Spears two new parts that encourage and facilitate reading for pleasure, and cover day-to-day reading techniques expanded part introduCtions that provide more support for the readings and now include additional short exercises an even broader range of levels for the reading seleCtions featuring new, shorter readings with a variety of contemporary topics, including the psychological effects of constant cell phone use and Facebook monitoring, and how college students deal with procrastination inCreased emphasis on annotating, paraphrasing, and summarizing, giving students even more support in these key areas of the reading process Seventh Edition Seventh Edition Improving Reading Skills Contemporary readings for College students TM Deanne Spears MD DALIM #1208106 8/28/12 CYAN MAG YELO BLK Ready to take Improving Reading Skills to the next level? Visit http://create.mcgraw-hill.com to learn how to mold Spears’ materials into the perfect custom book for your course! Contemporary readings College students Visit the Online Learning Center for Improving Reading Skills at: www.mhhe.com/spears for a new seCtion in part 5, entitled “what more i need to Know?,” gives students a chance to ask questions that go beyond the readings themselves, thus helping them further develop critical thinking skills as they read persuasive material Improving Reading Skills Now in its 7th edition, Improving Reading Skills features a wide variety of carefully chosen readings that engage, encourage, and challenge students Ideal for introductory and intermediate developmental reading courses, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and now includes: Practice Essay Score 100 Reading Selection Number 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 90 80 70 60 50 30 20 10 MD DALIM #1208106 8/28/12 BLK BACKUP 40 Practice Essay Score 100 Reading Selection Number 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 90 80 70 60 50 30 20 10 MD DALIM #1208106 8/28/12 BLK BACKUP 40 SEVENTH EDITION Improving Reading Skills CONTEMPORARY READINGS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS Deanne Spears City College of San Francisco spe07319_fm_i-xxxiv.indd i 9/13/12 3:49 PM For David IMPROVING READING SKILLS, SEVENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10020 Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Previous editions © 2010, 2004, and 2000 No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States This book is printed on acid-free paper DOC/DOC ISBN: 978-0-07-340731-9 MHID: 0-07-340731-3 Senior Vice President, Products & Markets: Kurt L Strand Vice President, General Manager, Products & Markets: Michael Ryan Vice President, Content Production & Technology Services: Kimberly Meriwether David Director of Developmental Services: Lisa Pinto Managing Director: David Patterson Brand Manager: Kelly Villella Development Editor: Penina Braffman Director, Content Production: Terri Schiesl Senior Project Manager: Joyce Watters Buyer: Sandy Ludovissy Media Project Manager: Sridevi Palani Cover Designer: Studio Montage, St Louis, MO Cover Image: Yellowdog Productions/Lifesize/Getty Images Typeface: 10/12 Palatino Compositor: Lachina Publishing Services Printer: R.R Donnelley All credits appearing on page or at the end of book are considered to be an extension of the copyright page Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Milan Spears, Deanne Improving reading skills : contemporary readings for college students / Deanne Spears — 7th ed p cm ISBN 978-0-07-340731-9 (acid-free paper) Reading (Higher education) College readers Vocabulary I Title LB2395.3.M56 2012 428.4071’1—dc23 2012030245 www.mhhe.com spe07319_fm_i-xxxiv.indd ii 9/13/12 3:49 PM CONTENTS iii About the Author Deanne Spears is originally from Portland, Oregon, but she now considers herself a native Californian, having moved to Los Angeles when there were still orange groves in the area and only a couple of freeways After receiving a B.A and an M.A in comparative literature from the University of Southern California, she began teaching composition and reading at City College of San Francisco She continues to tutor students in reading and composition and to conduct teacher-preparation workshops for the college She is married to fellow English teacher and jazz musician, David Spears In addition to her primary interests—reading and studying Italian—she and David enjoy cooking, watching movies (they have over 100 titles in their Netflix queue), kayaking and camping (especially in the Gold Lakes Basin area of Northern California), walking their Queensland heeler, Katie, on the bluffs around Half Moon Bay, and discovering new and inexpensive ethnic restaurants Deanne is the author of Developing Critical Reading Skills, (9th edition, 2013) and, with David, In Tandem (1st edition, 2008) iii spe07319_fm_i-xxxiv.indd iii 9/13/12 3:49 PM Contents Preface xvi To the Student xx Improving Your Vocabulary Five Techniques for Acquiring Words Using Context Clues Using the Dictionary 13 DAVE BARRY PRACTICE SELECTION Tips for Women: How to Have a Relationship with a Guy 21 We’re not talking about different wavelengths here We’re talking about different planets, in completely different solar systems Elaine cannot communicate meaningfully with Roger about their relationship any more than she can meaningfully play chess with a duck Because the sum total of Roger’s thinking on this particular topic is as follows: Huh? Exercises 25 Comprehension Worksheet 30 PART ONE Getting Started: Practicing the Basics 31 Identifying the Main Idea and Writer’s Purpose 32 The Varieties of Reading You Will Do in This Book 32 Identifying the Main Idea in Short Passages 33 Implied Main Ideas 39 Thesis Statements in Articles and Essays 40 Identifying the Writer’s Purpose 42 DAVID SEDARIS Hejira 43 It wasn’t anything I had planned on, but at the age of twenty-two, after dropping out of my second college and traveling across the country a few times, I found myself back in Raleigh, iv spe07319_fm_i-xxxiv.indd iv 9/13/12 3:49 PM CONTENTS v living in my parents’ basement After six months spent waking at noon, getting high, and listening to the same Joni Mitchell record over and over again, I was called by my father into his den and told to get out SHERMAN ALEXIE Superman and Me 49 A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and nonIndians alike I fought with my classmates on a daily basis They wanted me to stay quiet when the non-Indian teacher asked for answers, for volunteers, for help We were Indian children who were expected to be stupid Most lived up to those expectations inside the classroom but subverted them on the outside JOE ABBOTT To Kill a Hawk 57 It was the summer of 1971, and a dozen friends and I had driven down the breathtakingly steep and tortuous road into Shelter Cove in southern Humboldt County to camp on the black sand beaches We were pretty young then, and ill-prepared, and we quickly gobbled down our meager food supplies So I and a couple others went down into the cove to poach abalones among the rocks ROSE GUILBAULT School Days 64 “What is that?” Mona scrunched her nose at my doll “Don’t you have a Barbie?” The other girls twittered What was a Barbie? I wondered And why was my doll looked down on? I felt embarrassed and quickly stuffed my unworthy toy back into the paper bag I would not be invited to play with them again COLBY BUZZELL Johnny Get Your Textbook 73 The first day on campus brought back flashbacks Not of the war, but of high school and my first day of basic training when I was absolutely convinced that I had made the biggest mistake of my life I found myself spending the majority of my free time asking god please; “Turn me into a bird so I can fly far, far away.” JOHN BUSSEY Old Hat for the New Normal 81 “Dad,” I teased, “a box of fresh donuts for just $2.50! How can you pass up a deal like that?” “That’s nothing,” he said “Wait until tomorrow when they’re a day old, they’ll be a buck and a quarter.” spe07319_fm_i-xxxiv.indd v 9/13/12 3:49 PM vi CONTENTS PART TWO Refining the Basics 89 Annotating, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing 90 Annotating 90 Paraphrasing 93 Summarizing 96 CAROLINE HWANG The Good Daughter 101 My parents didn’t want their daughter to be Korean, but they don’t want her fully American, either Children of immigrants are living paradoxes STUDS TERKEL Somebody Built the Pyramids 109 Mike Fitzgerald is a laborer in a steel mill “I feel like the guys who built the pyramids Somebody built ‘em Somebody built the Empire State Building, too There’s hard work behind it I would like to see a building, say The Empire State, with a foot-wide strip from top to bottom and the name of every bricklayer on it, the name of every electrician So when a guy walked by, he could take his son and say, ‘See, that’s me over there on the 45th floor I put that steel beam in.’” SHERRY TURKLE The Nostalgia of the Young 118 One high school senior recalls a time when his father used to sit next to him on the couch, reading “He read for pleasure and didn’t mind being interrupted.” But when his father, a doctor, switched from books to his BlackBerry, things became less clear “He could be playing a game or looking at a patient record, and you would never know He is in that same BlackBerry zone.” 10 ELIZABETH BERNSTEIN How Facebook Ruins Friendships 129 Notice to my friends I love you all dearly But I don’t give a hoot that you are “having a busy Monday,” your child “took 30 minutes to brush his teeth,” your dog “just ate an ant trap” or you want to “save the piglets.” And I really, really don’t care which Addams Family member you most resemble 11 CHRIS ROSE Hell and Back 136 For all of my adult life, I regarded depression and anxiety as pretty much a load of hooey I never accorded any credibility to the idea that they are medical conditions Nothing scientific about it You get sick, get fired, fall in love, get laid, buy a new pair of shoes, join a gym, get religion, seasons change, whatever; you go with the flow, dust yourself off, get back in the game I thought antidepressants were for desperate housewives and fragile poets spe07319_fm_i-xxxiv.indd vi 9/13/12 3:49 PM CONTENTS 12 vii VIRGINIA MORELL Minds of Their Own 149 Many of Alex’s cognitive skills, such as his ability to understand the concepts of same and different, are generally ascribed only to higher mammals, particularly primates But parrots, like great apes (and humans), live a long time in complex societies And like primates, these birds must keep track of the dynamics of changing relationships and environments 13 OLIVIA WU Alfresco Marriage Market 165 Sitting on a bench with his sign resting on his half-bared chest, shirt unbuttoned in the sweltering heat, he says the son he is trying to marry off is his last—”1976, Year of the Dragon, 1.74 meters, a computer engineer, 3,000 RMB ($375 monthly salary), seeking a female to years younger with an associate degree.” PART THREE Tackling More Challenging Prose 175 Making Inferences 14 176 CARLA RIVERA From Illiterate to Role Model 185 Even now, [Eileen, his wife] said, it’s hard for her to believe his reading ability was so limited “He just seemed to fine,” she said “He learned to compensate If we went to a restaurant, he [already] knew what to order off a menu or he could tell by the pictures When he couldn’t, he would just order a hamburger.” 15 JOHN SCHWARTZ Extreme Makeover: Criminal Court Edition 196 When John Ditullio goes on trial on Monday, jurors will not see the large swastika tattooed on his neck Or the crude insult tattooed on the other side of his neck Or any of the other markings he has acquired since being jailed on charges related to a double stabbing that wounded a woman and killed a teenager in 2006 16 “THE WAITER” (STEVE DUBLANICA) Why Be a Waiter? 204 Quite a few waiters have lives that are train wrecks A famous chef once observed that the restaurant business is a haven for people who don’t fit in anywhere else That’s true The restaurant business can be like the French Foreign Legion—without the heavy weaponry 17 STEVE STRIFFLER Undercover in a Chicken Factory 219 I learn quickly that “unskilled” labor requires immense skill The job of harinero is extremely complicated In a simple sense the harinero empties 50-pound bags of flour all day spe07319_fm_i-xxxiv.indd vii 9/13/12 3:49 PM 460 PART SEVEN Everyday Reading more expensive than a regular e-reader because it is more versatile, allowing me to access the Internet, check e-mail, store photos, listen to music, play the highly addictive Scrabble-like game Words with Friends, and watch instantly streamed movies via Netflix, in addition to reading books, newspapers, and magazines On the iPad, when I read a book I have downloaded from the Kindle app or the iTunes Store, I can touch an unfamiliar word, click on “Dictionary,” and receive a full definition with pronunciation See if this feature is available on the device you are considering purchasing I can also adjust the font and font size, the amount of backlighting, particularly useful if you are reading in dim light, for example, in a camping tent However, unlike the Kindle, the iPad can’t be used outdoors in the bright sunlight There is no question that e-readers will change the nature of reading The question is how much and to what degree My friends and colleagues have all shared my experience: These devices are made for distraction If I’m reading a book on the iPad, it’s very easy to say, “Oh, I should check my e-mail,” or “I need to look up a recipe for dinner tonight.” The experience of luxurious, sustained, deep reading is somehow diminished It’s important to guard against this very real possibility by setting aside a specific time for checking e-mail or for playing games so that your reading concentration isn’t compromised Whether or not you will enjoy reading printed material on an e-reader is a matter of personal taste and preference My experience is that, initially, I didn’t concentrate as well while reading on a tablet device, but eventually my concentration returned to normal But these are only one person’s experiences I still prefer printed matter, but it is also wonderful to have another way to access reading material Is this what the future of reading will look like? © Ward Sutton/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com spe07319_part07_435-460.indd 460 9/11/12 9:08 AM Index Abbott, Joe, “To Kill a Hawk,” 3, 5, 57–60 Alexie, Sherman, “Superman and Me,” 7, 49–52, 94 Anderson, Nick (cartoon), 403 Annie’s Macaroni and Cheese nutrition label, 449 promotional material, 451 annotating, 90–93 argument, structure of, 369–370 Ariely, Dan, “The Problem of Procrastination and SelfControl,” 302–306 Banchero, Stephanie and Stephanie Simon, “My Teacher Is an App,” 336–342 Barasch, Mark Ian, “Why Do We Walk On By?” 10, 180–181, 323–329 Barry, Dave, “Tips for Women: How to Have a Relationship with a Guy,” 10, 21–24, 42 Bernstein, Elizabeth, “How Facebook Ruins Friendships,” 5, 9–10, 19, 129–132, 275 Bettelheim, Bruno, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, 270 bias, 370 blogs, reading, 456 “A Briquette a Day,” 99–100 Brooks, Andy and Steve Weber, “Disarming the Hooligans Among Us,” 385–387 Brooks, David, “If It Feels Right ,” 390–392 Brown, David, “Test Rat a Good Samaritan,” 437 Brownell, Kelly D., “Nature and Nachos: How Fat Happens,” 13 Bussey, John, “Old Hat for the New Normal,” 9, 19, 81–83, 94–95 Buzzell, Colby, “Johnny Get Your Textbook,” 11, 73–77 Chase Sapphire Visa credit card, identity theft protection, 445–447 Chast, Roz (cartoon), 80 “Comfort Food on the Brain,” 442 comprehension worksheet, 30 context clues, using antonyms, emotion, 10 examples or series of details, situation, 10 synonyms, credit card insert, reading, 444 de Maupassant, Guy, 414–420 development, patterns of, 266–274 contrast, 270 examples, 267–268 list of facts or details, 267 process, 269–270 reasons (cause and effect) 268–269 Diamond, Jared, “Easter’s End,” 348–357 Dickerson, Debra J., “Raising Cain,” 281–284 dictionaries choosing the correct definition, 15, 17 entry, 14 etymology, 15 features of, 13–15 guide words, 13 I-1 spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-1 9/11/12 8:54 AM I-2 INDEX dictionaries, continued order of definitions, 15 parts of speech, 14 pronunciation symbols, 14 sample column in, 15–16 stress marks, 14 variant forms, 15 “Don’t Toss That Stapler,” 177–178 e-readers, an overview, 459–460 Egan, Timothy, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, 36 Everett, Daniel L., Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes, 7–8, 273 fact and opinion, distinguishing, 183–184 fiction, how to read, 406 flash fiction, 407 Flora, Carlin, “Hello, My Name Is Unique,” 40–41, 311–316 Gladwell, Malcolm, “Small Change,” 269, 271–272 graphic material, reading, 456–459 bar graphs, 458 line graphs, 458–459 pie charts, 457 Greenhouse, Steven, The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker, 11, 41–42, 95 Guest, Tim, Second Lives: A Journey through Virtual Worlds, 279–280 Guilbault, Rose, “School Days,” 11, 17, 64–68, 96 Hertzberg, Hendrik, “A Walk in the Park,” 272 Horsey, David (cartoon), 379 Hwang, Caroline, “The Good Daughter,” 19, 101–103, 278 implied main ideas, 39–40 inferences, making, 176–183 how to make, 181 spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-2 labeling, 179–180 open-ended inferences, 182–183 Johnson, Lacey, “Employers Say College Graduates Lack Job Skills,” 181–182 Kingsolver, Barbara, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, 274 Kraft Macaroni and Cheese nutrition label, 449 promotional material, 451 Krieger, Lisa M., “Uncovering Glimpse of Young Universe,” 439–441 Lennon, J Robert, “Town Life,” 407–408 Li, Yiyun, “Souvenir,” 409–412 Lindstrom, Martin, “Selling Illusions of Cleanliness,” 233–235, 275 London, Jack, 421–432 Lush, Tamara, “Living Inside a Virtual World,” 292–297 macaroni and cheese (recipe), 453 macaroni with ham and cheese (recipe), 454–455 magazine articles, reading, 436 main idea, identifying, 32–34 Margolin, Malcolm, The Ohlone Way, 268 Martin, Courtney E., “Is the American Dream a Delusion?” 395–397 McGee, Harold, On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, 17, 271 “Meals (and Deals) on Wheels,” 38, 96–97 Mitchell, Stacy, Big-Box Swindle, 37, 98 Morrell, Virginia, “Minds of Their Own,” 34–35, 92–93, 149–159, 267, 276 newspapers, reading, 436 nonfiction, types of, 32 opinion pieces (see persuasive writing) 9/11/12 8:54 AM INDEX package labels, reading, 448 paraphrasing, 93–96 persuasive writing, principles of, 364 aims of, 364–365 claims, types of, 366–367 evidence, kinds of, 367–368 how to read, 365 refutation in, 368–369 Petit-Zerman, Sophie, “No Laughing Matter,” 269–270 Plumwood, Val, “Being Prey: Surviving a Crocodile Attack,” 251–257, 277 purpose, identifying, 32, 42 recipes, reading, 452 Rivera, Carla, “From Illiterate to Role Model,” 185–189 Rose, Chris, “Hell and Back,” 11, 136–143 Rosenbaum, James E and Kelly Iwanaga Becker, “The Early College Challenge,” 279 Royte, Elizabeth, “A Fountain on Every Corner,” 370–372 Schwartz, John, “Extreme Makeover: Criminal Court Edition,” 196–199 Sedaris, David, “Hejira,” 5, 43–45 Shames, Laurence, “The Hunger for More,” 12, 241–244 Silko, Leslie Marmon, “Fences Against Freedom,” 9, 36, 94, 95 Sipress, David (cartoon), 176 Stossel, John, “The College Scam,” 374–376 Striffler, Steve, “Undercover in a Chicken Factory,” 219–227, 276, 277, 278 spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-3 I-3 Suellentrop, Chris, “Playing with Our Heads,” 270–271 Sullivan, James, Jeans: A Critical History of an American Icon, 3–4, 11, 35–36, 94 summarizing, 96–100 Sutton, Ward (cartoon), 460 Terkel, Studs, “Somebody Built the Pyramids,” 11, 109–112 thesis statements, 40 Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall, The Tribe of Tiger, 272 transitional elements, 274–279 Turkle, Sherry, “The Nostalgia of the Young,” 19, 118–123, 278 Turnley, Peter, “The Line— Photographs from the U.S.Mexican Border (photo essay), 401–402 Underhill, Paco, Call of the Mall, 268–269, 273 vocabulary acquiring new words, 2–6 breaking words down, 4–5 etymology, 5–6 using context clues, 7–12 using note cards or notebook, 3–4 using the three-dot method, word-of-the-day websites, “The Waiter” (Steve Dublanica), “Why Be a Waiter?” 204–212, 276, 278 Wideman, John Edgar, “The Seat Not Taken,” 10, 380–382 Wu, Olivia, “Alfresco Marriage Market,” 18, 19, 165–168, 177, 278 9/11/12 8:54 AM Index of Vocabulary Preview Words a-, 281 -able, -ably, 380 adjective suffixes, 81–82 anonymous, 110 anti-, 109 aquatic, 251–252 bacchanal, 82bi-, 118 chron-, 149–150 clarity, 49 cogn-, recognition, 57 curriculum, 74 cyber-, 336 de facto, 385 dict-, 302 dis-, 185 duc-, 374 dys-, 185 education, 374 em-, 64 empathy, 137 equi-, 323 extra-, 348 graph, 118–119 hejira, homo-, 311 hyperbole, hyperbolic, 204–205 idiosyncratic, 311–312 il-, 185 ir-, 5, 57, 204 -ism, 390 -ity, 251 -ize, 149 -less, 101 -ly, 380 mal-, 136 mecca, 129 mega-, 165 metamorphosis, 185 -meter, 20 mis-, 101 mobility, 395 mono-, 8, 49, 219–220 narcissism, 5, 129 neo-, 196 numerical prefixes, 118 phobia, 233 potent, 324 potential, 165 pre-, 73 re-, 43 revive, 348–349 scam, 374 speculate, 241–242 sub-, 64 survive, 196 swastika, 196–197 sympathy, 137 tattoos, 196–197 tele-, 118–119 trans-, 219 transmission, 21 transport, 292 tri-, 241 utilitarian, 336 voc-, I-4 spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-4 9/11/12 8:54 AM spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-5 9/14/12 4:02 PM spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-6 9/14/12 4:02 PM spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-7 9/14/12 4:02 PM spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-8 9/14/12 4:02 PM spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-9 9/14/12 4:02 PM spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-10 9/14/12 4:02 PM spe07319_idx_I1-I4.indd I-11 9/14/12 4:02 PM Reading Comprehension Progress Chart To calculate your progress, find the number of the selection at the top and the number representing your percentage of correct answers at the left At the square where the two numbers meet, shade it in with a pencil This will allow you to keep track of the progress you make during the term Remember that a score of 70 percent or above is considered acceptable and that since the selections become progressively more difficult, a constant score of 70 percent throughout the text indicates improvement spe07319_chart.indd 9/13/12 11:56 AM Practice Essay Score 100 Reading Selection Number 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 spe07319_ibc.indd 9/13/12 11:57 AM Spears two new parts that encourage and facilitate reading for pleasure, and cover day-to-day reading techniques expanded part introduCtions that provide more support for the readings and now include additional short exercises an even broader range of levels for the reading seleCtions featuring new, shorter readings with a variety of contemporary topics, including the psychological effects of constant cell phone use and Facebook monitoring, and how college students deal with procrastination inCreased emphasis on annotating, paraphrasing, and summarizing, giving students even more support in these key areas of the reading process Seventh Edition Seventh Edition Improving Reading Skills Contemporary readings for College students TM Deanne Spears MD DALIM #1208106 8/28/12 CYAN MAG YELO BLK Ready to take Improving Reading Skills to the next level? Visit http://create.mcgraw-hill.com to learn how to mold Spears’ materials into the perfect custom book for your course! Contemporary readings College students Visit the Online Learning Center for Improving Reading Skills at: www.mhhe.com/spears for a new seCtion in part 5, entitled “what more i need to Know?,” gives students a chance to ask questions that go beyond the readings themselves, thus helping them further develop critical thinking skills as they read persuasive material Improving Reading Skills Now in its 7th edition, Improving Reading Skills features a wide variety of carefully chosen readings that engage, encourage, and challenge students Ideal for introductory and intermediate developmental reading courses, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and now includes: ... of Improving Reading Skills will find many changes in the seventh edition, which I elaborate on a bit later The book’s rationale, however, remains the same: Students improve their reading by reading, ... 9/13/12 3:49 PM To the Student The Aims of the Text This is the seventh edition of Improving Reading Skills Because the book has evolved in many ways—both large and small—since the first edition,... than many other jobs on the line At the same time, the job is multifaceted and cannot be quickly learned The harinero adjusts the breader and rebreader, monitors the marinade, turns the power