It's a New World Record!

Who's the fastest runner?How high is the highest building?Find the answers in Guinness World Records,"the world's most readable reference book."Reading Skill:Finding the Right Meaning from ContextMeet Koko

Koko can"talk"——at least,that's what some people say about the famous 125-kilogram gorilla with a two thousand-word"vocabulary."Reading Skill:Identifying Word FormsThe First Modern Olympic Games

After centuries in the dark,the Olympic spirit shines again,thanks to the Frenchman who got the international Games started one hundred years ago.Reading Skill:Understanding"Personal"Nouns and Terms of OriginBusiness Manners Around the World

If you are in Korea,don't sign a document in red ink.If you are in Taiwan,don't wrap a present in white paper.Read about the do's and don't's of doing business around the world.Reading Skill:SkimmingThe World's Most Popular Monster

A fire-breathing monster that dances?Godzilla is savage in some movies,silly in others.And he keeps coming back...Reading Skill:Understanding Passive SentencesA Brief History of Coffee

According to legend,coffee was discovered by a sleepy goat herder in Ethiopia many years ago.Now it is one of the world's favorite drinks.Reading Skill:Understanding Chronological OrderThe Amazing Mr.Tesla

He created seven hundred devices and spoke nine laguages,but today he is almost unknowm.Read about Nicola Tesla,one of the greatest minds of his time.Reading Skill:Understanding Vocabulary from ContextThe ABCs of Hangul

For many Koreans,what is typically Korean?Hangul,the simple but elegant alphabet,is one of the country's finest creations.Reading Skill:Understanding Patterns of OrganizationDoctors Without Borders

It began as"a couple of doctors with a suitcase and a dream."Today,the international aid organization brings medical help to anyone anywhere.Reading Skill:ScanningSister Act:Venus and Serena Williams

What are these tennis superstars like?Smart and confident,with a great sense of style.A profile of two sisters,who fulfilled their father's dream.Reading Skill:Understanding Conditional SentencesHurray for Bollywood!

Glamorous,romantic,Magical——that's Bollywood,the cinema industry of India,which produces over a thousand films a year.Reading Skill:ParaphrasingKrakatoa,West of Java

Learn the story of the greatest explosion in the history of the world——the deadly eruption of Krakatoa in 1893 and its aftermath.Reading Skill:Irregular VerbsExamination Hell

Some survive and some do not.A short report on examination hell——Japan's make-or-break university entrance exams.Reading Skill:Making InferencesThe Mummy's Curse

A look at the 3,300 year-old curse of King Tut,blamed for dozens of deaths and the subject of a recent scientific study.Reading Skill:Understanding PrefixesVocabulary Index

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