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Original articles. Useful expressions. Read at your own pace.
Could new tenants’ rights usher in rent controls? Here’s why that wouldn’t necessarily be a positive
The Conversation · 996 words · 6 min
Policy analysis weighing tenant protection against supply incentives, judicial capacity and enforcement. Practise concessions, unintended consequences and institutional vocabulary. Written in November 2025; policy references describe that date.
Looted African belongings must be returned: is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter
The Conversation · 1,099 words · 7 min
An argument about how terminology allocates power and responsibility. Practise abstract nouns, conceptual distinctions and rights-based argumentation; the authors’ position is part of the original text.
Antibiotic resistance dates back millions of years, with important lessons for modern medicine
The Conversation · 698 words · 4 min
A research-based explanation linking ancient evidence to present-day resistance. Practise scientific qualification, causal chains and evolution vocabulary, with no simplified rewriting.
Critical minerals don’t belong in landfills – microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e‑waste
The Conversation · 1,086 words · 7 min
A technical explanation connecting recovery methods, commercial incentives and supply security. Focus on transferable resource-policy expressions rather than memorising every chemical name. Data and plans describe May 2025.
Opening Remarks on Productivity Dynamics
Federal Reserve Board · 1,424 words · 8 min
A policy speech tracing how supply, demand and capital formation interact. Practise dense causal argument, countervailing effects and conditional policy conclusions. Delivered in May 2025; forecasts are historical.
Innovation at the Speed of AI
Federal Reserve Board · 2,422 words · 14 min
Reading 03 · A sustained policy argument about technological disruption, employment and regulation. Focus on concessions, historical analogies and the distinction between short-run costs and long-run gains. Treat the argument as the speaker’s position; the figures and relative dates belong to October 2025. Read the original long paragraphs in several sittings if needed.
Vaccine skepticism and what to do about it
Our World in Data · 877 words · 5 min
Reading 04 · A compact evidence-based argument: attitudes, access and actual behaviour do not line up neatly. Practise reading qualifications, counterexamples and competing explanations, then follow the shift to platform responsibility and rebuttal. The vaccination figures and policy references describe the article’s 2019 context, not current conditions.
How much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty substantially?
Our World in Data · 7,340 words · 41 min
Reading 05 · The longest and most demanding selection in this set. Follow a minimum-growth thought experiment, test its assumptions, and distinguish household income from GDP and poverty reduction from environmental sustainability. Read by section over several days. The original data-update notice is retained: the calculations use an older World Bank release and 2011 international dollars, not today’s poverty thresholds.
The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here’s how its scheme could fail
The Conversation · 959 words · 6 min
An academic policy commentary: distinguish activities from outcomes, follow three objections, and assess the proposed alternative. Historical text: the legislation, budget and relative dates refer to October 2022.
Monetary Policy and Price Stability
Federal Reserve Board · 1,447 words · 9 min
A formal policy speech with dense argument, qualified claims, and precise economic language. Historical text: all policy settings and time references are those of August 2022.
How to spot and avoid task scams
FTC · 302 words · 2 min
Start here: a concrete scenario with useful everyday and consumer-protection language.
What is inflation, and how does the Federal Reserve evaluate changes in the rate of inflation?
Federal Reserve Board · 467 words · 3 min
A useful foundation for economic reporting: prices, policy, expectations, and cause and effect.
Unique Brain Features Found in Cognitive SuperAgers
NIH News in Health · 219 words · 2 min
A short research report. Notice how the writer distinguishes a finding from a possible future application.
NASA Continues Search for Moon-Focused Sustainability Solutions
NASA · 481 words · 3 min
A real institutional news release: useful language for projects, competitions, resources, and cooperation.
Four minutes of air conditioning
Our World in Data · 1,121 words · 7 min
A clear argument connecting energy access, daily life, and poverty. Original charts and endnotes are included.