Unit One 1
Background Knowledge 1
Text A Winston Churchill-His Other Life 2
Text B Little Sister of the Poor 10
Text C Diana,Princess of Wales:1961-1997 16
Notes to Fast Reading 20
Supplementary Exercises 22
Background Knowledge 26
Unit Two 26
Text A Why They Excel? 27
Text B Methods of Education:East and West 33
Text C Cheating as Culture:Insights for Foreign Teachers 36
Notes to Fast Reading 40
Supplementary Exercises 43
Unit Three 47
Background Knowledge 47
Text A The Tale of a Cultural Translator 47
Text B A Multicultural Person 53
Text C A Lifetime of Learning to Manage Effectively 57
Notes to Fast Reading 61
Supplementary Exercises 63
Unit Four 67
Background Knowledge 67
Text A Turning Failure into Success 68
Text B Failure? No! Just Temporary Setbacks 75
Text C Heart of a Champion 79
Notes to Fast Reading 82
Supplementary Exercises 84
Unit Five 88
Background Knowledge 88
Text A Holding Onto a Dream 88
Text B The Soft Sell 96
Text C Workin for A Livin 99
Notes to Fast Reading 102
Supplementary Exercises 104
Text A Brief History of Stephen Hawking 107
Unit Six 107
Background Knowledge 107
Text B Inventor of the Future 115
Text C The New Frontier of Beauty 119
Notes to Fast Reading 121
Supplementary Exercises 122
Unit Seven 125
Background Knowledge 125
Text A Thinking:A Neglected Art 125
Text B How to Teach Your Child to Think 135
Text C Developing Your Thinking 140
Notes to Fast Reading 142
Supplementary Exercises 144
Unit Eight 148
Background Knowledge 148
Text A Unwritten Rules 148
Text B A Traffic Light Is a Brainless Machine 158
Text C In Ourselves we Trust 162
Notes to Fast Reading 166
Supplementary Exercises 169
Unit Nine 173
Background Knowledge 173
Text A Get Ready for Some Wid Weather 174
Text B Study Finds Good Effects of El Ni?o 183
Text C What s Wrong with Our Weather 188
Notes to Fast Reading 192
Supplementary Exercises 195
Unit Ten 198
Background Knowledge 198
Text A The Next 30 Years 198
Text B Our Forecasts 30 Years Later 205
Text C The 21st Century:Information and Man 210
Notes to Fast Reading 212
Supplementary Exercises 216
Key to Supplementary Exercises 219