Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills
Unit One American Life
Text A Choosing the Way We Live
Text B The Evolving Notion of Home
Unit Two Government
Text A Government in Britain
Text B Government in the U.S
Unit Three Job
Text A Charcoal Drawing
Text B My First Job -- The Parking-Lot Sweeper
Unit Four Discovery
Text A Is Intelligence Inherited?
Text B Improving Your Memory
Unit Five Education
Text A American Style of Education
Text B College: A Transition Point in My Life
Unit Six Morality
Text A Morality Without Free W
Text B Moral Issues
Unit Seven Friendship
Text A E-Mail to Understanding
Text B Friendship of American Style
Unit Eight Social Changes
Text A Major Consequences of Modernization
Text B Cultural Change
Unit Nine Emotional Issues
Text A Overcoming Loneliness
Text B What Are the Causes of Divorce?
Unit Ten Health
Text A Health & Fitness
Text B Walking
Unit Eleven Culture and Geography
Text A Culture and Cuisine
Text B Florida
Unit Twelve Water
Text A Household Water
Text B Water Wars
Unit Thirteen Sports
Text A Breaking Barriers Through Sports
Text B How Much Exercise Do I Need?
Unit Fourteen Economy
Text A Connectivity and Economic Growth
Text B The Place of Business and Work in U.S. Society
Unit Fifteen Women Problems
Text A For Working Women, Job Equality Elusive
Text B Women in the Workforce
Unit Sixteen Environment
Text A Smog Controls Useless Without Global Clean-Up
Text B Plastic Bags-- Prolific Problems
Unit Seventeen Pay
Text A What Does McDonald's Pay?
Text B All Pay Is Not Created Equal
Unit Eighteen Internet
Text A On-Line or Off-Line
Text B The Internet and the Intranet
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