Unit 1 Anecdotes
Passage 1 Bartender Still Mixing Martinis at 90
Passage 2 The Real Thing'"
Passage 3 Against the Odds
Passage 4 How to Take Initiative at Work
Unit 2 International Business
Passage 1 Transfer of Technology
Passage 2 Franchising
Passage 3 Venture Capital Investment
Passage 4 The Value of Work
Unit 3 Value Passage 1 Value Theories
Passage 2 Puppies for Sale
Passage 3 The Window
Passage 4 Three-stringed Violin
Unit 4 Environment
Passage I Environmental Myths
Passage2 A Victory for Clean Air
Passage 3 The Global Warming "Hoax"
Passage 4 Warning on Global Warming
Unit 5 Medical Discovery
Passage 1 Animal Organ Transplants
Passage 2 The Discovery of Medicine in China
Passage 3 Sleep Less, Live Longer
Passage 4 Medical Benefits Remain Elusive
Unit 6 Sports
Passage 1 History of Golf
Passage 2 Paralympic Games
Passage 3 The Ancient Athlete: Amateur or Professional
Passage 4 Zinedine Zidane Doesn't Come Clean
Unit 7 Animals
Passage 1 Wild Findings on Animal Sleep
Passage 2 Pigeons
Passage 3 New Ways of Thinking
Passage 4 Killer Sloth
Unit 8 Disaster
Passage 1 1964 Alaska Earthquake
Passage 2 Venezuela's Disaster
Passage 3 Tsunamis
Passage 4 Why We Don't Prepare