Reading is one of the most complicated phenomena humans
ever have to engage in. When we read in another language, not
surprisingly, this can be even more convoluted and sometimes
frustrating. This complexity can be attributed to the fact that “we
were never born to read.”1 As a result, we should learn this skill and
train our brain to decipher the message which is not coming from a
face to face communication rather from a written text.
The best method to learn reading skill is reading every day and
often. You should identify your interest and read as much as
possible around it. Some scholars argue that authentic materials will
arouse interest in many students which is the reason behind writing
this book. When every week my wife and I eagerly went through
brilliant stories of the prestigious magazine, The Economist,
It dawned on us why not sharing this pleasure of reading with
our students. Therefore, we collected about 15 up to date articles
and sought copyright for using the articles which generously was
granted.
The textbook contains 14 chapters. Chapters include one passage
each except for chapter three which is composed of two short
passages. The book comes with an audio CD which contains
recording of all passages.
Since this book is developed for class use, answer key is not
provided with the book. However, teachers can request the answer
key via the following email:
[email protected].
We hope you enjoy reading this book as much as we did developing
it.
Mohsen Askari & Mehrave Samadi Rahim
August 2014
Author(s): Mohsen Askari & Mehrave Samadi Rahim
Publisher: Self-published
Year: 2014
Language: English
Commentary: Copy editor: Amy Schirmer
Pages: 124
Introduction...................................................................................1
Tips for fluent reading...................................................................2
Chapter 1............ Gabriel García Marquez.....................................3
Chapter 2.......................Piketty fever.............................................11
Chapter 3....................... Into Thin Air...........................................18
Chapter 4 ........... Language and Morality......................................26
Chapter 5 ......................Ideas reinvenTED....................................34
Chapter 6....................... Let the light shine in...............................43
Chapter 7 ......................Wealth by degrees....................................53
Chapter 8 ......................Easeful Death..........................................62
Chapter 9 .................................New highs.....................................70
Chapter 10.....................Call him Queen Bee................................79
Chapter 11.....................The Mars and Venus question..................88
Chapter 12.......... Decluttering the company...................................96
Chapter 1....................... Corruption in FIFA.................................106
Chapter 14.....................Planetology comes of age.........................116
