CONTENTS
Unit 1
1. Public Spirit
2 The Influence of Television
Unit 2
3. Freedom
4 Gifted Children
Unit 3
5. Taxation
6 An Efficient and Simple Device for Transportation
Unit 4
7. Timing
8 The Value of Fear
Unit 5
9. Smoking among the Young
10 Superstitions about the Dog
Unit 6
11. Mind Your Manners
12 The Climate Conference
Unit 7
13. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
14 Over the Himalayas and Beyond
Unit 8
15. What IsCrowding?
16 Farming in Japan
Unit 9
17. The First Man in Space
18 The Open University
Unit 10
19. Know Your Enemy
20. What Happened to Charles?
Key to Comprehension Exercises