Preface Contents Introduction Book One Unit 1 Getting Jobs Unit 2 Buying and Selling Houses Unit 3 English Names Unit 4 Traditional Western Wedding Unit 5 Paid Hoilday Units 6 & 7 Christmas Traditions Unit 8 Managing Interpersonal Relationships in Different Cultures Unit 9 Animal Protection Unit 10 Medicare in Britain Unit 11 Plague and Pestilence Unit 12 British Newspapers Unit 13 It Is More Than What a Word Can Say Unit 14 The National Spelling Bee Unit 15 Schools in the USA Book Two Unit 1 Friends or Enemies Unit 2 Family Structure in UK and US Unit 3 Fairy Tales Unit 4 Greenhouse Effects Unit 5 Pub Culture Unit 6 Football Unit 7 The British Countryside Unit 8 Giving and Responding to Compliments Unit 9 Archimedes and Eureka Unit 10 Landmark Pop Stars Unit 11 Examinations in UK and US Unit 12 Traditional Western Wedding Unit 13 Christopher Columbus and His Discovery of America Unit 14 United Nations Headquarters Unit 15 Age and Sex Structures in UK and US Book Three Unit 1 Gypsy Unit 2 Salvation Army Unit 3 Friendly Society Unit 4 International Monetary Fund Unit 5 A Pantomime Unit 6 School Life--Grange Hill Unit 7 The Monarch Unit 8 The Commonwealth Unit 9 How English Began Unit 10 Marks and Spencer Unit 11 King Arthur--A National: Folk Hero Unit 12 Recreation in the US and Britain Unit 13 Skyscraper Unit 14 A Brief History of Canada Unit 15 Theatres of the Eiizabethan Age Book Four Unit 1 The Canterbury Tales and Medieval Pilgrimage Unit 2 Buffalo in the US Unit 3 Sorry, I'm Late! Unit 4 The Cowboy and Cattle Drives Unit 5 Thomas Alva Edison Unit 6 Come to Dinner! Unit 7 Police Force in Britain Unit 8 British Folk Heroes Unit 9 The NeW England Yankee Unit 10 D.H.Laurence Unit 11 Dracula the Vampire Unit 12 Impressionism Unit 13 Famous Musicians Unit 14 Do They Look Smart and Natural? Unit 15 Globolization and English Speakers