Unit 1 1
PART A 1
Cambridge—the University Town 1
PART B 9
Ⅰ.Oxford 9
Ⅱ.The First Day in a Polytechnic in London 12
PART C 15
Improve your Reading 15
New York City 18
PART A 18
Unit 2 18
PART B 26
Ⅰ.New York 26
Ⅱ.The Man Who Planned the City of Washington 30
PART C 35
How to Read a Text 35
Unit 3 37
PART A 37
The Voices of Time 37
Ⅰ.American Table Manners 44
PART B 44
Ⅱ.The English are Different 47
PART C 51
Reading Silently and Reading in Sense Groups 51
Unit 4 54
PART A 54
Why is the Native Language Learnt so Well？ 54
PART B 62
Ⅰ.How to Give a Good Speech 62
Ⅱ.Learning Chinese in Beijing 66
Using Context Clues to Guess Word Meanings(1) 71
PART C 71
Unit 5 76
PART A 76
Beavers 76
PART B 84
Ⅰ.The Polar Bears of Churchill 84
Ⅱ.Invisible Wall Protects Swimmers from Sharks 87
PART C 92
Using Context Clues to Guess Word Meanings(2) 92
The Midnight Visitor 94
Unit 6 94
PART A 94
PART B 102
Ⅰ.Patients Needed 102
Ⅱ.A Gifted B.B.C.Newscaster 107
PART C 110
Using Word Part Clues to Guess Word Meanings(1) 110
Unit 7 114
PART A 114
Out of College and Into the Red 114
Ⅰ.The Best Teacher I Ever Had 121
PART B 121
Ⅱ.The College at Deep Springs 125
PART C 128
Using Word Part Clues to Guess Word Meanings(2) 128
Unit 8 131
PART A 131
Overpopulation and Social Behavior 131
PART B 140
Ⅰ.That“Other Woman”in My Life 140
Ⅱ.People and Colors 144
PART C 149
Using Word Part Clues to Guess Word Meanings(3) 149
Unit 9 154
PART A 154
How to Saw a Woman in Half—and“Mend”Her Again 154
PART B 161
Ⅰ.How do Handwriting Experts Catch Criminals？ 161
Ⅱ.When a New Job Depends upon your Handwriting 166
Using a Dictionary(1) 170
PART C 170
Unit 10 173
PART A 173
Companionship of Books 173
PART B 181
Ⅰ.A Payment Greater than Money 181
Ⅱ.Monday Morning Miracle 186
PART C 190
Using a Dictionary(2) 190
Vocabulary 192
Phrases 210