Introduction |
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Acknowledgments |
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Credits |
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UNIT 1 World Health in the Twenty-first Century |
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1 | (56) |
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2 | (16) |
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Heart Disease and Changing Attitudes |
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7 | (5) |
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Cardiovascular Disease: A Good News -- Bad News Story |
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12 | (6) |
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18 | (19) |
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Medicine and Genetic Research: Promise and Problems |
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22 | (7) |
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AIDS -- Not Someone Else's Problem |
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29 | (8) |
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37 | (20) |
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Better Health for Everyone: Health Care in Two Worlds |
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41 | (16) |
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54 | (3) |
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UNIT 2 Living in a Multicultural Society |
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57 | (54) |
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58 | (16) |
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63 | (6) |
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Who are Today's Immigrants? |
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69 | (5) |
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Unfavored and Favored Views |
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74 | (17) |
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Views on Multiculturalism |
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78 | (7) |
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Experimental Evidence on the Nature of Prejudice |
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85 | (6) |
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91 | (20) |
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The Challenge of Diversity |
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94 | (17) |
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108 | (3) |
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UNIT 3 Aspects of Language |
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111 | (60) |
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Definition and Classification |
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112 | (16) |
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115 | (6) |
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Sociolinguistic Rules of Speaking |
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121 | (7) |
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128 | (18) |
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Child Language Acquisition: Phonology |
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133 | (6) |
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Brain Development and Learning a Second Language |
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139 | (7) |
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146 | (25) |
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Language Acquisition: The Early Years |
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150 | (21) |
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168 | (3) |
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UNIT 4 Looking After Planet Earth |
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171 | (68) |
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172 | (20) |
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The Aral Sea: An Environmental Crisis |
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176 | (8) |
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Ecology, Overpopulation, and Economic Development |
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184 | (8) |
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-ing Words That Express Results |
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192 | (20) |
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Unsustainable Development and the Mayan Civilization |
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195 | (9) |
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Biological Diversity under Attack |
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204 | (8) |
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212 | (27) |
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Climate Change: Managing the Global Greenhouse |
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216 | (23) |
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235 | (4) |
Appendix 1 Dealing with Unknown Vocabulary |
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239 | (4) |
Appendix 2 Strategies for Vocabulary Learning |
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243 | (2) |
Appendix 3 Key Vocabulary from the Readings |
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245 | (25) |
Appendix 4 Index to Key Vocabulary |
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270 | (3) |
References |
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