Cambridge English B for the IB Diploma
Information sheet 1.1: complete list of texts
This resource provides a complete list of the texts included in the Cambridge English B for the IB Diploma coursebook, listed by chapter.
Text number
Coursebook
page number
Source
Title/description
Chapter 1:
Communication and
media (Core)
Text 1.1
Text1.2
Text 1.3
4
8
12
‘Offline: day one of life without Internet', by Paul Miller
‘Indians value personal information most', by Mahafreed Irani
‘Zambian government intensifies crackdown on Internet users'
The Verge, 2 May 2012
http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2994277/pa
ul-miller-diary-offline-day-of-life-withoutinternet
Times of India, 29 March 2012
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai
/Indians-value-personal-informationmost/articleshow/12448191.cms
Zambian Watchdog, 2 April 2012
http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/?p=33000
Businessweek, May 2007
Text 1.4
16
Google is making you dumber'
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http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/arch
ives/2007/05/google_is_makin.html
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Top News (Arab Emirates), 21 March 2012
Text 1.5
20
‘New Bill Seeks Warning Label on Violent Video Games’
http://topnews.ae/content/210962-new-billseeks-warning-label-violent-video-games
The Indian Express, 2 January 2009
Text 1.6
20
‘Video games ‘could be used for education’’
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/videogames-could-be-used-for-education/405807/
New York Times, 9 December 2005
Text 1.7
Text 1.8
Text 1.9
26
30
35
‘Boring game? Hire a player’, by David Barboza
‘Who will jail web democracy in Africa?', by Nnenna
Nwakanmna
‘International Right to Know Day - 28 September’
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/08/technolog
y/08iht-gaming.html?_r=4
Commonwealth Internet Governance Forum, 4
February 2011
http://www.commonwealthigf.org/blog/whowill-jail-web-democracy-in-africa
Freedom of Information Advocates Network
(FOIAN)
http://www.foiadvocates.net/en/right-to-knowday-2011
Chapter 2: Global
issues (Core)
Fairtrade website
Text 2.1
47
‘The FAIRTRADE Mark’
Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013. All rights reserved.
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/what_is_fairtrade/fa
irtrade_certification_and_the_fairtrade_mark/th
e_fairtrade_mark.aspx
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FINCA (Foundation for International
Community Assistance website
Text 2.2
49
FINCA case study of Saumu Eneza, Tanzania
http://www.finca.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.as
px?c=6fIGIXMFJnJ0H&b=6088699&ct=11212
971
Dambisa Moyo website
Text 2.3
54
Publicity information for the book Dead Aid : Why Aid Is Not
Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa, by
Dambisa Moyo
www.dambisamoyo.com
http://www.dambisamoyo.com/books/?book=de
ad-aid
Discovery News, 8 June 2010
Text 2.4, Ch 2, p17
58
‘Is Global Warming Real?’, by Robert Lamb
http://news.discovery.com/earth/is-globalwarming-real.html
Direct.gov website
Text 2.5
60
‘Greener living: a quick guide’
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Environmentandgr
eenerliving/Thewiderenvironment/Climatechan
ge/DG_064391
Los Angeles Times, 25 February 2007
Text 2.6
67
‘Global warming gains foothold in Bangladesh', by Henry Chu
Text 2.7
69
Text of speech on global warming by US Senator Dianne
Feinstein, given in Los Angeles in 2006
Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013. All rights reserved.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/article
s/2007/02/25/global_warming_gains_foothold_i
n_bangladesh/
http://www.famous-speeches-and-speechtopics.info/famous-speeches/dianne-feinsteinspeech-global-warming-a-time-to-act.htm
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Chapter 3: Social
relations
Argus Leader.com, 4 Nov 2010
Text 3.1
84
‘The fleeting promise of education' by Steve Young (500
words)
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20101103/
GUI/101103035/-1/gui?nclick_check=1
The Guardian, 7 Sept2009
Text 3.2
87
Adapted from My gypsy childhood by Roxy Freeman
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/se
p/07/gypsy-childhood-prejudice-education
Worlds of Difference (Homelands Productions)
Text 3.3
93
‘Maasai schools’, produced by Jon Miller
http://homelands.org/worlds/maasai.html
Text 3.4
98
From the Introduction to Men are from Mars, Women are from
Venus , by John Gray
From Men are from Mars, Women are from
Venus , by John Gray, published by Harper
Collins,1992
From Ms Magazine, 1971
Text 3.5
100
Magazine article ‘I want a wife', by Judy Syfers
http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/
XJ&zTi=1&sdn=womenshistory&cdn=educatio
n&tm=108&f=00&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&
bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.cwluherstory.
org/why-i-want-a-wife.html
Indiamarks.com
Text 3.6
105
‘The Culture of Arranged Marriages in India’
Text 3.7
108
Example of a letter of application
Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013. All rights reserved.
http://www.indiamarks.com/guide/The-Cultureof-Arranged-Marriages-in-India/961
Supplied by the author
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Text 3.8
111
Rewritten and improved version of Text 3.7
Supplied by the author
English-Online
Specimen Paper 1
(SL), Text A
114
‘Facebook celebrates 5th birthday’, by Klaus Rosmanitz
http://www.englishonline.at/media/facebook/facebook-celebratesfifth-birthday.htm
ArticleCity.com
Specimen Paper 1
(SL), Text B
115
‘Compost Pile Quick Tips', by Michael Podlesny
http://www.articlecity.com/articles/environment
_and_going_green/article_1151.shtml
Animal Port
Specimen Paper 1
(SL), Text C
116
‘Endangered Animals of New Zealand’
http://www.animalport.com/endangeredanimals/new-zealand.html
India Today, 9June 2012
Specimen Paper 1
(SL), Text D
117
‘‘Anonymous’ protests Across India Over Web Censorship'
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anonymousprotests-over-web-censorship/1/199959.html
Specimen Paper 1
(HL), Text A
122
‘Underwater wonder' , by Angela Tweedie
Holland Herald (KLM inflight magazine)
Next Green Car
Specimen Paper 1
(HL), Text B
123
‘Electric Car Buying Guide’
http://www.nextgreencar.com/electriccars/buying-guide.php
Specimen Paper 1
(HL), Text C
124
'How cell phone behavior affects other people,' by Maria
Brannon
Suite 101.com
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FamilyLobby.com
Specimen Paper 1
(HL), Text D
126
Specimen Paper 1
(HL), Text E
‘The Challenge of Modern Parenting', by Seth Mullins
http://articles.familylobby.com/284-thechallenge-of-modern-parenting.htm
From The Gift of Rain by Tan Twang Eng,
published by Myrmidon, 2007
From The Gift of Rain by Tan Twang Eng
Chapter 4: Cultural
diversity (option)
Text 4.1
138
Advertisement 'American Apparel on Immigration', from New
York Times, November 2007
American Apparel website
http://www.americanapparel.net/presscenter/ads
/newyorktimes0712.html
Xenophobia.org
Text 4.2
140
‘We have done nothing to them: Zimbabwean immigrants face
afro-phobia in South Africa’, by Cynthia Chitongo
http://www.xenophobia.org.za/citizenship.htm?
Immigration Watch Canada
Text 4.3
143
Immigration Watch Canada: website home page
http://www.immigrationwatchcanada.org/
The Guardian, 20 Jan 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/irelandbusiness-blog-with-lisaocarroll/2011/jan/20/ireland-emigrationaustralia
Text 4.4
147
‘Irish emigration worse than 1980s', by Lisa O'Carroll
Text 4.5
153
‘Third Culture Kids: Returning to their Passport Country' by
Julie K. Kidd and Linda L. Lankenau
Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013. All rights reserved.
From Syllabus, Phi Delta Kappa, Chapter 1144.
http://www.pdkintl.org/about/index.htm
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Text 4.6
157
‘My Beijing Survival Diary': blog by Michelle Lai-Saun Guo
Wordpress, 29 August 2011
http://www.itsmichelleguo.wordpress.com
Expat Arrivals (expatarrivals.com)
Text 4.7
161
Book review: 'Home Keeps Moving' - A Glimpse into the
Extraordinary Life of a Third Culture Kid'
http://www.expatarrivals.com/article/bookreview-home-keeps-moving-a-glimpse-into-theextraordinary-life-or-a-third-culture-kid
The Daily Texan, 19 March 2012
Text 4.8
163
‘Affirmative action: Racist by nature' by Stephen McGarvey
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/columns/201
2/03/19/affirmative-action-racist-nature
Chapter 5: Customs
and traditions
Topdeck website
Text 5.1, Ch 5, p4
173
‘Anzac Trips’
http://anzactrips.com/gallipoli
‘Travel with a challenge’ website
Text 5.2
175
‘In the footsteps of a thousand years of pilgrims', by Alison
Gardner
http://www.travelwithachallenge.com/Spanish_
Walking_Tour.htm
Official Elvis Presley website
Text 5.3
178
‘Experience Elvis Presley's Graceland'
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http://www.elvis.com/graceland/tours/default.as
px
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IslamiCity website
Text 5.4
180
‘The story of Haj'
http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/hajj/Adha/st
ory_of_hajj.htm
Family Education website
Text 5.5
184
‘School uniforms: Pros and Cons', by Ann Svenson
http://school.familyeducation.com/educationalphilosophy/individuality/38676.html
Website for Kings Grove School, Cheshire
Text 5.6
Text 5.7
187
King’s Grove School, School Uniform Policy Statement
190
‘School uniform does not improve results', by Stephanie
Northen
http://www.kingsgrove.cheshire.sch.uk/website/documents/polici
es/uniform.pdf
The Guardian, 18 January 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jan/
18/school-uniform-results?INTCMP=SRCH
AKS Group website
Text 5.8
193
Policy on Dress Code for AKS Group
http://www.aksvicon.com/dress-code-policy
Chapter 6: Health
(option)
Dr Manjushu Balekundri, Satguru Homeopathy
Clinic, Singapore
Text 6.1
203
‘Homeopathy in Singapore'
http://www.satguruhomeopathy.com/index.htm
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The Jamaica Gleaner, 28 May 2003
Text 6.2
208
http://jamaicagleaner.com/gleaner/20030528/news/news3.ht
ml
‘Alternative medicine, a growing trend'
Anti-Aging-today.org
Text 6.3
213
‘Ayurvedic Medicine Facts: Fundementals of Ayurvedic
Medicine'
Text 6.4
219
‘Expert Susie Orbach answers questions about the negative
effects of culture on self-esteem and body image'
http://www.anti-agingtoday.org/ayurveda/ayurvedic-medicinefacts.htm
Unilever
http://www.dove.co.uk/dsep/supporttools/articles/todays-beauty-pressures.html
The Times of India, 10 Aug 2011
www.TimesofIndia.com
Text 6.5
223
‘Addicted to fairness creams?', by Arunima Svrirastava
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011
-08-10/beauty/29717825_1_fairness-creamsfair-skin-rashes
New York Times, 31 December 2010
Text 6.6
229
‘Isabelle Caro, Anorexic Model, Dies at 28', by William
Grimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/world/eur
ope/31caro.html
Times Higher Education, 25 Oct 2002
Text 6.7
233
‘Fat phobias harm Zulu women', by Alison Utley
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http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/contact
s.asp?navCode=94
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Chapter 7: Leisure
(option)
Text 7.1
243
‘‘Crikey!’ Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin wowed audiences by
the millions’
The Australia Zoo website
http://www.australiazoo.com.au/about-us/theirwins/steve
Smashwords, 2012
Text 7.2
245
Extract from Stepping on Mars, an unofficial biography of
Elon Musk, by Damien Darby
http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/15
9309/1/stepping-on-mars-an-unauthorizedbiography-of-elon-musk
The official Jamie Oliver website
Text 7.3
249
‘About Jamie Oliver’, a short biography
http://www.jamieoliver.com/us/foundation/jami
es-food-revolution/about_jamie_oliver
listverse.com
Text 7.4
254
‘Top 10 Incredibly Dangerous Sports', by Jay K
http://listverse.com/2009/06/18/top-10incredibly-dangerous-sports/
Huffington Post, 16 May 2012
Text 7.5
258
‘The Extreme Future of Olympic Sports', by Alex Layman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexlayman/olympics-extremesports_b_1519109.html
Text 7.6
263
‘Fear Factor: Success and Risk in Extreme Sports,' by Brian
Handwerk
National Geographic, 9 July 2004
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/
07/0709_040709_sciencerisk.html
Text 7.7
266
‘Bunjee Jumping for Charity’ – a ‘dummy’ promotional
brochure
Based on information from the UK Bungee
Club website
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http://www.ukbungee.co.uk/contact/
http://www.ukbungee.co.uk/content/5/charitybungee-jumps
Chapter 8: Science
and technology
(option)
The Independent, 22 April 2009
Text 8.1
280
‘Fertility expert: I can clone a human being' by Steve Connor
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/fert
ility-expert-i-can-clone-a-human-being1672095.html
Genetically Modified Foods website
Text 8.2
282
‘GM Foods: Pros and Cons’
http://www.geneticallymodifiedfoods.co.uk/fact
-sheet-pros-vs-cons.html
Sydney Morning Herald, 8 March 2011
Text 8.3
287
‘IVF parents travel overseas to pick baby's sex' , by Amy
Corderoy
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/ivfparents-travel-overseas-to-pick-babys-sex20110307-1bl9u.html
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA), India
Text 8.4
290
‘Animals used for Experimentation'
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http://www.petaindia.com/issues/animalsexperimentation/default.aspx
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Understanding Animal Research
Text 8.5
Text 8.6
292
295
‘Human health'
http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk
/why/human-health
© International Baccalaureate Organization,
2012
‘IB Animal Experimentation Policy'
The Guardian, 10 July 2012
Text 8.7
299
‘Animal testing: why the number of procedures is increasing',
by Lisa Evans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/
jul/10/animal-testing-risk-suffering
Chapter 9: Building
blocks of fiction
Winner of 500 Words Writing Competition,
2012: The Telegraph, 1 June 2012
Text 9.1
314
Defining Moments (short story by Isobel Harwood)
Text 9.2
316
Extract from Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Text 9.3
321
Extract from Room, by Emma Donoghue
Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013. All rights reserved.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/9305886/
500-WORDS-writing-competition-thewinners.html
From Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, published by
Canongate Books, Edinburgh,2001
From Room by Emma Donoghue, published by
Pan Macmillan, 2010
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Text 9.4
323
Extract from Karoo Boy, by Troy Blacklaws
Text 9.5
326
Extract from 'Studies in the Park', by Anita Desai
From Karoo Boy , published by Juta (Cape
Town), 2004; Harcourt (New York), 2005
From ‘Studies in the Park’ in Games at Twilight
by Anita Desai, published in 1978
The Guardian, 1 August 2010
Text 9.6
328
Review of Room by Emma Donoghue, by Nicola Barr
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/01/r
oom-emma-donoghue-review-fritzl
Text 10.1
339
Extract from Black Boy, by Richard Wright
Text 10.2
340
Telephone Conversation, by Wole Soyinka
Text 10.3
346
Extract from The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
From The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, published
by Penguin Books, 2011
Text 10.4
349
Transcription of interview with Kathryn Stockett
BookBrowse.com
Chapter 10:
Storytelling
Copyright Cambridge University Press 2013. All rights reserved.
From Black Boy, published by Jonathan
Cape,1945
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