Unit One Skimming for the Main Idea(1) 1
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 1
Example 1 1
Example 2 3
Part 2 Skill Application 4
Practice 1 4
Practice 2 5
Part 3 Further Reading 7
Text 1 Monday Morning Feeling 7
Text 2 Better Left Unsaid 9
Text 3 Think of What You Have Instead of What You Want 11
Unit Two Skimming for the Main Idea(2) 17
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 17
Example 1 17
Example 2 18
Part 2 Skill Application 20
Practice 1 20
Practice 2 21
Part 3 Further Reading 22
Text 1 Talking Taxis 23
Text 2 Pubs in London 25
Text 3 Will China See an End to Holiday Economics? 27
Unit Three Scanning for Specific Information 34
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 34
Example 1 34
Example 2 36
Part 2 Skill Application 38
Practice 1 38
Practice 2 39
Part 3 Further Reading 41
Text 1 Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs 41
Text 2 How to Read Body Language 43
Text 3 The Voices of Time 45
Unit Four Dealing with Unfamiliar Words from the Context 51
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 51
Example 1 53
Example 2 54
Part 2 Skill Application 56
Practice 1 56
Practice 2 57
Part 3 Further Reading 59
Text 1 The Black Snow 59
Text 2 Our Planet Faces Meltdown 61
Text 3 New Fuels for the Future 63
Unit Five Dealing with Unfamiliar Words from Word Formation 69
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 69
Example 1 74
Example 2 76
Part 2 Skill Application 78
Practice 1 78
Practice 2 80
Part 3 Further Reading 82
Text 1 World Business Giant Coca Cola 82
Text 2 America Online 83
Text 3 The Corporate Laughter Business is Booming 84
Unit Six Surveying and Predicting 90
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 90
Example 1 90
Example 2 93
Part 2 Skill Application 96
Practice 1 96
Practice 2 98
Part 3 Further Reading 100
Text 1 Princeton University 100
Text 2 How to Successfully Apply to Law School 101
Text 3 Canadian Tertiary Education 102
Unit Seven Predicting Authors' Ideas 106
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 106
Example 1 106
Example 2 109
Part 2 Skill Application 111
Practice 1 111
Practice 2 113
Part 3 Further Reading 115
Text 1 The Polarization of the British Youth 115
Text 2 From the Other Side of the Generation Gap 117
Text 3 Family 119
Unit Eight Making Inferences 123
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 123
Example 1 124
Exampie 2 125
Part 2 Skill Application 127
Practice 1 127
Practice 2 128
Part 3 Further Reading 130
Text 1 Man's Best Friend 130
Text 2 Why Crabs Walk Sideways 131
Text 3 Cats and Nations 133
Unit Nine Recognizing Primary Supporting Details 139
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 139
Example 1 140
Example 2 141
Part 2 Skill Application 143
Practice 1 143
Practice 2 145
Part 3 Further Reading 146
Text 1 The Education of Benjamin Franklin 146
Text 2 Better Known as Mark Twain 148
Text 3 William Shakespeare 149
Unit Ten Drawing Conclusions 155
Part 1 Introduction to Skills 155
Example 1 155
Example 2 157
Part 2 Skill Application 159
Practice 1 159
Practice 2 161
Part 3 Further Reading 162
Text 1 The Largest City in America 162
Text 2 Open University in Britain 163
Text 3 U.S. Cities:Past and Present 165
Self Evaluation 169
Key to Practice＆Further Reading 171
Glossary 182