Passage A:Communications of the Future 1
Passage B:"High Tech"and"State of the Art" 5
Passage C:What's So Good About the I nformation Age? 6
Passage A:Protection for Consumers in USA 10
Passage B:Getawy People Use XYZ Petrol 13
Passage C:Scan This Web Site 15
Passage A:Buses Are Good Test of Virtue 17
Passage B:Get the Job You Want(Speed Reading) 21
Passage C:Job Hunting 24
Passage A:Making a Cultural Change 28
Passage B:The British Family Life(Speed Reading) 32
Passage C:The Sacred"Rac" 35
Passage A:How to Tell If Someone Is Lying 38
Passage B:My Educational Experience at Illinois 43
Passage C:Don't Believe Everything You Hear 46
Passage A:The Email Murderer 49
Passage B:Television:How It Affects Us(Speed Reading) 53
Passage C:When the Computer Is Down 55
Passage A:Animal Education 59
Passage B:Talk to the Animals(Speed Reading) 63
Passage C:Tobermory:The Talking Cat 66
Passage A:The Virtue Called Devotion 69
Passage B:Clone Ewe,but Not You 73
Passage C:Personal Relationships 76
Glossary 80
Phrases and Expressions 92
Key to the Exercises 94