Unit 1
Text A-1 Why Read?
Text A-2 The Top Ten American Novels and What They Tell Us About the
United States.
Text B-1 A World Without Books or Music
Text B-2 Why Read Literature?
Unit 2
Text A-1 Going Green After Gray
Text A-2 Health Education Should Start at Home
Text B-1 The Wonde of Water
Text B-2 Going Vegetarian-- TheHeaithy-Way
Unit 3
Text A-1 White Lies
Text A-2 Fibbing Common in Everyday Conve ation
Text B-1 Little White Lies
Text B-2 Can Telling Lies Ever Be Justified?
Unit 4
Text A-1 What Are the Qualities of a Good Teacher?
Text A-2 Telelearning: The Multimedia Revolution in Education
Text B-1 Do Unive ities Broaden Minds?
Text B-2 The Unive ity of the Future
Unit 5
Text A-1 What Is Global Warming?
Text A-2 Potential Effects of Global Warming
Text B-1 What Is Your Carbon Footprint?
Text B-2 Climate Change What You Can Do
Unit 6
Text A-1 Hello, World
Text A-2 LA Times Tests Multilingual Wate
Text B-1 Weaving a Multilingual Web
Text B-2 A Unive al Language
Unit 7
Text A-1 Should Gambling Be Legalized?
TextA-2 Agai t All Odds
Text B-1 The Appeal and Drawbacks of Gambling
Text B-2 Normie's Bet
Unit 8
Text A-1 Marriage Works Better for Men
Text A-2 Study Finds Why Marriage Is on the Decline
Text B-1 Happy Marriages Make for Happy Hearts
Text B-2 The Role of the Family in Society
Appendix
Key to Comprehe ion Exercises