Passage 18 The Beatles Even if the word pop disappears from the English vocabulary, the influence of pop will remain. Pop has become part of British and American history. There has always been a close cultural link, or tie, between Britain and Englis...
Passage 17 Being a Whole Once a circle missed a wedge. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete and therefore could roll only very slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It c...
Love and Learning ? A Good Match Some people say that in the United States the most academically fulfilled college students are those who have fallen in love. Love is a kind of motivation for learning. They even say that a student on a US campus will...
About Streaking In America, we value individuality and like to think that everyone is different. It is expected that most youth will be somewhat rebellious sometime around college age. Youthful rebellion is often seen as a healthy and normal groping...
Passage 14 To Do or Not to Do? The Answer Is a Click-Away Cant decide whether to dump your boyfriend, move house or sell your car? The answer may be just a click-away.Two British men and three women will let the Internet play God for 15 days by handi...
Passage 13 Leisure and Boredom Technology and the division of labour have done two things: by eliminating in many fields the need for special strength or skill, they have made a very large number of paid occupations which formerly were enjoyable work...
Passage 12 Medicine for a Broken Heart Within my group of friends, when one of us is struggling with a recent breakup after a long-term relationship, the castaway will be sad and depressed. The response to sadness takes one of two courses either appe...
Comments on the American Dream The phraseAmerican dream generally refers to the hopes has for his own well-being in America.It is not necessarily a selfish notion, because achieving the dream is assumed to make America strong.Because the dream is hel...
Struggling in America The United States of America is often seen as a nation in which the pursuit of happiness is not a dream but a reality. The sad truth is that although portrayed as an unusually easy life, life in America is as much of a struggle...
Passage 9 Building Bridges When you hear the phrase cultural heritage, what comes to mind? Maybe you remember going to see ethnic folk dances with people wearing traditional costumes. Perhaps you were exposed to the music and arts of this culture. Mo...
