Passage 1 Hitch-hikers 1
Passage 2 Get Ready for a Digitalized Future 6
Passage 3 Coping with Crisis 12
Passage 4 Genesis 17
Passage 5 Rice Harvesting with Uncle Lansana 22
Passage 6 Socrates 27
Passage 7 The Balance of Nature 32
Passage 8 A Famous Speech 37
Passage 9 The Marketplace on the Internet 41
Passage 10 Tips on Doing Business with the Arabs 46
Passage 11 The British Police and the American Police 50
Passage 12 Television 55
Passage 13 New England 59
Passage 14 How Is Leather Made? 63
Passage 15 Living a Long Life 67
Passage 16 The Female Mosquito 71
Passage 17 A Marriage of Convenience 76
Passage 18 Rabies 80
Passage 19 A Library Mishap 85
Passage 20 Knowing Everybody in Bardfield by Sight 90
Passage 21 A Meeting About a Flower Show 94
Passage 22 Alfred Nobel—a Man of Contrast 98
Passage 23 How to Cope with Insomnia? 102
Passage 24 Darwin's Theory 107
Passage 25 Down the Mine 112
Passage 26 Shooting an Elephant 117
Passage 27 Some Benefits of Large Families in India 122
Passage 28 Copyright 127
Passage 29 The Three Brothers 133
Passage 30 The Two Generals 139
Passage 31 The Marvels of Color 144
Passage 32 Aging in the Western Tradition:Cultural Origins ofthe Modern Life Course 150
Passage 33 Pockety Women Unite? 155
Passage 34 Ants Are Smarter than We Think 158
Passage 35 Chinese-Americans 163
Passage 36 Discovery by Accident 168
Appendix Key to Exercises 172