European American culture reading selections

　　Unit One
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I The Nobel Prizes
　　 Reading Passage II Basketry: A Stone Age Craft
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I The Fortune in Hardwoods
　　 Reading Passage II What to Do with Solid Waste
　　Unit Two
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Introduction to Italy
　　 Reading Passage II Italy's Finest Resource--Its People
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Conservation the Future is Now
　　 Reading Passage II Pain and Pleasure
　　Unit Three
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Marco Polo
　　 Reading Passage II St. Peter's Basilica
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I The Early Navigator's Best Friends
　　 Reading Passage II Cool, Clear Water
　　Unit Four
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I The Gondola of Venice--Floating Symbol of a City
　　 Reading Passage II The Leaning Tower of Pisa
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Scientists or Dreamers
　　 Reading Passage II Marine Mineral Resources
　　Unit Five
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Hans Christian Andersen
　　 Reading Passage II Bernard Shaw
　　Part 2 Reading Passage i Our Water Supply
　　 Reading Passage II Following the Rules
　　Unit Six
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I St. Patrick's Day
　　 Reading Passage II Mozart
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Cones and Domes
　　 Reading Passage II Greece
　　Unit Seven
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Overview of Vienna
　　 Reading Passage II A Safe, High Quality and Easy Way of Living
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Seeing is Believing
　　 Reading Passage II Rain Drops Keep Falling
　　Unit Eight
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I The Beginning of the Dane--Norse Invasions
　　 Reading Passage II Danish Culture
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I A Shaft of Vermont Granite
　　 Reading Passage II Island on the Move
　　Unit Nine
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Free Sport--the Wheel Deal
　　 Reading Passage II Germany——A Land of Culture
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I The King of Ragtime
　　 Reading Passage II Counting the World's Population
　　Unit Ten
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Germany as a Centre of Business
　　 Reading Passage II Vincent Van Gogh
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Where Do All the Wild Birds Go
　　 Reading Passage II A Place for All Seasons
　　Unit Eleven
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I The Life of Pablo Picasso
　　 Reading Passage II Pop Corn and Potato Chips
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I For the Cause of Liberty
　　 Reading Passage II Using Energy Efficiently
　　Unit Twelve
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I The Father of Science Fiction--Jules Verne
　　 Reading Passage II The Gigantic Optional Illusion
　　Part 2 Reading passage I Clues to The Past
　　 Reading Passage II Those Daring Young Men
　　Unit Thirteen
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Overcoming Cultural Shock
　　 Reading Passage II History of Black Harlem
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Problems of Older Americans
　　 Reading Passage II Louis Pasteur
　　Unit Fourteen
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I American Classroom Customs
　　 Reading Passage II Canada in the Second World War
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I The Man behind the Braille System
　　 Reading Passage II Income Tax
　　Unit Fifteen
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I In Search of Good English Food
　　 Reading Passage II Origins of Easter Traditions
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Curds and Whey
　　 Reading Passage II Henry Ford and the American Automobile
　　Unit Sixteen
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I New York
　　 Reading Passage II Rome
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Table Manners
　　 Reading Passage II The Queen of Hearts by Wilkie Collins
　　Unit Seventeen
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Paris
　　 Reading Passage II Panama Canal
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
　　 Reading Passage II From The Christmas Tree and the Wedding by Fyodor Dos
　　Unit Eighteen
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I The History of Mother's Day
　　 Reading Passage II British Bank Holiday
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I From The Awakening by Kate Chopin
　　 Reading Passage II From Democracy: An American Novel by Henry Adams
　　Unit Nineteen
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Pubs in Britain
　　 Reading Passage II Geneva--Capital of Peace
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I From Esther: An American Novel by Henry A dams
　　 Reading Passage II Bank Services
　　Unit Twenty
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Western Culture--Superstition in the Theatre
　　 Reading Passage II Time As Americans See It
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Life around Olympus
　　 Reading Passage II Liberty and Peace
　　Unit Twenty-One
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I An Experience of Watching a Bullfight in Spain
　　 Reading Passage II English Language and Culture
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Money
　　 Reading Passage II The Cost of Civilization
　　Unit Twenty-Two
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Samaranch, the Olympic Patriarch
　　 Reading Passage II Mt .Rushmore
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Chocolate: Everyone's Favorite Sweet
　　 Reading Passage II A Unique Reporting System
　　Unit Twenty-Three
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Getting Married in USA
　　 Reading Passage II Ladies First
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I The Land of Opportunity
　　 Reading Passage II Baked, Boiled, or Fried
　　Unit Twenty-Four
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Free Concerts in Museums, Parks and Public Places
　　 Reading Passage II Living a Long Life
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I London--A Good Place to Start Your Tour
　　 Reading Passage II Peace for All Mankind
　　Unit Twenty-Five
　　Part 1 Reading Passage I Abortion and the Death Penalty
　　 Reading Passage II Birthday Parties and Potluck Parties
　　Part 2 Reading Passage I Today's Drug Culture
　　 Reading Passage II Read the Label
　　Answers