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–B2

Contents

Unit 1 Culture

Lesson 1 Big and Beautiful?

Lesson 2 The Japanese Tea Ceremony

Unit 2 Arts & Literature

Lesson 3 Henrik Ibsen

Lesson 4 Marc Chagall

Review 1

Lesson 5 Urban Legends: Fact or Fiction?

Lesson 6 Louis Armstrong

Unit 3 Politics

Lesson 7 Israel and the Palestinian Territories

Lesson 8 Because It's Time

Unit 4 Business

Lesson 9 Social Media Economy

Lesson 10 Saving Time Online

Review 2

Lesson 11 Syrian Refugee Crisis

Lesson 12 Go for the Gold!

Unit 5 Technology

Lesson 13 Cyberbullying

Lesson 14 Facebook—User Beware!

Unit 6 Science

Lesson 15 Love Is Like a Drug

Lesson 16 Doomsday?

Review 3

Lesson 17 Pheromones, Our Sixth Sense

Lesson 18 Almost Human

Unit 7 Health

Lesson 19 Fake Health Food

Lesson 20 Monsters Inside You!

Unit 8 Entertainment

Lesson 21 The Vampire Phenomenon

Lesson 22 (Un)Reality TV

Review 4

Lesson 23 Asperger's Syndrome

Lesson 24 From Stutter to Stardom

Unit 9 Nature

Lesson 25 The Battle of the Bees

Lesson 26 Plate Tectonics

Unit 10 Travel

Lesson 27 Napa Valley

Lesson 28 Quebec City

Review 5

Lesson 29 Cycling in the Netherlands

Lesson 30 Big Bugs!

Unit 11 Sports

Lesson 31 Ousted Olympic Sports

Lesson 32 LeBron James

Unit 12 Life

Lesson 33 An Introduction to Aromatherapy

Lesson 34 The Smaller, the Better?

Review 6

Lesson 35 Road Rage

Lesson 36 Cristiano Ronaldo