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Unit 1 1
PART A 1
Cambridge-the University Town 1
PART B 9
I. Oxford 9
II. The First Day in a Polytechnic in London 12
PART C 15
Improve your Reading 15
Unit 2 18
PART A 18
New York City 18
PART B 26
I. New York 26
II. The Man Who Planned the City of Washington 30
PART C 35
How to Read a Text 35
Unit 3 37
PART A 37
The Voices of Time 37
PART B 44
I. American Table Manners 44
II. The English are Different 47
PART C 51
Reading Silently and Reading in Sense Groups 51
Unit 4 54
PART A 54
Why is the Native Language Learnt so Well? 54
PART B 62
I. How to Give a Good Speech 62
II . Learning Chinese in Beijing 66
PART C 71
Using Context Clues to Guess Word Meanings (1) 71
Unit 5 76
PART A 76
Beavers 76
PART B 84
I. The Polar Bears of Churchill 84
II. Invisible Wall Protects Swimmers from Sharks 87
PART C 92
Using Context Clues to Guess Word Meanings (2) 92
Unit 6 94
PART A 94
The Midnight Visitor 94
PART B 102
I. Patients Needed 102
II. A Gifted B.B.C. Newscaster 107
PART C 110
Using Word Part Clues to
Guess Word Meanings (1) 110
Unit 7 114
PART A 114
Out of College and Into the Red 114
PART B 121
I. The Best Teacher I Ever Had 121
II. The College at Deep Springs 125
PART C 128
Using Word Part Clues to
Guess Word Meanings (2) 128
Unit 8 131
PART A 131
Overpopulation and Social Behavior 131
PART B 140
I. That "Other Woman" in My Life 140
II. People and Colors 144
PART C 149
Using Word Part Clues to
Guess Word Meanings (3) 149
Unit 9 154
PART A 154
How to Saw a Woman in Half - and "Mend"
Her Again 154
PART B 161
I. How do Handwriting Experts Catch
Criminals? 161
II. When a New Job Depends upon your
Handwriting 166
PART C 170
Using a Dictionary (1) 170
Unit 10 173
PART A 173
Companionship of Books 173
PART B 181
I. A Payment Greater than Money 181
II. Monday Morning Miracle 186
PART C 190
Using a Dictionary (2) 190
Vocabulary 192
Phrases 210