Organic Diets for Kids Important vocabulary 1. enforce 2. ignore 3. immigrant

4.prosperity 5. punish 6. risk Discussion: 1. When you eat something, do you consider the ingredients in the food? If yes, what are you concerned about? 2. Besides buying organic food, can you think of

other ways to protect your body and the environment from pollution?

Illegal Immigration Important vocalbuary 1. abroad 2. asylum 3. border 4. deport 5. expatriates 6. refugees

Summary 1.There are no jobs in a country. 2. Smuggling immigrants is common even though it is illegal 3. Foreigners who want jobs must immigrants illegally to work.

The Future of Water Important Vocabulary 1. commodity 2. determine 3. estimate 4. severe 5. monopoly 6.drastically 7.revolt

8.pesticide 9. ban 10. leak 11. canal 12. conversation 13. faucet 14. reservoirs 15. irrigate

Yoga Important vocabulary 1.muscle 2. physique 3. trend 4.concentration 5.abdomen 6. practitioner 7.meditation 8.multiple 9.limitation 10. acupuncture 11.organic

Steve Jobs’s Commencement Address at Stanford University Important vocabulary 1.commencement 2.naively 3.calligraphy 4.typography 5.proportionally 6.connect the dots

Summary 1. Steve’s biological mother felt strongly that should be adopted by college graduates. 2. Steve’s parents made a promise to his biological mother that Steve would go to college, so he did. 3. Reed college relented and finally let Steve take the courses he wanted to.

Custody Battles Important vocabulary 1. practice 2.reduce 3. performance 4. financial 5.fingerprints 6.staff I

Discuss the following questions: 1.Is separation or divorce common in your culture? 2. Do you personally know anybody whose parents have split or divorced?

Credit Card Use Important vocabulary 1.. afford 2.interest 3.profit 4.victim 5.workshop 6. statistic 7. poll 8. budget 9.fraud

Summary 1. It is easy to have an understanding debt with a credit card. 2.An undergraduate can be independent from their parents. 3. If you pay the money you owe each moth, there is no problem in owing a credit card.

The Glass Ceiling Important vocabulary 1. professional 2. treat 3.identify 4.originate 5.gender 6. stereotype 7.commitment 8.aggressive 9.publish 10. typical

Summary 1. People’s attitudes toward women in the workplace create a barrier called the glass ceiling. 2.Women will not show the same commitment to their jobs as men. 3. Managers think that women are more nurturing and competitive than men.