Unit 1 Discovering yourself 1
Passage 1 Discover Yourself in 20 Minutes 1
Passage 2 Maintain a Healthy Relationship with Your Parents 5
Passage 3 Help Yourself Through Hard Times 8
Passage 4 Figuring Out One's Personal Identity 12
Unit 2 Childhood memories 15
Passage 1 In Summer,Kids Need Real Play Time 15
Passage 2 What Dads Are Made Of 19
Passage 3 Teacher's Bet 23
Passage 4 Fighting Against Child Labor 27
Unit 3 Art for art's sake 31
Passage 1 Come On Kids,Let's Make Music! 31
Passage 2 Can a Film Change the World? 35
Passage 3 Science Fiction:The Stories of Now 38
Passage 4 Culture Crisis:The Recession and the Arts 42
Unit 4 Changing times 45
Passage 1 How Family Life Has Changed in One Generation 45
Passage 2 Choosing a Career in Changing Times 49
Passage 3 The Leasing Life 52
Passage 4 Changing Face of Higher Education 56
Unit 5 A place in society 60
Passage 1 Climbing the Social Ladder 60
Passage 2 The Importance of Community to Individuals 64
Passage 3 Tips for Socializing with People 67
Passage 4 How to Have Confidence in Any Situation 71
Unit 6 Streets full of heroes 74
Passage 1 Flight from the Fire:A Dramatic Condor Rescue 74
Passage 2 The Princess of Sales 78
Passage 3 Reflections on Real-Life Heroes 81
Passage 4 The Evolution of Heroism 85
Unit 7 The secret life of science 88
Passage 1 Better World:Top Tech for a Cleaner Planet 88
Passage 2 Trash Trackers:The Secret Life of Garbage 93
Passage 3 Echo Vision:The Man Who Sees with Sound 96
Passage 4 What Your Choice of Words Says About Your Personality 100
Unit 8 High days and holidays 104
Passage 1 Happy Meaningful Holidays 104
Passage 2 Humor:Valentine's Day 108
Passage 3 The Weirdest Holidays that I Have Ever Come Across in My Life 111
Passage 4 Simple Ways to Beat the Effects of Holiday Overeating 115
Unit 9 What's in a name 118
Passage 1 Does Your Name Spell Success? 118
Passage 2 Nicked Names 122
Passage 3 Finding Our History:African-American Names 125
Passage 4 An Introduction to Given Names 129
Unit 10 Tales ancient and modern 132
Passage 1 Chinese Mythology and Fantasies 132
Passage 2 Gods and Goddesses in Greek Mythology 136
Passage 3 Common Types of Myths 139
Passage 4 Modem Mythology 143
Answer Key 147