The book is for intermediate English learners and is useful for vocabulary and reading instruction at the college level.
The English POWER-On: Building Vocabulary and Reading Skills series is comprised of three books catering to English learners of different proficiency levels. Each book contains 18 units and 36 lessons that provide attractive reading material on different themes and various topics, including Travel, Animals, People, Art & Literature, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Science & Technology, Computers & the Internet, and Nature. This series offers you valuable practice with real English and a wealth of reading strategies and activities designed to help you build your vocabulary and comprehension skills.
BASIC STRUCTURES OF THE BOOK
Each lesson of the book is divided into three main parts that serve different functions and purposes.
BEFORE YOU READ
Before you read, each Pre-reading Warm-up exercise provides discussion questions to help you warm up your brain, increase your comprehension of the article, and familiarize you with the main topic.
READING PASSAGE
As you read, each short Reading Passage covers one of the many interesting topics and genres in the book, and points out target words and phrases to enhance your vocabulary and reading competence as well as foster your skills in appropriate word usage.
AFTER YOU READ
After you read, this section provides you with different kinds of after-reading activities, including:
- Reading Skill practices reading skills such as Making Inferences, Drawing Conclusions, Identifying Causes and Effects, Distinguishing Main Ideas and Supporting Details, and Evaluating Text Features.
- Word Study reinforces the appropriate usage of words and phrases.
- Exercise consists of Reading Comprehension, Target Vocabulary, and Critical Thinking.
These after-reading activities will help you gain a better understanding of the article and also build up your vocabulary and reading skills.
CEFR Level: B2
Contents
Unit 1 Arts & Literature
Lesson 1 Baroque Art
Lesson 2 Paulo Coelho
Unit 2 Entertainment
Lesson 3 Riverdance
Lesson 4 Stand-up Comedy
Review 1
Lesson 5 Molière
Lesson 6 Nail Art
Unit 3 Culture
Lesson 7 Coming of Age
Lesson 8 Growing up in Borneo
Unit 4 Business
Lesson 9 How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur
Lesson 10 Insurance
Review 2
Lesson 11 Dowry
Lesson 12 How to Manage Your Finances
Unit 5 Health & Life
Lesson 13 Power Napping
Lesson 14 In the Future, Will We All Be Vegetarian?
Unit 6 Science & Technology
Lesson 15 Bitcoins
Lesson 16 Is Seeing Believing?
Review 3
Lesson 17 Muscle Building in Old Age
Lesson 18 Bionic Prosthesis
Unit 7 Geography
Lesson 19 Living Near an Active Volcano
Lesson 20 The Petrified Forest
Unit 8 Mystery
Lesson 21 Is the White House Haunted?
Lesson 22 Area 51
Review 4
Lesson 23 The Caspian Sea
Lesson 24 Oscar, the Death Predicting Cat
Unit 9 Nature
Lesson 25 The Mimic Octopus
Lesson 26 Carnivorous Plants
Unit 10 Travel
Lesson 27 Bora Bora
Lesson 28 Cusco Peru
Review 5
Lesson 29 Scotland
Lesson 30 Sleep Tight! Don't let the Bedbugs Bite!
Unit 11 Sports
Lesson 31 Olympic Scandals
Lesson 32 The X Games
Unit 12 Politics
Lesson 33 A Country With No Government
Lesson 34 Immigration: Blessing or Curse?
Review 6
Lesson 35 The Paralympics
Lesson 36 Should Voting Be Compulsory?