Unit 1 1
1．Public Spirit 1
2．The Influence of Television 5
Unit 2 9
3．Freedom 9
4．Gifted Children 13
Unit 3 17
5．Taxation 17
6．An Efficient and Simple Device for Transportation 21
Unit 4 25
7．Timing 25
8．The Value of Fear 29
Unit 5 33
9．Smoking among the Young 33
10．Superstitions about the Dog 37
Unit 6 41
11．Mind Your Manners 41
12．The Climate Conference 45
Unit 7 49
13．John Fitzgerald Kennedy 49
14．Over the Himalayas and Beyond 53
Unit 8 57
15．What Is Crowding? 57
16．Farming in Japan 61
Unit 9 65
17．The First Man in Space 65
18．The Open University 69
Unit 10 73
19．Know Your Enemy 73
20．What Happened to Charles? 77
Key to Comprehension Exercises 81