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Lesson 1

TEXT The Great Kem County Mouse War

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING McDonald' s Workers to Get New Clothes

Lesson 2

TEXT Whatever' s Happened to the Weather?

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Africa Fights Locust Plagues

Lesson 3

TEXT The Global Green Deal

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Are Girls Good at Science like Boys?

Lesson 4

TEXT My Lifelong Apprenticeship

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING To Blog or Not to Blog: For Some, Not Even a Question

Lesson 5

TEXT How to Deal with a Difficult Boss

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanish

Lesson 6

TEXT A Message to Garcia

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING One Woman' s Inspiring Story

Lesson 7

TEXT Friends of the Ring

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING If at First You Don't Succeed Enough

Lesson 8

TEXT Happy People

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Cheek

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING A College Student' s Experience in Politics

Lesson 9

TEXT Happiness

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math

Lesson 10

TEXT The Making of a Scientist

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING China: Help Wanted

Lesson 11

TEXT Take This Fish and Look at It

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Microsoft Seeking Ways to Help Illiterate

Lesson 12

TEXT Why There Are So Few Women in Science

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Lost but Could Be Found

Lesson 13

TEXT Shattered Worlds

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Chronically Ill Patients Turn to Yoga for Relief

Lesson 14

TEXT The War Prayer

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D, Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING One Number Doesn't Fit All

Lesson 15

TEXT The Sniper

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Dad Beats up Mum.What Can a Child Do?

Lesson 16

TEXT Frontier Family: The American Experience

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Colleges Chase as Cheats Shift to Higher Tech

Lesson 17

TEXT The Frontier Disappears

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Learning to Save Can Be Challenging

Lesson 18

TEXT The Western: The Legend and the Cardboard Hero

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Go for Internship in India

Lesson 19

TEXT The Mystery of Rommel's Missing Treasure

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Resolve to Improve, One Step at a Time

Lesson 20

TEXT The Greenland Viking Mystery

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING "Cyberloafers" Use Up 20 Working Days Yearly

Lesson 21

TEXT The Man in the Iron Mask

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Japan Tries to Cut Down on Plastic Bags

Lesson 22

TEXT Understanding Society and Culture through Eating

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Witnessing Record-Breaking Sales

Lesson 23

TEXT Japanese and American Workers: Two Casts of Mind

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING Excited London to Host 2012 Games

Lesson 24

TEXT The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria

POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT

 A.Reading Comprehension Check

 B.Reading Strategies

 C.Reading Translation

 D.Reading Afterthoughts

FAST READING The Desert' s Own Secret Santa

Appendix I Key to Exercises

Appendix II Key to Fast Reading

Appendix III Addenda