PASSAGE 1 TV Game Shows One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the “best seller“ lists wit...
PASSAGE 2 DyslexiaAs many as 20% of all children in the United Stated suffer from some form of the learning disorder called dyslexia.Experts on dyslex...
TV Shows and Long Bus Trips ?Long bus rides are like televisions shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end---with commercials thrown in ever...
In the last 500 years, nothing about people---not their clothes, ideas, or languages---has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate dr...
One-room schools are part of the United States, and the mention of them makes people feel a vague longing for “the way things were.“ One-room schools ...
It is not unusual for a pet to be sent by air cargo from Colombia to New York, but last December's shipment of a 4-year-old sheep dog caught a New...
Recently the Department of Planning of New York issued a report which laid bare a full scale of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the city's popula...
“Salty” Rice Plant Boosts HarvestsBritish scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow in soil containing salt wa...
His own way to express love Yesterday was our three-year anniversary. We didn’t do anything romantic: we just walked hand in hand and talked about our...
Motoring Technology1.2 million road deaths worldwide occur each year, plus a further 50 million injuries. To reduce car crash rate, much research now ...