Select Readings Intermediate Student Book

by Lee, Linda; Gundersen, Erik

• ISBN13: 9780194374750
• ISBN10: 0194374750
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Select Readings offers three levels of high-interest reading passages from authentic sources.

Table of Contents

Scope and Sequence	vi
Introduction	viii
Chapter 1 A Long Walk Home	2	(10)
"I had let my father down, and I was about to learn one of the most painful lessons of my life."
Chapter 2 Student Learning Teams	12	(12)
"Recent interviews with college students at Harvard University revealed that nearly every senior who had been part of a study group considered this experience crucial to his or her academic success."
Chapter 3 Culture Shock	24	(12)
"Like the thousands of exchange students who enroll in American colleges each year, Tamara Blackmore discovered there is a sea of difference between reading about and experiencing America firsthand."
Chapter 4 A Young Blind Whiz	36	(10)
"Though he is only 18 years old and blind, Suleyman is among the top computer programmers at InteliData Technologies Corp., a large American software company."
Chapter 5 Pop Group's Use of Folk Song Stirs Debate	46	(12)
"For a singer of traditional music, having your voice on a hit record does not necessarily make you any money."
Chapter 6 How to Make a Speech	58	(12)
"Scary as it is, it's important for anyone to be able to speak in front of others, whether twenty around a conference table or a hall filled with a thousand faces."
Chapter 7 Private Lives	70	(12)
"I can't remember how I first chose my special beach at the end of Eighth Avenue. But once I chose my spot, I never switched beaches. "
Chapter 8 Future Talk: A Conversation with Bill Gates	82	(12)
"Tell me how a computer will be used in the average home thirty years from now. "
Chapter 9 Letters of Application	94	(14)
"A letter of application must communicate your ambition and enthusiasm. Yet it must, at the same time, be modest."
Chapter 10 Out to Lunch	108	(12)
"Birds do it. Cats do it. And Spaniards most especially do it - every day, in broad daylight. They nap. "
Chapter 11 Public Attitudes Toward Science	120	(12)
"The public needs to have a basic understanding of science, so that it can make informed decisions and not leave them in the hands of experts."
Chapter 12 John's Taiwanese Wedding	132	(12)
"In the spring, Huiling's mother pulled me aside and asked, 'What exactly are your plans with my daughter?'"
Chapter 13 The Art of Genius	144	(12)
"How do geniuses come up with ideas? What links the thinking style that produced Mona Lisa with the one that spawned the theory of relativity?"
Chapter 14 Conversational Ball Games	156	(12)
"A Western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a conversational ball, I expect you to hit it back. "
Culture and Language Notes	168	(22)
Maps	190	(4)
Vocabulary Index	194