Section 1: Acquiring Reading Skills

Unit 1?? ?Everyday Inventions: The Wonder of Human Ingenuity

Unit 2?? ?Disaster Response 101: Preparing for the Worst

Unit 3?? ?Nutrition Tips to Take with a Grain of Salt

Unit 4?? ?Savant Syndrome: Islands of Ability

Unit 5?? ?The Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll

Unit 6?? ?Beyonce: Fierce and Flawless

Unit 7?? ?Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin

Unit 8?? ?Three English Romantic Poets



Section 2: Putting the Skills to Practice

1.?? ?Art Formed in Fire

2.?? ?When News Is Not News

3.?? ?Yayoi Kusama: Turning Illness into Art

4.?? ?Bioplastic: Not So Green

5.?? ?Disposable Consumer Culture

6.?? ?Processed Foods: A Blessing or a Curse?

7.?? ?Shaking Up the Spice Trade

8.?? ?Space Junk: An Orbiting Problem

9.?? ?Caution: Cheerleading Can Be Dangerous to Your Health

10.?? ?A Fondness for Dublin

11.?? ?The Downside of Crowdsourcing

12.?? ?The Unexpected Consequences of Antibiotics

13.?? ?Creepy Castles and Royal Ruins: Exploring Britain’s Architectural Treasures

14.?? ?Dealing with Anger: To Bottle or to Burst?

15.?? ?Digital Hoarders—Swimming in a Sea of Files

16.?? ?The Kidult Phenomenon

17.?? ?Selfie on a Stick

18.?? ?Food Trucks: Restaurants on a Roll

19.?? ?Winter Fun in Australia’s Blue Mountains

20.?? ?Antarctica under Threat

21.?? ?Cotton Candy: From Sweet Smiles to Medical Miracles

22.?? ?The Dark Side of Beauty

23.?? ?The Real Alice’s Wonderland

24.?? ?Sicily—The Heart of the Mediterranean

25.?? ?Why Men and Women React Differently to Pressure

26.?? ?The Roots of Fairy Tales

27.?? ?Chocolate Culture in Belgium

28.?? ?A New Era in Genome Editing

29.?? ?The Dawn of the Automobile

30.?? ?Famous Cakes and Where They Come From

31.?? ?Nightmares: Their Origins and Meanings

32.?? ?The Real Threat of Fake News

33.?? ?The Benefits of Wanderlust

34.?? ?Harry Potter: A Classic Built on the Classics

35.?? ?Bitter Medicine: The Surprising Medical Treatments of the Past

36.?? ?The Historical Regatta: A Colorful Festival in Venice

37.?? ?Wimbledon: A History of Tradition and Transformation

38.?? ?National Parks: America’s Treasures

39.?? ?Cuba, Where Variety Spices Up Life

40.?? ?Fortune-Telling: Fact or Fiction?

41.?? ?The Street Store Allowing the Homeless to Shop with Pride

42.?? ?Get Out of My Space!

43.?? ?Yesterday’s Technology Makes a Comeback

44.?? ?Plastic Microbeads: Small Beads, Big Problems

45.?? ?No Joke! Animals Can Laugh

46.?? ?How Many Colors Do You See?

47.?? ?Salty Soil: A Problem of Progress

48.?? ?Camouflage Is In Fashion

49.?? ?Punctuation Evolved

50.?? ?Controversial Foods

51.?? ?The World’s Strangest Natural Phenomena

52.?? ?A Matter of Manners



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