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Plan of the book

Unit Title/Topic Reading texts Reading skills Vocabulary
7 Marriage 1 Different Ways of Scanning Register
Tying the Knot
Skimming
Idioms with break
around the
Cycle 2 World 2 Changing Views of Understanding the text Example: break with
tradition
Marriage
Making inferences
The changing of
Pages 49–56 marriage in societies Recognizing contrasts
8 Fished Out: 1 The Grand Banks Scanning Register
Our Empty
2 Our Desert Oceans
Idioms with turn
Skimming
Cycle 2 Oceans Understanding the text Example: turn a blind
eye
Reference words
The effects of

Pages 57–64 overfishing 1 Winds of Change Making inferences Register
Cycle 2 9 Renewable 2 Beyond Fossil Fuels Skimming Phrasal verbs with run
Scanning
Energy: the
Example: run out (of)
Understanding the text
Green Choice
Recognizing contrasts
The benefits of

renewable energy
sources Making inferences
Pages 65–72 1 The Lehman Shock Scanning Collocations

Cycle 2 10 (In)Equality in 2 The Promotion of Skimming Idioms with give
a Richer World
Wealth
Example: give the
Understanding the text
Capitalism, other
green light
Cause and effect
economic systems,
and income equality
Making inferences
Pages 73–80 in societies
11 The Office of 1 High-Tech Companies Scanning Collocations

and Telecommuting
Phrasal verbs with put
Skimming
the Future?
Cycle 2 Telecommuting 2 Telecommuting Understanding the text
Example: put up with
Identifying reasons
Recognizing bias
Pages 81–88

12 Social Media: 1 The Arab Spring and Scanning Collocations
Social Media
Phrasal verbs with
Skimming
Changing Our
Cycle 2 Lives 2 A Networked World Understanding the text bring
Example: bring about
Paraphrasing
The impact of social
media on politics and
statements
society Prediction: concluding
Pages 89–96
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