Table of Contents: Introduction Vocabulary and the IELTS IELTS Study Contract Self-Study Activities How to Use This Book Unit 1: The Natural World Environmental Impacts of Logging Bird Migration Plant Life in the Taklimakan Desert Unit 2: Leisure Time Peripheral Vision in Sports History of the Circus Uses of Leisure Time Unit 3: Transportation First Headlamps Major Subways of Europe Electric Cars Around the Globe Unit 4: Culture Origins of Writing Hula Dancing in Hawaiian Culture The Art of Mime Unit 5: Health Nurse Migration Aerobic Exercise and Brain Health How Drugs Are Studied Unit 6: Tourism Hiking the Inca Trail What Is Ecotourism? Learning Vacations Unit 7: Business What Makes a Small Business Successful? Brand Loyalty Global Outsourcing Unit 8: Society Social Networking Why Are Women Leaving Science Careers? Wheelchair-Accessibility Issues Unit 9: Education Learning Styles The Homeschool Option Educating the Gifted Unit 10: Technology/Inventions The Development of the Lightbulb The Invention of Variable-Pitch Propellers The Transatlantic Cable Appendix Answer Key Audioscripts ukryj opis