Lesson One Text HOW A CASSETTE RECORDER WORKS Fast Reading Passage Bamboo Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Formation I Lesson Two Text CAMPING HOLIDAYS Fast Reading Passage The Man from the Government Lesson Three Text THE REDWOODS OF CALIFORNIA Fast Reading Passage The Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Formation 1I Lesson Four Text THE MOON SHINES ON Fast Reading Passage Meeting the Boss on the First Day Lesson Five Text THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Fast Reading Passage The Koala Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Synonym Lesson Six Text CITY LIFE AND COUNTRY LIFE Fast Reading Passage No title Lesson Seven Text TELLING TIME Fast Reading Passage Telling Time by Shadows Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Antonym Lesson Eight Text INDEPENDENCE DAY Fast Reading Passage The Support of Thomas Nast in Lincoln''s Re-election Lesson Nine Text SYDNEY Fast Reading Passage Winter at the South Pole Reading Skills Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word from Its Appositive Lesson Ten Text OKAY Fast Reading Passage A King and a Queen Lesson Eleven Text NOTICES Fast Reading Passage The Lucky Customer Reading Skills Drawing a Conclusion from the Facts Lesson Twelve Text THE FIRST WHITE SETTLERS IN AUSTRALIA Fast Reading Passage Help in Time of Trouble Lesson Thirteen Text KEEPING FOOD FRESH Fast Reading Passage The Climate and Man'' s Mental Abilities Reading Skills Identifying the Main Idea in a Group of Sentences Lesson Fourteen Text TREES IN DANGER Fast Reading Passage Can Trees Communicate with Each Other Lesson Fifteen Text CHRISTMAS DAY Fast Reading Passage No title Reading Skills Identifying the Topic Sentence in a Paragraph Lesson Sixteen Text ADVERTISEMENTS Fast Reading Passage No title Lesson Seventeen Text WHY IS FRIDAY THE 13TH CONSIDERED UNLUCKY Fast Reading Passage Different Nations, Different Cultures Reading Skills Identifying the Main Idea of a Paragraph Lesson Eighteen Text WHO PUBLISHED THE FIRST NEWSPAPER Fast Reading Passage Three Short Newspaper Articles Lesson Nineteen Text PEOPLE Fast Reading Passage No title Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Dialogue Lesson Twenty Text ELVIS PRESLEY Fast Reading Passage Marco Polo Lesson Twenty-one Text ENGLISH WORDS FROM OTHER LANGUAGES Fast Reading Passage No title Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Single Sentence Lesson Twenty-two Text KIDS Fast Reading Passage What''s So Funny Lesson Twenty-three Text LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY Fast Reading Passage No title Reading Skills Inferring the Hidden Meaning in a Passage Lesson Twenty-four Text YOU AND THE PAPER Fast Reading Passage Felixstowe Key to Exercises Vocabulary