Unit 9 TEXT I Who Killed Benny Paret? Text Sometime about 1935 or 1936 I had an interview with Mike Jacobs, the prizefight promoter. I was a fledgling newspaper reporter at that time; my beat was educ...
Unit 8 TEXT I On Buying Books Text Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to f...
Unit 7 TEXT I On Not Answering the Telephone Text If, at the end of a conversation somebody says to me, "As soon as I know, I'll ring you up", he is taking too much for granted. He is proposing to att...
Unit 6 TEXT I Atomic Cars Text Every motorist dreams of a car of the future that does not have to be refuelled every few hundred miles, a car that will cost little to run because there is no outlay on...
Unit 5 TEXT I The Light at the End of the Chunnel Text In a hotel lobby in Sandgate, England, not two miles from the soon-to-be-opened English Channel Tunnel, stiff upper lips trembled. For the first...
Unit 4 TEXT I A Man from Stratford — William Shakespeare Text On March 25th, 1616, fifty-two-year-old Master William Shakespeare signed his will leaving the famous legacy of his "second best bed and...
Unit 3 TEXT I Three Sundays in a Week Text Robert, the narrator of the story, was left in the care of his Uncle Rumgudgeon when his parents died. He grew up with Kate, daughter of Uncle Rumgudgeon. Ka...
Unit 2 TEXT I Unwillingly on Holiday Text Not all holidays are seen as pleasurable occasions. Sometimes going on holiday can be something to be dreaded. Partly it could be the change from the known ro...
Unit 1 TEXT I My First Job Text While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a local newspaper a teaching post advertised at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Bei...
Unit 18 DIALOGUE I Save Our Heritage A: Finally we're back from the field trip. B: Yes. But our visit to that historic city could've been more exciting. A: I know. If it hadn't been for the destructio...
