$a Acknowledgments; To the student; To the teacher; Part I. Instructions: How to Do Things: 1. How to shine at a job interview; 2. How to protect yourself; 3. How to save a life; 4. How to win at marriage; Part II. Descriptions: What Things Are Like: 5. Athens is dying; 6. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance; 7. Vacationing in Mexico; 8. Men of the Pine Barrens; Part III. Processes: How Things Happen: 9. Power; 10. Smoke signals; 11. Lions at work and play; 12. Burnout; Part IV. Narrative: What Happened: 13. The diamond; 14. A gentleman thief; 15. Great operatic disasters; 16. Poison; Part V. Persuasion: Why You Should Do It: 17. The family room; 18. Better left unsaid; 19. Save the children; 20. Two letters; Part VI. Categories: How Things Are Classified: 21. Men and women: some differences; 22. Getting to the airport; 23. How personality affects your health; 24. Wonder wander; Credits.

$a Authentc reading texts for intermediate students of American English. In the 24 units of the Student's Book, the type of writing varies, with examples of instruction, description, narrative, persuasion, and classification. The practical exercises that follow each text are designed to teach rather than test, and promote an active approach to reading. Summary-skills exercises in each unit help students organize information in the text and build mental summaries. Other exercises include scanning, drawing inferences, guessing vocabulary from context, and recognizing cohesive links within a text.