PRELIMINARY LESSONS 1
Part One 1
Phonetics 1
Part Two 17
The Noun 17
The Pronoun 18
The Article 23
The Numeral 24
The Adjective 25
The Adverb 26
Part Three 28
The Present Indefinite Tense 28
The Present Continuous Tense 29
The Past Indefinite Tense 32
The Present Perfect Tense 34
The Future Indefinite Tense 36
UNIT ONE 38
Text The Learning of English 38
Proverb 38
Dialogue Effort 39
Grammar Modal Verbs(1) 45
Riddle 51
Reading Material A Few Things about Karl Marx 51
UNIT TWO 54
Text Early Rising 54
Proverb 55
Dialogue A Request 55
Grammar Modal Verbs(Ⅱ) 59
Riddle 62
Reading Material Monday Morning 63
UNIT THREE 65
Text The Seasons 65
Proverb 66
Dialogue Weather 66
Grammar The Link Verbs 70
Riddle 74
Reading Material The Climate of the United States 74
UNIT FOUR 77
Text"I Am Waiting for Your Beard!" 77
Proverb 77
Dialogue Having Things Done 78
Grammar Position of Adverbs of Manner 82
Position of Adjectives 83
Riddle 87
Reading Material Sixpence Worth of Trouble 88
Revision exercises(U.1—U.4) 89
UNIT FIVE 93
Text Laughing Gas 93
Proverb 94
Dialogue Toothache 94
Grammar Position of Adverbs of Frequency 99
Position of Adverbials of Time and Place 100
The Order of Adverbials of Manner,Place and Time 102
Riddle 106
Reading Material Mark Twainand the Old Man 106
UNIT SIX 109
Text The Sun 109
Proverb 110
Dialogue Comparing 110
Grammar Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs 115
Riddle 120
Reading Material Who Is Stronger? 121
UNIT SEVEN 124
Text Frieda Was Ill 123
Proverb 125
Dialogue Health 125
Grammar The Past Continuous Tense 129
The Past Perfect Tense 130
The Future Perfect Tense 131
Riddle 134
Reading Material At the Optician's 135
UNIT EIGHT 138
Text At the Sunday School 138
Proverb 140
Dialogue Informal Introductions 140
Grammar Direct Object and Indirect Object 147
Riddle 151
Reading MaterialDavid and Goliath 152
Revision exercises(U.5—U.8) 153
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 158
1．How Many Inches Too Short? 158
2．Finding a Pen Friend 159
3．A Traveller's Tale 161
4．The Olympic Games 162
5．Mom's Birthdays 163
6．A Solution for Two Problems 164
7．History of Newspapers 165
8．Marco Polo 167
9．Christopher Columbus 168
10．Two Poems 170
(1)When Ⅰ Am Ⅲ 170
(2)The Lazy Boy 171
APPENDIXES 172
1．Grammatical Terms 172
2．A Table of the Chief Uses of Modal Verbs 177
3．Vocabulary 179