Introduction to Important Reading Strategies and Skills
Unit One Cultural Literacy
Passage 1 The Value of Cultural Literacy
Passage 2 Cultural Literacy for the Young and the Nation
Unit Two Getting Things Done
Passage I A Good To-do List
Passage 2 The Art of the Doable To-do List
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nit Three Controversial Issues
Passage I Cloning: Ethical or Unethical?
Passage 2 Write or Wrong: The Death of Handwriting?
Unit Four Environmental Issues
Passage 1 Is Economic Recession Good for the Environment?
Passage 2 Your Home: Healthy or Unhealthy?
Unit Five Tradition
Passage 1 Christmas Celebrations in Finland
Passage 2 My Culture Shock Experience
Unit Six Disaster
Passage 1 Seasonal Flu and Swine Flu Fundamentals
Passage 2 Acid Rain
Unit Seven Emergency
Passage I Roadside Inferno
Passage 2 At the Critical Moment
Unit Eight Books
Passage I J. K. Rowling
Passage 2 World Digital Library
Unit Nine Magazines
Passage 1 The Time Magazine
Passage 2 Seattle, Washington
Unit Ten Health
Passage 1 Dancing in the Park
Passage 2 3-D Movies: A Pain in the Head
Unit Eleven Life Choices
Passage 1 Life Is All About Choices
Passage 2 How to Choose Your College Major
Unit Twelve Holidays
Passage 1 Japanese Girls" Day
Passage 2 Boxing Day
Unit Thirteen Inventions I
Passage 1 Yo-yo
Passage 2 Paper-thin Batteries Made from Algae
Unit Fourteen Inventions 11
Passage 1 Clever New Fan Has No Blades
Passage 2 Fake Shark Skin Could Make Navy Fleet Faster
Unit Fifteen Prism of the World
Passage 1 How to Choose a Proper Job
Passage 2 Life''s Five Toughest Questions
Unit Sixteen Enjoying the World
Passage 1 An Italian Lake in Southern Austria
Passage 2 Unexpected Pleasures of Walking in Madrid
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