Unit One

Lesson One

The Standard of Living

Reading Skill:What Is Efficient Reading?

Lesson Two

Descending the Rapids

Reading Skill:Factors Contributing to Reading Speed

Unit Two

Lesson Three

Influenza

Reading Skill:Help Hints for Speed Reading Practices

Lesson Four

The Police Computer

Reading Skill:Skimming(1)

Unit Three

Lesson Five

Conquering the Channel

Reading Skill:Skimming(2)

Lesson Six

Cheap and Lovely

Reading Skill:Skimming(3)

Unit Four

Lesson Seven

Hunting for Viruses on the Amazon

Reading Skill:Scanning(1)

Lesson Eight

The Psychology of Money

Reading Skill:Scanning(2)

Unit Five

Lesson Nine

Behind Enemy Lines

Reading Skill:Scanning(3)

Lesson Ten

The City of the Future

Reading Skill:Skimming and Scanning(1)

Unit Six

Lesson Eleven

Sister Cities

Reading Skill:Skimming and Scanning(2)

Lesson Twelve

"Ear-Sight"

Reading Skill:Prediction(1)

Unit Seven

Lesson Thirteen

Thank Him or Kick Him?

Reading Skill:Prediction(2)

Lesson Fourteen

Gold

Reading Skill:Word-formation(1)

Unit Eight

Lesson Fifteen

The View From Out There

Reading Skill:Word-formation(2)

Lesson Sixteen

Greenwich Mean Time

Reading Skill:Word-formation(3)

Unit Nine

Lesson Seventeen

Our Changing Environment

Reading Skill:Contextual Clues(1)

Lesson Eighteen

How Far Can You Think?

Reading Skill:Contextual Clues(2)

Unit Ten

Lesson Nineteen

The Banana

Reading Skill:Applying Mixed Clues(1)

Lesson Twenty

Tchaikovsky(1840—1893)

Reading Skill:Applying Mixed Clues(2)

Key to Reading Skill Exercises

Bibliography