Capítulo 1. Where it all comes from
1.1. Language in the Text
1.2. American English and its differences
Capítulo 2. Culture
2.1. How would you define culture?
2.2. Grammar in context
2.3. Culture Bites
2.4. American symbols
2.5. British superstitions
2.6. Million people admit to being superstitious
Capítulo 3. The world of cinema
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Genres of film
3.3. Game-changers
3.4. Project
Capítulo 4. The way they see us
4.1. Essential Questions
4.2. The American Way of Life
4.3. What would you expect?
4.4. The things they say
4.5. The best of what’s around
Capítulo 5. Education
Capítulo 6. Advertisement
6.1. Advertisement and women
6.2. Advertisement and propaganda
6.3. Further Reading
Capítulo 7. Success and Failure
7.1. Succeeding to fail, or failing to succeed?
7.2. Vocabulary in Context
7.3. Discussion
7.4. U2 and Their Rejection Letter
7.5. Role Models
7.6. Grammar in Context
7.7. Final Thoughts
7.8. Further reading
Capítulo 8. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Techonology
8.1. Essential Questions
8.2. Further reading
Capítulo 9. The Arts and Wars
9.1. History and revolutions
Capítulo 10. Grammar appendix
10.1. The tense and aspect system
Capítulo 11. Environment
11.1. Global Warming
11.2. Sustainability
11.3. Water
11.4. Good ideas!
Capítulo 12. The World of Science
12.1. The world of science
12.2. Science or Science Fiction
12.3. Further Reading
Capítulo 13. The Internet
13.1. One Internet For All
13.2. Further Reading