Contents
Introduction
Facts and figures
Faces and places
Unit 1 Some common differences
Two languages
Two ways of life
Unit 2 City life
Liz's first visit to New York
Mr Van Dyke's opinion oi London
Unit 3 Getting about in cities
Underground or Subway?
Turnstiles and transfers
Unit 4 Owning a car
Love me, love my car
What's a car for?
Unit 5 On the road
Stop lights and speed limits
Highways and byways
Unit 6 Free time
Out and about
Zach goes to Scotland
Unit 7 Getting news
Keeping in touch
Zach and his zip code
Unit 8 Cops and bobbies
How different are they?
Keeping order
Unit 9 The law and the gun
Guns are dangerous
Why Americans own guns
Unit 10 Eating and drinking out
Liz's mother comes to visit
Where to eat drink and meet
Unit 11 Blacks and whites
Mixed societies
Hilda Martin
Unit 12 Keeping clean and healthy
Cleanliness is next to godliness
Pollution
Acknowledgements
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