Unit 1
Text A-1 Education and Good Books
Text A-2 Why Read?
Text B-1 A World Without Books or Music
Text B-2 Why Read Literature?
Unit 2
Text A-1 Going Green After Gray
Text A-2 Health Education Should Start at Home
Text B-1 The Wonders of Water
Text B-2 Going Vegetarian —— The Healthy Way
Unit 3
Text A-1 White Lies
Text A-2 Fibbing Common in Everyday Conversation
Text B-1 Little White Lies
Text B-2 Can Telling Lies Ever Be Justified?
Unit 4
Text A-1 What Are the Qualities of a Good Teacher?
Text A-2 Telelearning. The Multimedia Revolution in Education
Text B-1 Do Universities Broaden Minds?
Text B-2 The University of the Future
Unit 5
Text A-1 Death of a President
Text A-2 The Civil War
Text B-1 The Civil War on Film
Text B-2 Literary Women in the Civil War
Unit 6
Text A-1 Marriage Works Better for Men
Text A-2 Study Finds Why Marriage Is on the Decline
Text B-1 Happy Marriages Make for Happy Hearts
Text B-2 The Role of the Family in Society
Unit 7
Text A-1 Hello, World
Text A-2 LA Times Tests Multilingual Waters
Text B-1 Weaving a Multilingual Web
Text B-2 A Universal Language
Unit 8
Text A-1 Should Gambling Be Legalized?
Text A-2 Against All Odds
Text B-1 The Appeal and Drawbacks of Gambling
Text B-2 Normies Bet
Appendix
Key to Comprehension Exercises