CONTENTS

UNIT VOCABULARY LISTENING GRAMMAR READING

Experiences A podcast about Present and past Hitchhiking

abroad study-abroad forms
Critical Thinking
programs
Evaluating ideas

1 Travel, Trust, and Tourism

Pages 8–17

Setting up a new A lecture Present perfect Online Crime

business about young forms and the
Critical Thinking
entrepreneurs simple past
Interpreting data

2 The Business of Technology

Pages 18–27

Describing Four people Determiners Olympic Gold

athletes talking about
Critical Thinking
athletes they
Supporting
admire
arguments

3 Faster, Higher, Stronger

Pages 28–37

Cultural events a podcast about Future forms A System That’s

art projects Leading the Way
Critical Thinking
Understanding
and evaluating
ideas

4 Cultural Transformation
Pages 38–47

Science in action a radio program Passives Back to the

about life hacks Future?
Critical Thinking
Asking critical
questions

5 It’s Not Rocket Science

Pages 48–57

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JOE GEBBIA Advice / Making A review

Joe Gebbia’s idea worth spreading is that we can recom-
Writing Skill
design products, services, and experiences that feel mendations
Adding
more local, authentic, and that strengthen human comments
connections.

Authentic Listening Skills

Reporting

How Airbnb designs for trust

JAMES VEITCH Persuading A persuasive

James Veitch’s idea worth spreading is that spam article
email can lead us to some surprising, bizarre, and often Writing Skill
hilarious exchanges with others. Getting people’s
attention
Authentic Listening Skills
Intonation and pitch

This is what happens when you

reply to spam email

DAVID EPSTEIN Reporting A survey

David Epstein’s idea worth spreading is that the findings
Writing Skill
amazing achievements of many modern-day athletes Describing
are thanks to a complex set of factors, not just natural statistics
ability.

Authentic Listening Skills

Slowing down and stressing words
Are athletes really getting faster,
better, stronger?

ROBERT HAMMOND Making A for and against

Robert Hammond’s idea worth spreading is that we can suggestions essay
work together to turn abandoned and neglected parts Writing Skill
of our cities into vibrant community spaces. Introducing
arguments
Authentic Listening Skills
Recognizing words you know

Building a Park in the Sky

BEAU LOTTO AND AMY O’TOOLE Staging and A scientific

Beau Lotto and Amy O’Toole’s idea worth spreading hypothesizing method
is that all of us can be scientists if we approach the Writing Skill
world with the curiosity, interest, innocence, and zeal Describing a
of children. process

Authentic Listening Skills

Fillers
Science is for everyone, kids
included

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UNIT VOCABULARY LISTENING GRAMMAR READING

Endangered An interview with Modals and Help Save the

species a conservationist meaning Endangered Pacific
about extinction Northwest Tree
Octopus
Critical Thinking
Assessing
information

6 Adapt to Survive
Pages 58–67

Breaking the mold A podcast about First, second, Testing Creative

the importance of third, and mixed Thinking
creativity conditionals
Critical Thinking
Fact and opinion

7 Outside the Box

Pages 68–77

Identity and An interview Reported speech A Place to Be

communication with a girl about
Critical Thinking
intercultural
Understanding
communication
other perspectives

8 Common Ground
Pages 78–87

Dealing with A radio program Relative clauses Shouting Out for

disaster about crisis the Young
mapping
Critical Thinking
Detecting bias

9 Lend a Helping Hand

Pages 88–97

Illness and injury A radio program Expressing Avoiding the

about inspiring past ability Antibiotic
movies Apocalypse
Critical Thinking
Thinking through
the consequences

10 Life-changing
Pages 98–107

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LATIF NASSER Telling anecdotes A problem-

Latif Nasser’s idea worth spreading is that in science, solution essay
and in life, we are making surprising discoveries that Writing Skill
force us to reexamine our assumptions. Topic sentences
Authentic Listening Skills
Understanding fast speech

You have no idea where camels

really come from

ERIN MCKEAN Offering solutions A report

Erin McKean’s idea worth spreading is that making up Writing Skill
new words will help us use language to express what we Cohesion
mean and will create new ways for us to understand one
another.

Authentic Listening Skills

Speeding up and slowing down speech

Go ahead, make up new words!

SAFWAT SALEEM Challenging ideas A complaint

Safwat Saleem’s idea worth spreading is that we all and assumptions
Writing Skill
benefit when we use our work and our voices to Using appropriate
question and enlarge our understanding of what is tone
“normal.”

Authentic Listening Skills

Just
Why I keep speaking up, even
when people mock my accent

BECCI MANSON Countering A letter of

Becci Manson’s idea worth spreading is that opposition application
photographs hold our memories and our histories, Writing Skill
connecting us to each other and to the past. Structuring an
application
Authentic Listening Skills
Intonation and completing a point

(Re)Touching Lives through Photos

JANINE SHEPHERD Developing A success story

Janine Shepherd’s idea worth spreading is that we conversations
Writing Skill
have inner strength and spirit that is much more Using descriptive
powerful than the physical capabilities of even the verbs
greatest athletes.

Authentic Listening Skills

Collaborative listening
A Broken Body Isn’t a Broken
Person

Grammar Reference 108    Irregular Verb List 128    Writing bank 129    Word lists 134