CONTENTS Introduction v 1. Education on Education 1 2. No Letter from Mother 7 3. Poem for Everyman 12 Language Focus I 16 4. Environment Education and Sustainable Development 19 5. An Interview with a Field Biologist 24 6. Case Studies 28 Language Focus II 33 7. Truth about Lies 36 8. The Freedom of Information Bill 2000 40 9. New Information Technology and Poverty Eradication45 Language Focus III 49 10. Habitat for Humanity 51 11. What We must Learn from the West 57 Language Focus IV 62 12. Letter from a Wife 65 Language Focus V 81 13. New Energy Webs 84 14. Renewable Energy 87 15. Value-added Life 90 Language Focus VI 94 16. Local and Global Markets 97 17. Septapus: Seven Tentacles of Management102 Language Focus VII 110 18. Information Technology 113 19. New Frontiers and New Challenges 117 20. Key Item 122 Language Focus VIII 126 21. Applying for a Passport 128 22. Pitched Back 134 23. Sshhh .. 139 Language Focus IX 147 Appendices 151 Listening Texts 153 Lesson Key----- 159 Task Sheets I-V 167