Unit 1 1
Traffic in Tokyo 1
Hand Puppets 2
What Low Pay Results in 4
Stress 5
Problems of Population 7
Communicating in the New Age 8
An Intelligent Dog 9
Language 11
Word Coining 12
The American Way:Freedom 14
Unit 2 16
The Chance for a New Life 16
Umbrella 17
Unlucky in Love 19
Women in Britain 20
The History of Rail Shipping 22
Albert Einstein 23
Education and Employment in the U.S 24
Ozone 26
Oceans 28
Maintaining Body Health 29
Unit 3 31
The Role of Sport 31
The Development of Medical Operations 32
The Threat of AIDS 34
Throw Your Pills Away—No Hesitation 35
Spare Your Rod,Spoil the Child 36
The Effects of Massage 38
Alice Walker 39
Bright Ideas 41
Two Kinds of Advertising 42
Building Substantial Wealth 43
Unit 4 45
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine 45
Deception 46
Modern Libraries 48
World Population 50
Various Names of England 51
Reward 53
Hunger 54
Overcoming Difficulties in Study 56
Living with Children 57
Ant Society 58
Unit 5 60
Memory 60
Bob and Annie 61
The British Climate 63
Foreign Students in the U.S. and Canada 64
Air Pollution 66
How Intelligence Develops 68
Way to Express Your Individuality 69
Teachers and Actors 71
How to Make Friends 72
What Are Good Manners? 74
Unit 6 76
Small Cars and Large Cars 76
The Conservative Party vs. the Labour Party 77
The Effects of Old Age on Health 79
Jogging 81
Doing Favors Can Be Dangerous 82
Tea 84
A New Medical Instrument 85
How to Advertise for a Bank 87
Early Development of Memory 89
Know the Ropes 90
Unit 7 92
Narcolepsy 92
What Follows Divorce 93
The High Cost of Living 95
Growing Old 96
Vocabulary Building 98
Effects of Global Warming 100
How to Improve Your English 101
Scottish National Clothing for Men 103
Marathon of Hope 105
For Rent 106
Unit 8 108
Great Inventions 108
The Train Journey 109
Leaving Tips 111
The Way Children Learn 113
A Warning 114
Dreams 116
Long Term Memory 117
Modern Examinations 119
Expressions and Identities 121
How to Fight Fears 122
Unit 9 125
The Pain of Ending a Relationship 125
Education in America and in China 127
Test Anxiety 128
Equality of Opportunity and Competition 130
Our Changing Diet 132
Tips 134
Treasure Hunts 135
Steps to the Future 137
Color 139
Acid Rain 140
Unit 10 142
Employees 142
Henry Ford 143
A Life for a Life 145
Underground Water 146
Guns in School 147
Dilemma of Working Women 149
Liberia 150
Continental Drift 152
Film and Stage Play 153
The Role of Examinations 154
Unit 11 156
Child Labor 156
Synonyms 157
American Cities 159
Thanksgiving Day 160
The Weaker Sex 162
A Passport to Bright Future 163
Angel Falls 165
The Discovery of"Asian"Flu 166
Why Do They Do Better? 168
Stars in the Sky 169
Unit 12 171
Amy Johnson 171
Tree Rings Record History 172
Learning by Doing 174
Sea Anemone 175
After Great Fire 177
Cows 178
Chaplin and the Toy-makers 180
Assertiveness Training 181
Television in the Future 183
Children and Smoking 184
Unit 13 186
Protecting Your Money 186
A Nation on Wheels 187
How to Describe People 189
The Beginning of Film Industry 190
How to Be a Good Reader 192
Reading 193
Stammer 195
A Climbing Expedition 196
How to Choose a Career 198
The Advantages of Television 199
Unit 14 201
Money and Friendship 201
A Doctor's Advice 202
Beggars 204
Sleep 205
The Missing Wallet 207
Robots 208
John Russell 210
The Driver 211
Helping the Insane 213
London Taxi Drivers 214
Unit 15 216
Home,Sweet Home 216
Making Purchases Intelligently 217
The Symbolic Process 219
A Ringmaster 221
Handling Office Calls 222
Showing Affection to Your Child 223
An Internet Worker 225
The Story of an Air-crash Survivor 227
The Farms That Blew Away 228
The Do It Homestead 230
Unit 16 232
Lacrosse 232
Tourism 233
US7 and Its Uses 235
Guilty or Not 236
Daydreaming 238
Adult Education in the U.S 240
The Art of Sand Paintings 241
Preserving Food 243
A Survivor's Story 245
Apollonia 246
Unit 17 248
The Receipt 248
Books-on-tape 249
Computer 251
Women at Work 252
Will It Matter if I Skip Breakfast? 254
Understand Your Words 256
A Visit to Oxford 257
London—Paris 259
So Much to Learn 261
The Change of British Industry 262
Unit 18 265
Edith and Denis 265
Rats Thrive 266
Bonsai 268
The Doctor's Story 270
Plants and Insects 272
A Miraculous Jump 273
Living on My Own 275
A Well-balanced Life 277
Diary of an Adoptive Mother 278
An Olympic Volunteer 280
Reference Keys 282