This reader with translation exercises is designed to improve the command of English in speakers of Ilocano. Explanatory portions of the text are in Ilocano. Each unit deals with a specific survival skill. Chapters include "Time Will Tell,""Island Ways,""Moving In and Eating Out,""Saving, Naming, Looking, and Renting,""Made-to-Measure,""Bus Catching,""The Banking Blues,""The Big Crunch,""'The Number Is in Your Directory,'""One for the Books,""Help Wanted Male & Female," and "The Mahimahi Review." (JB)