Unit One

Background Knowledge

Text A Winston Churchill-His Other Life

Text B Little Sister of the Poor

Text C Diana,Princess of Wales:1961-1997

Notes to Fast Reading

Supplementary Exercises

Background Knowledge

Unit Two

Text A Why They Excel?

Text B Methods of Education:East and West

Text C Cheating as Culture:Insights for Foreign Teachers

Notes to Fast Reading

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Unit Three

Background Knowledge

Text A The Tale of a Cultural Translator

Text B A Multicultural Person

Text C A Lifetime of Learning to Manage Effectively

Notes to Fast Reading

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Unit Four

Background Knowledge

Text A Turning Failure into Success

Text B Failure? No! Just Temporary Setbacks

Text C Heart of a Champion

Notes to Fast Reading

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Unit Five

Background Knowledge

Text A Holding Onto a Dream

Text B The Soft Sell

Text C Workin for A Livin

Notes to Fast Reading

Supplementary Exercises

Text A Brief History of Stephen Hawking

Unit Six

Background Knowledge

Text B Inventor of the Future

Text C The New Frontier of Beauty

Notes to Fast Reading

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Unit Seven

Background Knowledge

Text A Thinking:A Neglected Art

Text B How to Teach Your Child to Think

Text C Developing Your Thinking

Notes to Fast Reading

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Unit Eight

Background Knowledge

Text A Unwritten Rules

Text B A Traffic Light Is a Brainless Machine

Text C In Ourselves we Trust

Notes to Fast Reading

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Unit Nine

Background Knowledge

Text A Get Ready for Some Wid Weather

Text B Study Finds Good Effects of El Ni?o

Text C What s Wrong with Our Weather

Notes to Fast Reading

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Unit Ten

Background Knowledge

Text A The Next 30 Years

Text B Our Forecasts 30 Years Later

Text C The 21st Century:Information and Man

Notes to Fast Reading

Supplementary Exercises

Key to Supplementary Exercises