CONTENTS 1
1．Text A：The Old Man and the Sea 1
Text B：Beethoven 8
2．Text A：Chinese in America 12
Text B：Chinatown 20
3．Text A：A Killer on the Cliff 24
Text B：Little Sure Shot 32
4．Text A：Soapy’s Winter Home 38
Text B：The Thief of Mandaras 46
5．Text A：The Date Father Didn’t Keep 52
Text B：Daring Patterns in the UsA 61
6．Text A：Relax and Live 67
Text B：How Do You Handle Everyday Stress？ 75
7．Text A：Growing Up with Grandma 80
Text B：A Kind Deed 89
8．Text A：Space Shuttle 93
Text B：Wes Lematta and His Helicopters 101
9．Text A：Baron Munchausen Visits the Moon 106
Text B：A Trip that Took Twenty Years 114
10．Text A：The Women’s Liberation Movement 118
Text B：Marriage Advertising in India’s Sunday Newspapers 127
11．Text A：Hurricane 134
Text B：Volcanoes 144
12．Text A：A Short History of English 148
Text B：American English 158
13．Text A：So You’re Going to Mars？ 162
Text B：Pioneer in Space 170
14．Text A：The Fun They Had 176
Text B：A Day of a High School Teacher 186
15．Text A：Two Ways of Looking at a Daffodil 191
Text B：Two Poems 200