Contents

Great Mysteries

1 The mystery of the Marie Celeste

2 People who disappear

3 The Turin Shroud

4 Strange phenomena

5 UFOs

Inventions

1 'Cat's Eyes'

2 The Zip Fastener

3 The Ballpoint Pen

4 The Hearing Aid

5 False Teeth

6 The Parachute

Key to the Exercises

How a Record is Made

1 The record world

2 In the recording studio

3 The record factory

4 Selling a record

1 Crippen's life at sea

The Beginning of Radio

2 We have plenty of wire

3 On the roof of the Post Office

4 The Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company

5 Messages over the sea

6 Marconi finds a wife

7 Disaster on the Titanic

8 Radio as entertainment

Key to the Exercises

1 The early years

Tennis

2 The game of tennis today

3 The top tennis players of all time

4 The big tennis competitions

British Food

1 What do the British think of food？

2 British food in the past

3 Where to eat in Britain

4 What to eat：a guide to British food

5 Ways of cooking

6 Meals

Key to the Exercises