CONTENTS 1
PRELIMINARY LESSONS 1
Part One 1
Vocabulary 1
Part Two 9
Sentence Patterns 9
Part Three 14
Grammar 14
UNIT ONE 34
Text The Loss of the"Titanic" 34
Proverb 35
Dialogue A Crowded Theatre 36
Grammar The Passive Voice 41
Reading Material Disasters 49
UNIT TWO 52
Text A Blessing in Disguise 52
Proverb 53
Dialogue Safety 53
Grammar Phrasal Verbs 58
Reading Material An Accident 66
UNIT THREE 69
Text Save the Whales 69
Proverb 71
Dialogue Sports 71
Grammar The Infinitive(Ⅰ) 77
Reading Material Mammals of the Sea 85
UNIT FOUR 88
Text The Rich and the Poor 88
Proverb 90
Dialogue Transportation 90
Grammar The Infinitive(Ⅱ) 97
Reading Material A contrast between the Rich and the Poor Countries 103
REVISION EXERCISES (Unit 0ne—Unit Four) 106
UNIT FIVE 111
Text Millionaire for a Day 111
Proverb 114
Dialogue Shopping 114
Grammar The Participle 120
Reading Material Easy Money 132
UNIT SIX 136
Text Being a Teacher 136
Proverb 138
Dialogue Don't Let Us Quarrel 138
Grammar The Gerund 145
Reading Material Punctuality 155
UNIT SEVEN 157
Text The FirstFour Minutes 157
Proverb 159
Dialogue Asking Directions 160
Grammar The preposition 166
Reading Material General Hints on Conver-sation with Westerners 174
UNIT EIGHT 177
Text A letter to Youth 177
Proverb 180
Dialogue Coincidences 180
Grammar The Conjunction 186
Reading Material Thomas Alva Edison 194
REVISION EXERCISES (Unit Five—Unit Eight) 197
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 205
1．Jokes 205
2．Lost and Found 207
3．The Supermarket 209
4．The Great Inventor 210
5．Waste Not,Want Not! 212
6．Sports 213
7．Lessons from Overseas 216
8．Old Friends 218
9．Chinese Giant Pandas Abroad 220
10．Fool's Paradise 222
APPENDIXES 230
1．A Brief Summary of Verbals 230
2．An Illustration of Commonly Used Preposi-tions 233
3．Some Preposition Combinations with Adjec-tives and Verbs 235
4．Vocabulary 251