This book uses many authentic sources such as factual texts, newspaper articles, features and TV schedules, instruction manuals, everyday signs, stories, quizzes, emails and diary entries. Students are encouraged to read material on different levels and in different ways, such as reading for gist, scanning, skimming, comprehension, analysing structure, summarising and shadow reading.

Índice: 1 Personal Information: 1.1 Write around the world; 1.2 The numbers game; 1.3 Famous last words; 2 The family: 2.1 Longest married couple celebrate 77 years of marriage; 2.2 What's the best age to get married?; 2.3 Is that fur comment?; 3 Daily activities: 3.1 Where did I see you?; 3.2 Men who cook; 3.3 Lurking inside the post box: snail mail; 4 Homes :4.1 Room to let; 4.2 How do you explain that?; 4.3 Hi- tech homes; 5 Town and country: 5.1 What does the sign say?; 5.2 Where would you rather live?; 5.3 Animal city dwellers; 6 Travel and tourism: 6.1 Look behind you; 6.2 Keeping in touch; 6.3 How stupid can you be?; 7... Etc.