Unit 1  Society

Lesson 1  In Britain, Brown's Take on Organ Donation Boosts New Credo

Lesson 2  We' re Not Luddites. We Just Hate Mobile Phones

Lesson 3  Craig Was a Bright Boy from a Loving Family. How Did It Go Wrong?

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Unit 2  Economics

Lesson 4  Fed Shrugged as Subprime Crisis Spread

Lesson 5  A Recession, If It Comes, Could Be Worse Than Those of Recent Past

Lesson 6  Eyes on Google, Microsoft Bids $ 44 Billion for Yahoo

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Unit 3  Fashion

Lesson 7  To PRAV and' Chav not

Lesson 8  Lolita' s Closet

Lesson 9  The Mall Had Its Day; Now It' s the Web' s Turn

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Unit 4  Science & Technology

Lesson 10  Who Killed the Newspaper?

Lesson 11  The Big Question: Do We Need a More Reliable Online Encyclopedia Than Wikipedia?

Lesson 12  Karaoke 24/7

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Unit 5  Sports

Lesson 13  If My World Record Had to Go, I Am Glad It Was Claimed by a True Artist

Lesson 14  The Game that Lost Its Glory

Lesson 15  When Sports Becomes a Head Game

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Unit 6  Entertainment

Lesson 16  The Secrets of Star Wars' Success

Lesson 17  7 Stress-Busting Techniques

Lesson 18  Oprah Deal Latest Salvo in Satellite Radio Battle

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Unit 7  Psychology

Lesson 19  When Ties to a Parent Are Cut by the Other

Lesson 20  Shall I Tell You How Awful Things Are? No, Mustn' t Grumble

Lesson 21  In the Mood for (over) Eating

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Unit 8  Figures

Lesson 22  Lessing' s Law : You' re Never Too Old to Be Outrageous  

Lesson 23  All That Glitters Is Gold for America' s Man on a Mission

Lesson 24  For Chinese Schools, a Creative Spark

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Key to the Exercises