Book One 3
Lesson 1 A University Town 3
Lesson 2 A Lucky Customer 6
Lesson 3 Save the Library 9
Lesson 4 A Market Place for Toronto 12
Lesson 5 The Cost of Food 16
Lesson 6 Population 21
Lesson 7 The Neighborhood Luncheonette 25
Lesson 8 Farming in the City 29
Lesson 9 Mr.and Mrs. Trucker 33
Lesson 10 Women’s Liberation： a Long Way to Go 37
Lesson 11 Chicago Unblocks Traffic 42
Lesson 12 Life in a New Country 46
Lesson 13 In a Bookshop 50
Lesson 14 Public Transport 54
Lesson 15 A Short Autobiography 59
Lesson 16 People and Oceans 64
Lesson 17 Changing Eating Habits 68
Lesson 18 Robots 73
Lesson 19 Air Pollution 77
Lesson 20 Categories of Education in the United States 81
Lesson 21 Cars That People Throw Away 86
Lesson 22 Aquaculture： New Hope for Food 90
Lesson 23 Carry on a Proud Tradition 94
Lesson 24 Alternative Medicine一Acupuncture 100
Lesson 25 Cheaper and Better than Drugs 105
Book Two 111
Lesson 1 Background Music 111
Lesson 2 Rubbish Need Not Be Wasted 115
Lesson 3 The Only Thing People Are Interested in Today Is Earning More Money 119
Lesson 4 Millions of Oliver Twists Live in Streets 123
Lesson 5 How New York Became America’s Largest City 127
Lesson 6 Americans Rediscover Fitness in Their Feet 131
Lesson 7 Family一For and Against 135
Lesson 8 T he Language of Advertising 140
Lesson 9 The Motor Car一a Boom or a Menace 144
Lesson 10 Does Tobacco Make Economic Sense？ 148
Lesson 11 The Sale of Council Houses 152
Lesson 12 SelfMedication 157
Lesson 13 What do Parents Owe Their Children？ 161
Lesson 14 Japan’s Education System 167
Lesson 15 How to Handle Criticism 173
Lesson 16 Students Urged to Play Their Part 180
Lesson 17 Village Thinks Small and Shines 185
Lesson 18 You Can Speak in Public 190
Lesson 19 The Importance of Economics 196
Lesson 20 Why Japanese Cars Still Sell 203
Lesson 21 Putting an End to Putting Things Off 212