前言 5
Book One 8
Lesson 1 A University Town 9
Lesson 2 A Lucky Customer 13
Lesson 3 Save the Library 17
Lesson 4 A Market Place for Toronto 21
Lesson 5 The Cost of Food 25
Lesson 6 Population 30
Lesson 7 The Neighborhood Luncheonette 35
Lesson 8 Farming in the City 39
Lesson 9 Mr. and Mrs.Trucker 43
Lesson 10 Women's Liberation : a Long Way to Go 48
Lesson 11 Chicago Unblocks Traffic 53
Lesson 12 Life in a New Country 58
Lesson 13 In a Bookshop 63
Lesson 14 Public Transport 68
Lesson 15 A Short Autobiography 74
Lesson 16 People and Oceans 80
Lesson 17 Changing Eating Habits 85
Lesson 18 Robots 91
Lesson 19 Air Pollution 96
Lesson 20 Categories of Education in the United States 101
Lesson 21 Cars That People Throw Away 106
Lesson 22 Aquaculture : New Hope for Food 111
Lesson 23 Carry on a Proud Tradition 116
Lesson 24 Alternative Medicine—Acupuncture 122
Lesson 25 Cheaper and Better than Drugs 127
Book Two 132
Lesson 1 Background Music 133
Lesson 2 Rubbish Need Not Be Wasted 138
Lesson 3 The Only Thing People Are Interested in Today Is Earning More Money 142
Lesson 4 Millions of Oliver Twists Live in Streets 147
Lesson 5 How New York Became America's Largest City 151
Lesson 6 Americans Rediscover Fitness in Their Feet 156
Lesson 7 Family—For and Against 161
Lesson 8 The Language of Advertising 166
Lesson 9 The Motor Car—a Boom or a Menace 170
Lesson 10 Does Tobacco Make Economic Sense? 175
Lesson 11 The Sale of Council Houses 179
Lesson 12 Self-Medication 185
Lesson 13 What do Parents Owe Their Children? 190
Lesson 14 Japan's Education System 197
Lesson 15 How to Handle Criticism 203
Lesson 16 Students Urged to Play Their Part 211
Lesson 17 Village Thinks Small and Shines 216
Lesson 18 You Can Speak in Public 222
Lesson 19 The Importance of Economics 229
Lesson 20 Why Japanese Cars Still Sell 237
Lesson 21 Putting an End to Putting Things Off 247