Contents 1
BOOK ONE 1
Lesson One A Never-to-Be-Forgotten Evening 1
Lesson Two Christmas 5
Lesson Three The Left-Footed Thief 10
Lesson Four Road Safety 15
Lesson Five A Letter From London 19
Lesson Six Mail 25
Lesson Seven Milk 30
Lesson Eight English—English Everywhere 35
Lesson Nine The Boy Who Flew Too High 41
Lesson Ten Traveling in the Jungle 46
Lesson Eleven London 51
Lesson Twelve Muhammad Arbab and His Dogs 56
Lesson Thirteen Why We Walk in Circles 61
Lesson Fourteen The World Population 66
Lesson Fifteen Pesos in the Sea 71
BOOK TWO 77
？igher Education in Britain 77
Lesson Two The Loving Mother 83
Lesson Three Man Hunters of the U.S.A 90
Lesson Four Arctic Adventure 96
Lesson Five Television:The Modern Wonder of Electronics 102
Lesson Six Ace of Aces 105
Lesson Seven The VanishedCity 111
Lesson Eight GoingFishing 116
Lesson Nine He Led a Useful Life 125
Lesson Ten Postmen With Feathers 131
Lesson Eleven Feast in the Desert 137
BOOK THREE 146
Lesson One How Nice to Be Clean 146
Lesson Two Education out of School 153
Lesson Three Mister Imagination 160
Lesson Four The Mysterious Man-of-War 166
Lesson Five A Hole-in-the-Ground Hobby 172
Lesson Six How Stanley Found Livingstone 179
Lesson Seven Western Manners 185
Lesson Eight The Pleasures of Eating 192
Lesson Nine Looking Nice 200
Lesson Ten The Gift of Fire 207
Lesson Eleven Your Speech Is Changing 213
Lesson Twelve Which Was Witch? 222
Lesson Thirteen More People and More Products 228
Lesson Fourteen Mississippi Steamboat Days 235
Lesson Fifteen Brave Ballerina 243
BOOK FOUR 250
Lesson One What Do Americans Think? 250
Les son Two Danger in Space 259
Lesson Three An Empire and Its Problems 266
Lesson Four An Empire and Its Problems（Continued） 273
Lesson Five Freedom From Pain 280
Lesson Six Sons of the Sun 287
Lesson Seven The Telephone and Its Inventor 296
Lesson Eight A Scientist Looks at Tomorrow 303
阅读理解练习参考答案 312