PASSAGE 1 Hunting for Viruses on the Amazon 1
PASSAGE 2 Owls 10
PASSAGE 3 Canada 18
PASSAGE 4 Climate and Vegetation 26
PASSAGE 5 Mass Production 33
PASSAGE 6 Like Father,Like Son? 41
PASSAGE 7 Zoos in the Past and Now 49
PASSAGE 8 The Balance of Nature 57
PASSAGE 9 A Famous Speech 65
PASSAGE 10 The Marketplace on the Internet 73
PASSAGE 11 Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs 81
PASSAGE 12 The British Police and the American Police 88
PASSAGE 13 The San Francisco Earthquake 96
PASSAGE 14 Television 103
PASSAGE 15 New England 111
PASSAGE 16 How Is Leather Made? 118
PASSAGE 17 The Pennsylvania Dutch 125
PASSAGE 18 Living a Long Life 133
PASSAGE 19 Texas 141
PASSAGE 20 The Female Mosquito 148
PASSAGE 21 A Marriage of Convenience 156
PASSAGE 22 Rabies 164
PASSAGE 23 A Library Mishap 172
PASSAGE 24 Dreams—What Do They Mean? 180
PASSAGE 25 Knowing Everybody in Bardfield by Sight 187
PASSAGE 26 A Meeting about a Flower Show 194
PASSAGE 27 The Earth's Spreading Deserts 202
PASSAGE 28 Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrast 210
PASSAGE 29 How to Cope with Insomnia? 217
PASSAGE 30 Darwin's Theory 225
PASSAGE 31 Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer? 233
PASSAGE 32 Down the Mine 240
PASSAGE 33 Shooting an Elephant 248
PASSAGE 34 Chinese-Americans:Success of an Ethnic Group 257
PASSAGE 35 Cigarettes 266
PASSAGE 36 Faithful Hachiko 274
PASSAGE 37 The Three Brothers 282
PASSAGE 38 The Two Generals 290
PASSAGE 39 The Marvels of Colour 298
PASSAGE 40 Pollution:a Threat to Our Environment 306