Extensive Reading 1
Unit One 1
1．The Problem of the World's Food Supplies 1
2．The Minerals We Ues 8
3．Golden Apples 14
Unit Two 20
4．Facts about Gases,Liquids and Solids 20
5．Payments and Income 27
6．Charlie Chaplin 34
Unit Three 41
7．Surprises in Ice 41
8．Customs and Conventions 48
9．Jack and Carla 54
Unit Four 61
10．Museums in the Modern World 61
11．Cleaner 69
12．The Modern Hospital 75
Unit Five 83
13．Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys? 83
14．Airline Services 90
15．Soccer:The World Cup 98
Vocabulary Exercises Ⅰ 106
Unit Six 112
16．Types of Houses 112
17．International Finance 119
18．Learning a Language 126
Unit Seven 133
19．The Secrets of Sleep 133
20．The Man and the Snake 139
21．North American Indians 147
Unit Eight 154
22．The Woman in the Photograph 154
23．A Career Woman Looks at the Future 162
24．The Pleasures of Eating 170
Unit Nine 177
25．Factory Life—A Student's Experience 177
26．The Final Interview 184
27．Money and Age 191
Unit Ten 198
28．How to Tell When Someone Is Saying"No" 198
29．Brain Drain:Should I Stay or Should I Go? 205
30．Teaching Your Values to Your Children 213
Vocabulary Exercises Ⅱ 221
Vocabulary 227
Fast Reading 247
1．How Fires in the Air Are Dealt with 247
2．The Waiter 251
3．The District Nurse 255
4．"Why I Love the City" 259
5．At the Bank 263
6．The Story of Helen Keller 267
7．The Fireman 271
8．Who Smokes? 275
9．Banking and Credit 279
10．The First Four Minutes with New People 283