Skipping Stones explores the changes occurring in the world as a result of information technology and globalization. The 28 paired conversations and articles in this book concern the people and issues driving those changes. Each unit includes exercises that enhance understanding. Through the readings students are given the language and background to help them understand and discuss the present and future in terms of the past.
Familiar Circles
Unit l Names
Unit 2 Families
Unit 3 Friends
Unit 4 Free Time
Traditions
Unit 5 Weddings
Unit 6 Births
Unit 7 Beliefs and Superstitions
Unit 8 Tomb Sweeping Day and Easter
Entertainers/Entertainment
Unit 9 The King and Little Deng
Unit 10 Ang Lee/Lee Ang
Unit 11 Speilberg
Unit 12 O! Oxygen! Oprah!
The Path to Wired
Unit 13 Women in the Workforce
Unit 14 Our Small World
Unit 15 Stan Shih and Acer
Unit 16 Bill Gates and Microsoft
Sports
Unit 17 Games of Old
Unit 18 Olympic Moments
Unit 19 On Courts and Diamonds
Unit 20 Soccer Madness
About Environments
Unit 21 Climates of Old
Unit 22 Solar Forecasting
Unit 23 Making Ecology Pay
Unit 24 Megacities
Challenges to Face
Unit 25 Epidemics and Pandemics
Unit 26 Terrorism
Unit 27 Global Warnings! Global Warming!
Unit 28 Missing Girls
