Unit 20 Features of American Campus Life (I) -- Busyness American students are typically very busy. Undergraduate students often have part-time jobs in addition to their studies. Some even have two or three part-time jobs to earn money to support the...
Unit 19 A Few Reasons to Hate April Fool's Day April Fool's Day is an odd holiday, and not to everyone's liking. In fact, many people dislike it. When I was growing up I was mostly indifferent to it. Celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, and Thanks...
Unit 18 Accident Reports A pedestrian hit me and went under my car. I turned the wheel to what I thought was enough and found myself in a different direction going the opposite way. No one was to blame for the accident, but it never would have happen...
Unit 17 Tips on Getting More Efficiency out of Women Employees This is an actual excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Mass Transportation. It was written for male supervisors of women in the work force during WW II. There's no longer any question whet...
Unit 16 The Midnight Visitor (II) It's not my balcony, explained James angrily. It belongs to the next apartment. He glanced explanatorily at Fowler. You see, he said, this room used to be part of a large unit, and the next room -- through that door...
Unit 15 The Midnight Visitor (I) James did not fit the description of any secret agent Fowler had ever read about. Following him down the corridor of the gloomy French hotel where James had a room, Fowler felt disappointed. It was a small room, on th...
Unit 14 Growing Pains Your 8-year-old son wakes up crying in the night complaining that his legs are throbbing. You rub them, and soothe him as much as you can, but are uncertain about whether to give him any medication or take him to the doctor. Sou...
Unit 13 The Culture Content of Vocabulary One of the earliest word sets that a student will learn is colors. Later on the intermediate student learns that in English yellow signifies cowardice and green signifies inexperience and jealousy. It is impo...
Unit 12 Education in the US and Britain The formal education in the United States differed from education systems of other Western societies in three fundamental respects. First, Americans were more inclined to regard education as a solution to vario...
Unit11 Tips for English Learning Q: I have been learning English for six years, but I still can't understand a film in English. What's the wrong with my learning process? A: The secret of learning anything, whether it be maths or engineering or Engli...