Unit One Sports
Passage 1 The Power of Special Olympics World Games
Passage 2 Parkour
Passage 3 Curling
Passage 4 Phelps' Epic Journey Ends in Perfection
Unit Two Wealth
Passage 1 7 Ways to Make Extra Money
Passage 2 10 Cool Jobs and What They Pay
Passage 3 US Wealth Gap Gaping Wider
Passage 4 Gender Spender: Sex Sets Your Money DNA
Unit Three Health and Fitness
Passage 1 Get Healthy Together!
Passage 2 How to Get Calcium You Need
Passage 3 Making Good Health Easy
Passage 4 Super Foods for Men and Women
Unit Four Disasters
Passage 1 Five Worst Modern Disasters
Passage 2 Are We Ready for Another Tsunami?
Passage 3 The Science of Wildfires
Passage 4 Is Global Warming Worsening Hurricanes?
Unit Five Energy
Passage 1 Dirty Coal Is Winning
Passage 2 What to Do with All That Carbon
Passage 3 Will Green Enterprises Survive the Economic Crisis?
Passage 4 Russia Scores Uzbek Natural Gas
Unit Six Food Crisis
Passage 1 Why Global Warming Portends a Food Crisis
Passage 2 What Will We Eat in a Hungrier World?
Passage 3 Rising Food Prices Sharpen a European Debate
Passage 4 UN Chief to Prod Nations on Food Crisis Trade, Price Policies at Issue
Unit Seven Travel
Passage 1 Rome: Things to Do in 24 Hours
Passage 2 Sydney: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours
Passage 3 New York City: 5 Places to Stay
Passage 4 Tokyo: Need to Know
Unit Eight Entertainment
Passage 1 The Lost Finale: Top 10 Most Anticipated TV Endings
Passage 2 Top 10 Animal Stories
Passage 3 Top 10 Movies of 2009
Passage 4 Top 10 Quirky Local Festivals
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