Unit 1 Food Science Reading 1: Does Eating Meat Really Cause Cancer? Academic Reading Skill: Skimming to get a brief idea Reading 2: How to Feed a Hungry Planet Academic Reading Skill: Making use of cues from the text, such as headings and subheadings Unit 2 Technology Reading 1: Is the Use of Internet in Classrooms Helping Kids? Academic Reading Skill: Adjusting the reading speed to get specific information Reading 2: Self-driving Cars Should Have to Pass a Driving Test Academic Reading Skill: Identifying the evidence Unit 3 Identity Reading 1: You're Not Alone Academic Reading Skill: Identifying transition signals(I) Reading 2: Living a Lie: We Deceive Ourselves to Better Deceive Others Academic Reading Skill: Identifying transition signals(II) Unit 4 Health Reading 1: Are Happy People Healthier? Academic Reading Skill: Evaluating an argument Reading 2: Classic Health Debates Academic Reading Skill: Identifying comparison and contrast structure Unit 5 Psychology Reading 1: How to Get Lucky Academic Reading Skill: Understanding new words and concepts Reading 2: What Internet Habits Say about Mental Health Academic Reading Skill: Identifying assumptions / biases Unit 6 Zoology Reading 1: What Hyenas Can Tells Us about the Origins of Intelligence Academic Reading Skill: Asking questions for effective reading Reading 2: No Cellphone Reception? That's Good News for Jaguars Academic Reading Skill: Asking questions for critical reading Unit 7 Sports Reading 1: Tackle Football before Age 12 May Pose Risks Academic Reading Skill: Interpreting data Reading 2: Can Marathons Temporarily Hurt the Heart? Academic Reading Skill: Identifying linking strategies between paragraphs Unit 8 Urban Planning Reading 1: The Park and the People Academic Reading Skill: Taking notes(I): preparations for note-taking Reading 2: Is There Good Science behind Urban Planning? Academic Reading Skill: Taking notes(II): during note-taking Appendix I Key to Exercises Appendix II Glossary
