disabled by a Paper Cut(Ⅰ) 118
33.Disabled by a Paper Cut(Ⅱ) 122
34.Get Ready for Some Wild Weather 126
Key to the Exercises 132