1 Children and Mother 1
Fast Reading 2 A Story of a Palestinian Child Massacred for Playing with His Eid's Toy 3
Extensive Reading My Mother:A Lebanese American Woman's Life 4
Fast Reading 1 Children's Fears and Phobias 11
2 Friendship 11
Fast Reading 1 Study English in Britain 11
Fast Reading 2 What Is Friendship 13
Extensive Reading Friendship 15
3 Modern Life 22
Fast Reading 1 Meet Challenges 22
Fast Reading 2 Time Tells 24
Extensive Reading Housework Hassles 25
4 City 31
FastReading 1 New York—A City of the World 31
Fast Reading 2 Tokyo—A City Rebuilt 33
Extensive Reading Cities in America 34
5 Language 39
Fast Reading 1 Learning a New Language 39
Fast Reading 2 Politics and the English Language 41
Extensive Reading What English Do I Need 43
6 Love 49
Fast Reading 1 Just a Little Smile 49
Fast Reading 2 Love in the Aisles 51
Extensive Reading Tell Mommy I Love Her 52
7 Travel 57
Fast Reading 1 Travel to China 57
Fast Reading 2 Holiday Travel in China 59
Extensive Reading Tips for the Road 61
8 Sports and Health 66
Fast Reading 1 It's Important—How to Be Healthy 66
Fast Reading 2 Soccer:The World Cup 68
Extensive Reading Daniel Mendoza 70
Fast Reading 1 New Attempts to Eradicate AIDS Virus 75
9 Health and Disease 75
Fast Reading 2 China Seeks Donors to Narrow Bone Marrow Gap 77
Extensive Reading Obesity 79
10 Living and Life 84
Fast Reading 1 Spacing in Animals 84
Fast Reading 2 Men's Finger Length Predicts Aggressive Behavior:Study 86
Extensive Reading Tsunami Threats 88
11 Keep Love Alive 93
Fast Reading 1 Dear Mother...Now I Have Only the Memory 93
Fast Reading 2 Why Having Fun Makes Time Speed 95
Extensive Reading A Voyage of Discovery 97
Keys 103