Unit Six 1
Text1 The Bravest Eagle 1
Text2 Dinosaur 9
Text3 What Every Young Cat Ought to Know 15
Text4 The Dog That Bit a Lion 21
Text5 The Wolf Who Went Fishing 30
Text6 History of Old Wolf 34
Text7 Wild Animals Face to Face 43
Text8 Animal Language 47
Text9 Animal Education 55
Text10 Pollution Is a Dirty Word 65
Text11 Air Pollution 70
Text12 The Earth s Spreading Deserts 77
Text13 Life in a Tropical Rain Forest 83
Text14 The Oceans--Man s Last Great Resource 90
Text15 The Oil Regions of the World 96
Text16 The Laws of Nature 110
Unit Seven 119
Text1 China Is Right 119
Text2 Textbook Issue Still Unlearnt 126
Text3 Country Lashes Out at Cult for Tragedy 132
Text4 Monarchy and Government 137
Text5 The Establishment of United Nations 146
Text6 Confronting New Changes 155
Text7 Income and Work 167
Text8 The Stock Market 174
Text9 Stocks and Shares 182
Text10 Insurance 186
Text11 Europe s Adventure Begins 195
Text12 What Is Economics? 201
Text13 Advertising:What Is it? 206
Text14 American Money 213
Text15 The Credit Card Economy 221
Text16 Coins and Currency 230
Text17 The West s Debt to China 240
Unit Eight 248
Text1 Family Patterns Today 248
Text2 The Eskimos 255
Text3 Eskimos in a Changing World 260
Text4 The Melting Pot 266
Text5 America--the Melting Pot? 270
Text6 Immigration 277
Text7 Problems of Immigrants 282
Text8 Labels Are Out 288
Text9 The Angry White Male 297
Text10 A Few Things British 302
Text11 The English Character 310
Text12 The Anglo-Saxons and the American Character 315
Text13 London Taxi Drivers 323
Text14 A License to Kill 328
Text15 How a Thief Stole My Name 337
Text16 New Year s Day 344
Text17 The Meaning of Christmas 362
Text18 People and Their Ways of Life 370
Text19 From Culture to Culture 378
Text20 People and Colors 386
Text21 How Colors Affect Your Moods and Health 391
Text22 Good Habits 397
Text23 How Do You Say Sorry 410
Text24 Entertaining 418
Text25 The Real Sherlock Holmes 439
Text26 Who Was the Real Peter Pan? 451