An English Course for Postgraduate

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CONTENTS 3

HOW TO READ BODY LANGUAGE 5

AN ANIMAL SURVIVAL LESSON FOR MANKIND 15

AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT ( I ) 27

AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT ( Ⅱ ) 38

ROCK SUPERSTARS: WHAT DO THEY TELL USABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR SOCIETY ? 48

MRS . PACKLETIDE’S TIGER 56

THE MIDDLE EASTERN BAZAAR 67

“I HAVE A DREAM” 74

WHERE DO ALL THE NEW WORDS COME FROM ? 81

PUB TALK AND THE KING’S ENGLISH 89

LOVING AND HATING NEW YORK 97

THE TRAGEDY OF OLD AGE IN AMERICA 107

SCIENCE HAS SPOILED MY SUPPER 115

INAUGURAL ADDRESS 124

Supplementary Readings 131

1 . Every Drug a Poison 131

2 . Drug Abuse 133

3 . How to Help the Doctor Choose the Drug 137

4 . Self-Medication 140

5 . Dangerous Mixture of Drugs , food and Drink ( Ⅰ ) 142

6 .Dangerous Mixtures of Drugs , Food and Drink (Ⅱ ) 145

7 . Identification of Drugs 148

8 . T he Usefulness of Honey ( Ⅰ ) 151

9 . T he Usefulness of Honey ( Ⅱ ) 154

10 . Green Pharmacy 157

11 . Symptoms ( Ⅰ ) 160

12 . Symptoms ( Ⅱ ) 163

13 . Anest hetics 166

14 . Narcotics 169

15 . Making Surgery Safe ( Ⅰ ) 172

16 . Making Surgery Safe ( Ⅱ ) 175

17 . All about Caffeine (Ⅰ ) 178

18 . All about Caffeine (Ⅱ ) 181

19 . Does I t Work ? Is It Safe ? (Ⅰ ) 184

20 . Does It Work ? Is It Safe ? (Ⅱ ) 187

21 . A Frust ra ting Search for Mechanisms 191

22 . The Other Side of Antibiotics ( Ⅰ ) 194

23 . The Other Side of Antibiotics ( Ⅱ ) 197

24 . FDA: Policeman or Teacher ? 200