Unit 1 Anecdotes 1
Passage 1 Bartender Still Mixing Martinis at 90 1
Passage 2 The Real Thing 4
Passage 3 Against the Odds 8
Passage 4 How to Take Initiative at Work 12
Unit 2 International Business 17
Passage 1 Transfer of Technology 17
Passage 2 Franchising 22
Passage 3 Venture Capital Investment 26
Passage 4 The Value of Work 29
Unit 3 Value 33
Passage 1 Value Theories 33
Passage 2 Puppies for Sale 37
Passage 3 The Window 40
Passage 4 Three-stringed Violin 43
Unit 4 Environment 47
Passage 1 Environmental Myths 47
Passage 2 A Victory for Clean Air 51
Passage 3 The Global Warming"Hoax" 55
Passage 4 Warning on Global Warming 58
Unit 5 Medical Discovery 62
Passage 1 Animal Organ Transplants 62
Passage 2 The Discovery of Medicine in China 66
Passage 3 Sleep Less,Live Longer 69
Passage 4 Medical Benefits Remain Elusive 72
Unit 6 Sports 76
Passage 1 History of Golf 76
Passage 2 Paralympic Games 79
Passage 3 The Ancient Athlete:Amateur or Professional? 83
Passage 4 Zinedine Zidane Doesn't Come Clean 86
Unit 7 Animals 90
Passage 1 Wild Findings on Animal Sleep 90
Passage 2 Pigeons 93
Passage 3 New Ways of Thinking 97
Passage 4 Killer Sloth 101
Unit 8 Disaster 104
Passage 1 1964 Alaska Earthquake 104
Passage 2 Venezuela's Disaster 108
Passage 3 Tsunamis 111
Passage 4 Why We Don't Prepare 115
Key ta the Exeneiaea 119