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Unit 1: Key pals
EF Cafe Chat Center: Make friends and practice English here! You can submit a message, read the latest messages, or browse for e-pals by country.

Andy's Pen Pals: This site provides updated lists of pen-pals and e-pals for teens and adults.

Dave's ESL Email Connection: Here you'll find e-pals from different countries around the world.

English Club E-friends: Browse the messages and exchange email with people all around the world.

Unit 2: Staff bios
Microsoft Executives: Read the profiles and biographies of Microsoft's top executives.

Positive Profiles: Here you can find profiles of people who work in all areas of the medical industry.

McGill University History Faculty: Learn about the professors who teach history at this Canadian university.

Unit 3: Body language
Nonverbal dictionary: You can find definitions and illustrations of words people use to talk about non-verbal communication here.

V for Victory: Learn how and when to use these common American and Canadian gestures.

Exploring Nonverbal Communication: This introduction to nonverbal communication shows you how people communicate with body language-- and why you can't always trust what you see.

Unit 4: Cultures of the world
Culture Quest World Tour: Take a Web tour of the world! Learn about foods, crafts, customs, and beliefs from around the world.

Cultures: Here you can explore images and articles about past and present world cultures.

Executive Planet: Learn important differences in the ways people from around the world conduct business.

Unit 5: Emotions
Emotions and Emotional Intelligence: Here you'll find a bibliography of online resources about emotions. You can connect to science centers that study emotion and read articles and research about emotions from around the Web.

Rings of Passion: Explore 5 emotions through works of art from around the world.

Sporting Pictures: Emotions: Here you can see athletes expressing a range of emotions, from joy to agony.

Unit 6: Country guides
USA Tourist: A guide to exciting places and activities around the U.S.

Canada: Canada's official tourism site offers virtual tours, regional and city maps, and activity guides.

Holland: The Netherlands Board of Tourism provides guides to cities, art and culture, cycling around Holland, and more.

Argentina Secretary of Tourism: Here you can take a virtual tour of Argentina and learn practical tips for travelling in Argentina.

Kenya Travel Guide: Explore Kenya's parks and safaris and learn more about Kenyan culture here.

Tour India: This site offers short articles and pictures of famous destinations as well as practical information for travellers.

Unit 7: Fashion magazines
ELLE: Elle provides fashion news, slides from the latest fashions shows, and "Street Fashion": photos and interviews of New Yorkers with style.

Style: Look through Style's online catalog, watch fashion slideshows, and learn about celebrity trends.

Vogue: Vogue profiles new designers, provides fashion slideshows, and features a catalog of clothing and accessories.

Unit 8: Food sites
International Gourmet: Browse this catalog of gourmet foods from around the world. You'll find lots of pictures and descriptions of each item.

Epicurious: Here you'll find cooking tips and videos, articles about foods of all kinds, and recipes.

Fusion Cooking: Learn what fusion cooking is or try making one of the recipes from the recipe files.

Cooking: Browse this online catalog to see cooking tools and foods used for cuisines around the world.

Unit 9: Leisure activities
Open Directory: Recreation: Links to practically every type of free-time activity are listed here.

The World Leisure Association: Find out why this world-wide organization thinks free time is a serious issue.

America at Leisure: Watch historical film clips from 1894- 1915 of Americans enjoying their free time.

Unit 10: Shopping
Yahoo Shopping: Browse the categories or click on a brand name to explore products of all kinds.

Open Directory: Shopping: Browse the categories, from automobiles to weddings.

Co-op America: Learn about earth-friendly products and find tips on how to be an earth-friendly shopper here.

Unit 11: Web cams
Webcam World: Browse web cams from around the world or search for a specific location.

Cam Vista: This site links to web cams of famous places around the world.

The Ultimate Camera Page: Click on a region to find web cams from around the world.

Unit 12: Music
Sonic Net: Here you can find the latest news about music of all genres.

Rolling Stone: Browse the CD reviews, MP3s, or read the latest rock and pop news.

Real: Listen to songs, watch featured videos, or listen to Real's music channels.

Unit 13: Famous places
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Learn about the original Seven Wonders and about other world wonders here.

The Natural Wonders of the World: Explore the natural wonders of the world in pictures and words with this online tour.

Terra Server: Terra Server provides satellite image maps of major cities and places around the world.

Unit 14: Holidays
Holidays on the Net: Click on a holiday to learn more about its customs and its history.

The Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site: This site indexes holidays by date, region, and nation. Click on a country to learn about the holidays there, or click on a date to see all of the holidays that fall on that day.

The Earth Calendar: Search for holidays by date, by country, or by religion.

Unit 15: Job sites for students
CDS International: Explore CDS's international internship programs around the world.

University of California at Berkeley: Student Jobs: Search UC Berkeley's database of student jobs by type or by pay scale.

College Grad Job Hunter: Here you'll find advice about job hunting, a job board, and tips on how to succeed at your new job.

Student.com: Jobs: This site provides a series of articles about what it's like to work at different summer jobs, from working at a resort town to interning at a TV station.

Unit 1: E-pals
EF Cafe Chat Center: Make friends and practice English here! You can submit a message, read the latest messages, or browse for e-pals by country.

Dave's ESL Email Connection: Here you'll find e-pals from different countries around the world.

English Club E-friends: Browse the messages and exchange email with people all around the world.

Unit 2: Profiles
Microsoft Executives: Read the profiles and biographies of Microsoft's top executives.

Positive Profiles: Here you can find profiles of people who work in all areas of the medical industry.

Meridian School: Meridian High School provides pictures and profiles of its teachers.

Unit 3: Restaurants
Kerry's Restaurant World: Browse reviews of restaurants in major cities around the U.S.

Place to Eat: Here you'll find reviews of U.K. restaurants, indexed by region.

Chez Pannisse: Here's an updated menu for one of the most famous places to eat California Cuisine.

Unit 4: Travel diaries
Travelmag Travel Diaries: Read traveler's stories and look at their pictures from places all around the world.

Lonely Planet: On The Road: This page features updated travel diaries, travel adventure stories, and links to other travel writing sites on the Web.

By Travelers: Here you'll find travel diaries linked to interactive maps: read the adventures and then see where they take place.

Unit 5: Crafts & Skills
Better Homes and Gardens: Crafts: Here you'll find craft ideas for all skill levels, from drying flowers to knitting.

Do it Yourself: Learn how to fix common things in your home, or learn how to build something new.

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Learn how to make science experiments with common items.

Unit 6: Emotions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore this huge online collection of art from different places and different times.

Rings of Passion: Explore 5 emotions through works of art from around the world.

Sporting Pictures: Emotions: Here you can see athletes expressing a range of emotions, from joy to agony.

Unit 7: Maps
Maps: You'll find different kinds of maps here, from driving maps to atlases, and you can play map games, too.

Mapquest: Find interactive maps of places around the world or get directions from one address to another.

National Geographic: Maps: Here you'll find satellite maps, historical maps, atlases, and more. All maps are interactive.

Unit 8: Plans
About: Career Planning: Here you'll find resources on all aspects of career planning, from exploring job fields to writing a resume.

Open Directory: Education: Browse this directory of educational topics to help you make your study plans.

Yahoo!: Entertainment: Browse the latest movie, music, and TV news or find an event using Yahoo's guides.

Unit 9: Auctions
Ebay: Browse the featured items section or browse for items by category. You can also search for a specific item.

AuctionPort: Search or browse AuctionPort's updated collections of antiques, books, jewelry, and more.

Auction Watch: Search for items, browse the auction beginner's guide, or read the latest news about auctions.

Unit 10: Advice
Dear Abby: Abigail Van Buren is one of the U.S.'s best known advice columnists. Read her latest column or browse the archives.

Teen Refuge: Teen 2 Teen Advice: Teenagers give each other advice about problems with relationships, health, friends, and more.

Ask Anon: You can read recent letters or browse the discussion lists, organized by topic.

Unit 11: Stories
Folktale of the Month: Read a new folktale each month.

Childrenstory: Fairy Tales: At this site, you can listen to over 10 fairy tales as you read along.

Grimm Brothers: Listen to the Grimm brother's fairy tales as you read along, learn more about the Grimm Brothers, and browse related links here.

Unit 12: Housing
Here to Anywhere: Browse listings for vacation rentals, roommates, buying a home, and more.

Craig's List: Here you can find rental and roommate listings for cities around the U.S. and Canada.

Summer Exchange: Summer exchange provides a database of short-term rentals in popular U.S. cities.

Unit 13: Geography
National Geographic: This is one of the Web's most comprehensive geography sites, with in-depth articles, maps, and featured information.

Terra Server: Terra Server provides satellite image maps of major cities and places around the world.

Geosource: Browse this huge index of geography links: look for a country or region of interest, see maps, find museums, and more.

Unit 14: Gadgets
The Last Word: Gadgets: Scientists answer questions about how common gadgets work and explain the uses of some unusual gadgets.

Gadgets: This cataolog provides pictures and descriptions of gadgets for home, office, and travel.

Gizmo City: A gadget catalog that specializes in electronics and high-tech.

Unit 15: Job fields
University of California at Berkeley: Student Jobs: Search UC Berkeley's database of student jobs by type or by pay scale.

Monster: Search for jobs in different industries, or read articles and tips on job-hunting or career planning.

Guru: Here you can browse freelance and short-term job listings by category or find advice about freelancing.