Preface 1
Book One 1
Unit One How to Improve Your Study Habits 1
Unit Two Sailing Round the World 13
Unit Three The Present 29
Unit Four Turning off TV: A Quiet Hour 42
Unit Five A Miserable, Merry Christmas 55
Unit Six Sam Adams, Industrial Engineer 69
Unit Seven The Sampler 83
Unit Eight You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine 97
Unit Nine The Brain 112
Unit Ten Going Home 123
Book Two 135
Unit One Is There Life on Earth? 135
Unit Two The Dinner Party 146
Unit Three Lessons from Jefferson 159
Unit Four My First Job 173
Unit Five The Professor and the Yo-Yo 184
Unit Six The Making of a Surgeon 199
Unit Seven There's Only Luck 209
Unit Eight Honesty:Is It Going out of Style? 221
Unit Nine What Is Intelligence,Anyway? 235
Unit Ten Profits of Praise 246
Appendix: Key To Exercises 259