Longman Reading Spectrum 3

MY LIFESTYLE
1 A culture of cuteness
Feature article / Talking about the past / Facial expressions
2 Does the Internet harm or help friendships?
Debate / Reporting questions / Internet activities
3 The world's spiciest chilies
Presentation List / This, that, these, those / How things taste
4 Mandy's wise words page
Newspaper article, Poems, Riddles / Should, ought to, must, have to / Parts of a newspaper
5 Hair
Magazine article / Conditionals (Type 2) / Hair care products

MY SOCIETY
6 Team Hoyt shows that anything is possible
Personal account / The past perfect / How people feel about winning
7 The Ambulance Driver
Poem / Gerunds and to-infinitives / People who work in health and medicine
8 Hotel management trainee program
Job advertisement, Letter, Resume / Be used to / Types of careers
9 Money in your pocket
Speech / Comparing amounts / Forms of payment
10 A Day in Darkness
Playscript / Commenting on amounts / Things in a play

MY LEISURE
11 A Maori myth
Comic strip / The passive voice / Adjectives of time
12 A musical genius: Ludwig van Beethoven
Encyclopedia entry / Connectives / Types of musical performers
13 Too Small to Fail
Novel extract / Could, may, might / Words describing actions
14 The tragic tale of The Butterfly Lovers
Synopsis / Reported speech / Characters in fables and fairy tales
15 In the Summer
Poem / Phrasal verbs / Types fo poems

MY CHALLENGES
16 All you need to know about manatees
Informational report / Participle phrases / Types of threats to wild animals
17 Hiroshima, Japan - 1945
Song Iyrics / Noun phrases / Environmental Disasters
18 Robots in our lives
Essay / Inversion / Ways we use robots
19 A lesson in communication
Short story / The future perfect / Things in space
20 Book review on Ban the Plastic Bag
Book review / Conditionals / Environmental campaings

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