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Plan of the book

Unit Title/Topic Reading texts Reading skills Vocabulary
1 Gender 1 The Iron Lady Scanning Definitions

2 What If Women Ruled Skimming
Equality
Etymology:
Cycle 1 Equality of the sexes the World? Understanding the text words with just or ju

Example: justification
Paraphrasing
in societies
Pages 1–8 Making inferences

2 A Thirsty 1 The Cochabamba Scanning Definitions

Water War
World
Etymology:
Skimming
Cycle 1 Water access, 2 Water Worries Understanding the text words with conscious
Example:
Reference words
consumption, and
consciousness
future global water
scarcity issues Making inferences
Pages 9–16
3 Nuclear 1 Green Energy? Scanning Definitions

2 The One Energy
Skimming
Power: Clean
Etymology:
Cycle 1 and Bright Solution Understanding the text words with trans
Example: transmission
Recognizing contrasts

The benefits of
Pages 17–24 nuclear energy Making inferences
4 Free Trade: 1 The North American Scanning Concordances

Free Trade
Skimming
Cheap Goods
Etymology:
Cycle 1 or Good 2 Free Trade = No Understanding the text words with capital
Agreement
Example: capitalist
Cause and effect
Jobs?
Bargain
The social impact of Making inferences
Pages 25–32 free trade Scanning Concordances
Cycle 1 5 Online 1 None in Laredo Skimming Idioms with horse
Retailing:
2 The End of the Store
as We Know It
Example: back the
Understanding the text
Disappearing
wrong horse
Identifying reasons
Stores
The effect of the
Internet on retail and Recognizing bias
Pages 33–40
other industries
6 Online 1 Internet Addiction Scanning Concordances
Phrasal verbs with pass
Skimming
Addiction:
2 Fun, Popular, and
Cycle 1 Too Much Deadly Understanding the text Example: pass away
Identifying reasons
Fun?
Video game and Prediction: concluding
statements
Pages 41–48 Internet addiction

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