CONTENTS 1
1 MY TIME IN A BOTTLE 1
Theme:AddictionReading One:My Time in a Bottle,Mickey Mantle 5
Reading Two:Mick's Toughest Inning,Cathy Burke 10
Grammar:Unreal Conditionals 14
Style:Elements of Autobiographical Writing 17
2 A BRIDGE ACROSS THE GENERATIONS 23
Theme:AgingReading One:Senior Citizens at Wilton High 28
Reading Two:I Don't Feel or Look My Age,Susan Scalone-Bonnici 34
Grammar:Noun Clauses 41
Style:Introductory Paragraphs and Thesis Statements 44
3 THE ROAD TO SUCCESS 51
Theme:PersonalityReading One:Gotta Dance,Jackson Jodie Daviss 55
Reading Two:Keeping Your Confidence Up,Dennis O'Grady 62
Grammar:Identifying and Nonidentifying Adjective Clauses 68
Style:Paragraph Development—Supporting a Topic Sentence with Illustration and Conclusion 71
4 WATER,WATER EVERYWHERE 75
Theme:Our Environment—WaterReading One:The Great Flood of'93,Alan Mairson 80
Reading Two:The Bounty of the Sea,Jacques Cousteau 86
Grammar:Adverb Clauses and Discourse Connectors Expressing Cause and Effect 90
Style:Cause-and-Effect Essays 94
5 WHAT IS LOST IN TRANSLATION？ 101
Theme:Crosscultural InsightsReading One:Lost in Translation,Eva Hoffman,and The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl,Elizabeth Wong 105
Reading Two:In One School,Many Sagas,Alan Riding 112
Grammar:Adverb Clauses of Comparison and Contrast 118
Style:Comparison and Contrast Essays 121
6 MANAGING A CAREER 129
Theme:BusinessReading One:The Expanding Role of Temps,Hal Lancaster 132
Reading Two:Coca Cola Thinks International,Alan M.Rugman and Richard M.Hodgetts 138
Grammar:Specific Uses of Gerunds and Infinitives 144
Style:Cover Letters and Resumés 149
7 WHEN THE SOLDIER IS A WOMAN 157
Theme:The MilitaryReading One:Women at War,Glamour 161
Reading Two:In Peace,Women Warriors Rank Low,James C.McKinley,Jr. 167
Grammar:Direct and Indirect Speech 173
Style:Paragraph Development—Writing a Summary 176
8 THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO 181
Theme:The ArtsReading One:The Cellist of Sarajevo,Paul Sullivan 185
Reading Two:The Soloist,Mark Salzman 189
Grammar:Reporting Ideas and Facts with Passives 196
Style:Using Descriptive Language 199
9 THE RIGHT TO READ 205
Theme:First Amendment IssuesReading One:Book Banning Must Be Stopped,Marcia Cohen 209
Reading Two:Some Books That Have Been Banned from School Libraries 215
Grammar:Review of Verb Tenses 224
Style:Argumentative Essays 231
Answer Key 237