unit one
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text a: speech at worcester polytechnic institute
text b: just be yourself
reading skills: comparison and contrast (i)
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unit two
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text a: war
text b: a glimpse of heaven
reading skills: comparison and contrast (ii)
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unit three
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text a: school violence is exaggerated by the media
text b: the history of gun control
reading skills: long and difficult sentences (i)
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unit four
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text a: speech at kean college
text b: the anthropology of manners
reading skills: long and difficult sentences (ii)
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unit five
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text a: i'm still me!--steve's story
text b: sex, lies and conversation
reading skills: fact and opinion (i)
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#nit six
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text a: the case for a sovereign quebec
text b: violence in the media
reading skills: fact and opinion (ii)
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unit seven
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text a: diplomacy in the age of terror
text b: the age of nonpolarity
reading skills: making inference (i)
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unit eight
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text a: the inheritance of tools
text b: the inheritance of tools (continued)
reading skills: making inference (11)
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unitnine
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text a: two kinds
text b: two kinds (continued)
reading skills: cause and effect (i)
readings and self-testing
unitten
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text a: why men become men
text b: a proposal i never thought i'd consider
reading skills: cause and effect (ii)
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eleven
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text a: cyberspace: if you don't love it, leave it
text b: the longest day
reading skills: critical reading (i)
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unit twelve
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text a: a little theory
text b: the most important book i read: the stranger by albert camus
reading skills: critical reading (11)
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unit thirteen
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text a: access to cheap drugs can slow the aids epidemic in africa
text b: the global aids epidemic is a serious problem
reading skills: reading for main ideas
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unit fourteen
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text a: working for a constitution: james madison
text b: to move toward independence: thomas jefferson
reading skills: reading for thesis statement
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unit fifteen
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text a: sixty feet deep
text b: green acres
reading skills: understanding text structure and organization (i)
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unit sixteen
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text a: the genes that jump
text b: understanding eskimo science
reading skills: understanding text structure and organization (11)
readings and self-testing