The book is for intermediate English learners and is useful for vocabulary and reading instruction at the college level.

The English POWER-On: Building Vocabulary and Reading Skills series is comprised of three books catering to English learners of different proficiency levels. Each book contains 18 units and 36 lessons that provide attractive reading material on different themes and various topics, including Travel, Animals, People, Art & Literature, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Science & Technology, Computers & the Internet, and Nature. This series offers you valuable practice with real English and a wealth of reading strategies and activities designed to help you build your vocabulary and comprehension skills.

BASIC STRUCTURES OF THE BOOK

Each lesson of the book is divided into three main parts that serve different functions and purposes.

BEFORE YOU READ

Before you read, each Pre-reading Warm-up exercise provides discussion questions to help you warm up your brain, increase your comprehension of the article, and familiarize you with the main topic.

READING PASSAGE

As you read, each short Reading Passage covers one of the many interesting topics and genres in the book, and points out target words and phrases to enhance your vocabulary and reading competence as well as foster your skills in appropriate word usage.

AFTER YOU READ

After you read, this section provides you with different kinds of after-reading activities, including:

• Reading Skill practices reading skills such as Making Inferences, Drawing Conclusions, Identifying Causes and Effects, Distinguishing Main Ideas and Supporting Details, and Evaluating Text Features.
• Word Study reinforces the appropriate usage of words and phrases.
• Exercise consists of Reading Comprehension, Target Vocabulary, and Critical Thinking.

These after-reading activities will help you gain a better understanding of the article and also build up your vocabulary and reading skills.

CEFR Level: B1

Contents

Unit 1 Travel

Lesson 1 The Backpackers

Lesson 2 The Big Apple: New York

Unit 2 Animals

Lesson 3 Animal Friends

Lesson 4 Jane Goodall: A life With Chimpanzees

Review 1

Lesson 5 Pricey Places to Live

Lesson 6 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Unit 3 People

Lesson 7 Taylor Swift: Old Versus New

Lesson 8 A Serious Look at Margaret Sanger

Unit 4 Arts & Literature

Lesson 9 The Greek Tragedy

Lesson 10 Mosaic Art

Review 2

Lesson 11 Anne Frank: A History for Today

Lesson 12 The Renaissance

Unit 5 Sports

Lesson 13 Red Sox Curse

Lesson 14 A Legendary Player

Unit 6 Business

Lesson 15 A Car . . . or a Ghost?

Lesson 16 The Fair Trade Movement

Review 3

Lesson 17 The Championships at Wimbledon

Lesson 18 How to Avoid Impulse Shopping

Unit 7 Entertainment

Lesson 19 Beautify Your Selfies!

Lesson 20 Woodstock

Unit 8 Science & Technology

Lesson 21 Black Holes

Lesson 22 Solar Energy

Review 4

Lesson 23 Fantasy Friend or Foe?

Lesson 24 Mom vs. Technology

Unit 9 Culture

Lesson 25 Cosplay

Lesson 26 Funerals

Unit 10 Health

Lesson 27 Hypnosis

Lesson 28 Phantom Limb Pain (PLP)

Review 5

Lesson 29 Geekculture101.com

Lesson 30 Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)

Unit 11 Computers & the Internet

Lesson 31 A Shift in Reality

Lesson 32 The Internet of What?!

Unit 12 Nature

Lesson 33 Weather Prediction

Lesson 34 Ice Age

Review 6

Lesson 35 Internet Safety

Lesson 36 Volcanoes