Lesson 12 A team player Text: When you are working on a job teamwork is important. A team player is a person who works well with the other people on the job. Employers always look for employees who can get along to get their jobs done. There are many...
AIDS Text: AIDS is a disease that kills. It is caused by a virus called HIV. Sharing needles or having sex with an AIDS patient spreads it. More and more people are at risk. A person with AIDS can get sick in different ways. Half of the people who ha...
Healthy babies Text: In order to have a healthy baby, it is best for a woman not to do certain things while pregnant. Most babies have problems because their mothers took drugs or drank alcohol while pregnant. Any food a mother eats, any beverage she...
Lesson 9 The 2002 World Cup Stadiums Text: A main thirty-first 2002 Korea and Japan held the World Cup 2002 together. It was the first time that the World Cup was held in two countries. So it was very different from the World Cups in the past. The st...
Lesson 8 Bill Clinton Text: Bill Clinton took office on January, 20th, 1993 and became the 42nd US president. He was the first US president born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all US presidents. Clinton was born into a poor fam...
Lesson 7 Henry Parter Text: The Henry Parter books are fine and exiting to read. Henry Parter, the main character is a wizard. He goes to a special school to learn how to be a better one. While he is at school, he has one adventure after another. Som...
Lesson 6 Red light runners Text: The San Francisco department of traffic is installing cameras at street intersections. The cameras take pictures of cars running red lights. Each camera captures eighty to one hundred cars running red lights a day. Ru...
Lesson 5 Coffee shop Text: Every year more and more coffee shops open up. Coffee has been a popular drink for centuries. Nowadays coffee shops dont just sell coffee. They also sell tea, food and delicious dessert. The best coffee shops have comfortab...
Lesson 4 A teenagers complaint Text: I try to be a good son. But no matter how hard I try, my parents never seem to be satisfied. They think I should eat healthier food, wear nicer clothes and get better grades. According to them, my hair should be s...
Lesson 3 Computer games Text: There are many kinds of computer games. Some of the games show violence. While others show women with almost no clothes on, some games let you point the gun at the people and shoot them. Many parents are worried that the...
