Lesson 1 TEXT The Great Kern County Mouse War POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING McDonald's Workers to Get New Clothes Lesson 2 TEXT Whatever's Happened to the Weather? POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING Africa Fights Locust Plagues Lesson 3 TEXT The Global Green Deal POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING Are Girls Good at Science like Boys? Lesson 4 TEXT My Lifelong Apprenticeship POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT 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 FAST READING My Black Skin Makes My White Coat Vanish Lesson 6 TEXT A Message to Garcia POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING One Woman's Inspiring Story Lesson 7 TEXT Friends of the Ring POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING If atFirst You Don't Succeed Enough Lesson 8 TEXT Happy People POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING A College Student's Experience in Politics Lesson 9 TEXT Happiness POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING Chinese, English Speakers Vary at Math Lesson 10 TEXT The Making of a Scientis POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING China: Help Wanted Lesson 11 TEXT Take This Fish and Look at It POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING Microsoft Seeking Ways to Help Illiterate Lesson 12 TEXT Why There Are So Few Woment in Science POST-READING: SKILL DEVELOPMENT FAST READING Lost but Coule Be Found Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15 Lesson 16 Lesson 17 Lesson 18 Lesson 19 Lesson 20 Lesson 21 Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 24 Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises Appendix Ⅱ Key to Fast Reading Appendix Ⅲ Addenda