Table Of ContentAdvanced Reading
with
by
Mohsen Askari & Mehrave Samadi Rahim
Copy Editor:
Amy Schirmer
Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................1
Tips for fluent reading ..................................................................2
Chapter 1 ...........Gabriel García Marquez ....................................3
Chapter 2 ......................Piketty fever ............................................11
Chapter 3 ...................... Into Thin Air ..........................................18
Chapter 4 ..........Language and Morality .....................................26
Chapter 5 .....................Ideas reinvenTED ...................................34
Chapter 6 ...................... Let the light shine in ..............................43
Chapter 7 .....................Wealth by degrees ...................................53
Chapter 8 .....................Easeful Death .........................................62
Chapter 9 ................................New highs ....................................70
Chapter 10 ....................Call him Queen Bee ...............................79
Chapter 11 ....................The Mars and Venus question .................88
Chapter 12 .........Decluttering the company ..................................96
FIFA ................................106
Chapter 1 ......................Corruption in
Chapter 14 ....................Planetology comes of age ........................116
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We would like to express our sincere appreciation to Amy
Schirmer, our American CELTA instructor, for accepting
copy editing the book, despite her extremely busy
schedule.
We wish to thank Jennifer Batchelor, Senior Rights &
Syndication Executive of The Economist. She generously
granted the copyright of using the articles from the
magazine.
We owe a debt of gratitude to Mohsen Ghorbanpoor,
whose meticulous reading of the book on a very short
notice, provided us with ample practical hints and
suggestions.
We are especially indebted to Ms. Ashna Ghasemi without
whose concerted efforts in Aftab Alborz Publication the
book would not be published.
We also like to thank the following people for their
encouragement throughout the project:
Faculty members of Alborz university especially; DR.
Taherinia, Dr. Bahmani, and Dr. Ghomi, Kish-e Mehr
staff and colleagues especially the head of the institute,
Mr. Noori.
Finally, our family members who were patient with our
being away and not attending family occasions.
Introduction
Reading is one of the most complicated phenomena humans
ever have to engage in. When we read in another language, not
surprisingly, this can be even more convoluted and sometimes
frustrating. This complexity can be attributed to the fact that “we
were never born to read.”1 As a result, we should learn this skill and
train our brain to decipher the message which is not coming from a
face to face communication rather from a written text.
The best method to learn reading skill is reading every day and
often. You should identify your interest and read as much as
possible around it. Some scholars argue that authentic materials will
arouse interest in many students which is the reason behind writing
this book. When every week my wife and I eagerly went through
brilliant stories of the prestigious magazine, The Economist,
It dawned on us why not sharing this pleasure of reading with
our students. Therefore, we collected about 15 up to date articles
and sought copyright for using the articles which generously was
granted.
The textbook contains 14 chapters. Chapters include one passage
each except for chapter three which is composed of two short
passages. The book comes with an audio CD which contains
recording of all passages.
Since this book is developed for class use, answer key is not
provided with the book. However, teachers can request the answer
key via the following email: [email protected].
We hope you enjoy reading this book as much as we did developing
it.
Mohsen Askari & Mehrave Samadi Rahim
August 2014
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CONTENT:
1The biography of Gabriel
García Marquez
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“There is always something
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– Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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information in a text, you
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eyes very quickly across the
text without reading every
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up” the information you are
looking for.
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Advanced Reading with The Economist
Pre-Reading Questions Discuss these questions in pairs.
1. Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction? Why?
2. Have you ever heard the name of Gabriel García Marquez?
What genre is he famous for?
Match these terms from the reading with
Vocabulary Warm-up
their definitions.
1. immense a) respect
2. vent b) to try to end a quarrel between two people
c) to cause pain, suffering, or trouble to someone, especially
3. reinforce
for a long period of time
4. feud d) make it stronger
5. startling e) to express feelings of anger, hatred etc.
f) to continue quarrelling for a long time, often in a violent
6. revere
way
7. mediate g) very unusual or surprising
8. plagued h) extremely important
9. colossus i) extremely large
Reading Skill Scanning
Scanning is moving your eyes quickly over a page. You scan to find the
information you are looking for, such as the name of a person or a company.
When you scan, you do not read every word. If you are looking for names of
people, look only for words that begin with capital letters.
A. Read these statements about the Gabriel
García Marquez. Read and listen to the
following text. Then check if they are true (T) or
false (F):
T F
1. Marquez was in the cave with Mafia for 15 months.
2. Marquez was brought up in a village called Aracataca.
3. Marquez founded a new style named magical realism.
4. Marquez’s first profession was writing novels.
5. A crowd of banana workers were killed by the army in
Aracataca
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Chapter 1: Scanning
7 literary among or surrounded by things
8 someone who looks for gold, minerals,
oil etch.
1 to keep yourself separate from other 9 a word meaning to have sex with some-
people one who you are not married to – used to
2 come out from somewhere show strong disapproval
3 to discuss something seriously 10 a bad or dishonest man, especially some-
4 a liquid that is frothy has lots of small one who cheats or deceives other people
bubbles on top 11 to breathe in air, smoke, or gas OPP
5 uncomfortable because there is not exhale
enough fresh air 12 a plant used in cooking, especially in
6 very long and boring Italian cooking
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