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CONTENTS 3

Section Ⅰ 3

1 The Valuable Teeth 3

2 The Magic Words 6

3 Flight Insurance 9

4 A Thief in the Bus 12

5 The Biggest and the Gentlest 15

6 Overhead Bridge 18

7 The Ant 22

8 A Letter to the Theatre Manager 25

9 Page from a Notebook 28

10 Oh,that Garden! 32

11 The Man Who Never Put a Foot Wrong 36

12 Boy Rescued from Drowning 40

13 A Greek Scholar 43

14 The Water Babies 46

15 The Speed of Light 49

16 Your Passport,Please 53

17　Computer Boyfriends 56

18　Cars and the United States 59

19　Trees 63

20 Planning Ahead 67

21 Working Wives 71

22 The Padre and the Lions 75

23 Bus Services 79

24 “Speaking?” 83

25 Lost and Found 87

26 Bike for a Better City 91

27 Jokes and Doetors 95

28 A Faithful Dog 99

29 Great Inventions 103

30 The Happy Family 107

31 Bad Luck on Saturday 113

Section Ⅱ 113

32 Flextime 116

33 Basketball 119

34 Examination in English 122

35 The Hero 125

36 Who Saved the Baby s Life? 129

37 Where Shall We Go? 133

38 “Me-Books” 137

39 Finger-Prints 141

40 Population Control 145

41 New Arrivals at the Zoo 149

42 The Story without an End 153

43 Growing Old with Dignity 157

44 Crusades 161

45 To Retire or Not to Retire 165

46 Short News Items 169

47 Running Away from Home 173

48 How a Refrigerator Works 177

49 The Truck Driver 181

50 The Patient and the Doctor 185

51 The Actor 189

52 The Thousandth Goal 193

53 One Foggy Day in London 197

54 Umbrella to Kill 201

55 Explosives for Peace 205

56 Helen Keller 209

57 The Poet s Chairs 214

58 “SOLD” 218

59 Firmest Rule in the Book 222

60 My Skin 227

“Words per Minute”Chart 231

Key to Comprehension Exercises 238

Words and Expressions 241