Unit 1 Text-1 Shackleton's Leadership of the Endurance Expedition

Text-2 The Man Who Really Conquered Mt.Qomolangma

Text-3 Memories of Afghanistan

Text-4 Buzz-Bombs and Doodlebugs

Unit 2 Text-1 The Reusable Spacecraft

Text-2 Will Human Jobs Be Replaced by Robots in the Future?

Text-3 Maglev:A New Generation in Railroad Technology

Text-4 Letters:Obsolete Technology

Unit 3 Text-1 The Job Hunt:How to Start a Successful Career

Text-2 A Tale of Two Successful Student Job Seekers

Text-3 I Juggled a Full-Time Job While Launching My Startup

Text-4 The Kind of Work Daddy Does

Unit 4 Text-1 Is the World Flat?

Text-2 The World Isn't Flat-It's Networked

Text-3 Postcard-Perfect:The Big Business of City Branding

Text-4 Americans and Food

Unit 5 Text-1 Fast-Food Nation

Text-2 Doggie Bag:Why Are the British Too Embarrassed to Ask?

Text-3 Anywhere the Eye Can See,It's Likely to See an Ad

Text-4 It's All at the Mall

Unit 6 Text-1 Cultural Differences in Time

Text-2 Scenes from the Culture Clash

Text-3 The Pace of 21 st Century Life

Text-4 Slow Is Beautiful

Unit 7 Text-1 My Memories of September 11,2001

Text-2 Remembering 9/11

Text-3 9/11 Museum:Tragedy Turns the Ordinary into Memorial

Text-4 Engineers Study 9/11 for Lessons on How to Help Buildings Withstand Threats

Unit 8 Text-1 The Joy of Travel:Finding the Unexpected

Text-2 Ecotourism

Text-3 Business Etiquette When Travelling Abroad

Text-4 Jones Beach

Appendix Key to Comprehension Exercises