Unit1 1
Text A How to Be a Successful Language Learner? 1
Text B Language 7
Unit2 13
Text A Taxes,Taxes,and More Taxes 13
Text B Advertising 17
Unit3 21
Text A The Atlantic Ocean 21
Text B The Moon 24
Unit4 29
Text A Improving Your Memory 29
Text B Short-term Memory 33
Unit5 38
Text A Fallacies about Food 38
Text B Do Animals Think? 44
Unit6 49
Text A Diamonds 49
Text B The Difference between Plants and Animals? 55
Unit7 61
Text A Families 61
Text B The Changing American Family? 67
Unit8 72
Text A Telecommunication via Satellite 72
Text B What People Don't know about Air? 78
Unit9 83
Text A Learned Words and Popular Words 83
Text B How Should You Build Up Your Vocabulary 87
Unit10 92
Text A Scientific Arntudes 92
Text B Solving Problems Scientifically 97
Unit11 103
Text A The Great American Garage Sale 103
Text B American stores 108
Unit12 112
Text A How Dictionaries Are Made 112
Text B Reading Provides Necessary Survival Skills 117
Unit13 122
Text A Insurance 122
Text B What Is Money and What Are Its Functions? 127
Unit14 130
Text A The Importance of Being Kind and Polite 130
Text B Why We Walk in Circles 134
Unit15 140
Text A How TV Violence Affects Kids 140
Text B Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys? 145
Unit16 152
Text A Heart Disease:Treat or Prevent? 152
Text B Dieting Your Way to Heath 158
Unit17 163
Text A Panic and Its Effects 163
Text B Sleepwalking-Fact or Fancy? 168
Unit18 173
Text A Why Are Maps Drawn with North at the Top? 173
Text B You Have a Choice? 178
Unit19 182
Text A Animals at Risk:Who Cares? 182
Text B The Killer Smogs? 187
Unit20 191
Text A You Can't Do It Because It Hurts Nobody 191
Text B Marriage in Iran and America:A study in Contrasts 195
Unit21 200
Text A The Language of Uncertainty? 200
Text B It Never Rains but It Pours! 204
Unit22 207
Text A Current Atttudes toward Physical Fitness? 207
Text B People and Colrs 211
Unit23 215
Text A Non-verbal Communication 215
Text B Body Talk 219
Unit24 224
Text A Saving the Rainforests for Future Generations? 224
Text B Life on the Tundra 229
Unit25 232
Text A American Men Don't Cry 232
Text B Stop Worrying Now? 235