CONTENTS 1
1 School Life 1
Intensive Reading Secrets ofStraight-A Students 1
Fast Reading Too Hot to Handle 8
Extensive Reading First Test for Freshmen:Picking Roommates 9
2 Career 16
Intensive Reading Wives Outearning Their Husbands 16
Fast Reading Business Cards 23
Extensive Reading Problems with Promotions 24
3 War Stories 30
Intensive Reading Nonviolence in World War Two—What Happened in Germany 30
Fast Reading Diary of a War 40
Extensive Reading Breaking the Silence 42
4 Sports and Health 48
Intensive Reading Run?Walk?Both! 48
Fast Reading Healthy Recreational Waters 54
Extensive Reading Learn.Grow.Cook 57
Intensive Reading Patience Pays 64
5 Mental Health and Behavior 64
Fast Reading Learning to Stay Young 71
Extensive Reading Stress:It's Impossible to Avoid,but Possible to Conquer 73
6 High Technology 79
Intensive Reading Scientists Planning to Make New Form of Life 79
Fast Reading Howard University Plans Genetics Database 85
Extensive Reading China Calling with Cell-phone Standard 87
7 Family 94
Intensive Reading Models for Marriage 94
Fast Reading A Promise of Flowers 99
Extensive Reading Help!I'm Turning into My Dad 101
8 Information Stories 105
Intensive Reading House Votes to Prevent Change in Media Rule 105
Fast Reading Group Posts Program That Exploits Windows 111
Extensive Reading A New Wave of Wireless 113
9 Environment and Health 119
Intensive Reading“Particulate Matter”Air Pollution 119
Fast Reading Industrial Contamination 124
Extensive Reading Focus on Global Warming 126
Keys 131