CONTENTS 1
General Introduction 1
Key to Pre-unit Test 1 1
总体介绍 3
UNIT ONE 4
Lesson 1 A puma at large 4
Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 8
Lesson 3 An unknown goddess 12
Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 16
Lesson 5 The facts 20
Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab 24
Lesson 7 Mutilated ladies 28
Lesson 8 A famous monastery 32
Lesson 9 Flying cats 36
Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic 40
Lesson 11 Not guilty 44
Lesson 12 Life on a desert island 48
Lesson 13 'It’s only me’ 52
Lesson 14 A noble gangster 56
Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble 60
Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb 64
Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world 68
Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art 72
Lesson 19 A very dear cat 76
Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots 80
Key to Pre-unit Test 2 84
UNIT TWO 86
Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza 86
Lesson 22 By heart 90
Lesson 23 One man’s meat is another man’s poison 94
Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard 98
Lesson 25 The Cutty Sark 102
Lesson 26 Wanted：a large biscuit tin 106
Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy 110
Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear 114
Lesson 29 Funny or not？ 118
Lesson 30 The death ofa ghost 122
Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric 126
Lesson 32 A lost ship 130
Lesson 33 A day to remember 134
Lesson 34 A happy discovery 138
Lesson 35 Justice was done 142
Lesson 36 A chance in a million 146
Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 150
Lesson 38 The first calendar 154
Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about 158
Lesson 40 Who’s who 162
UNIT THREE 166
Lesson 41 Illusions ofpastoral peace 166
Lesson 42 Modern cavemen 170
Lesson 43 Fully insured 174
Lesson 44 Speed and comfort 178
Lesson 45 The power ofthe press 182
Lesson 46 Do it yourself 186
Lesson 47 Too high a price？ 190
Lesson 48 The silent village 194
Lesson 49 The ideal servant 198
Lesson 50 New Year resolutions 202
Lesson 51 Predicting the future 206
Lesson 52 Mud is mud 210
Lesson 53 In the public interest 214
Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness？ 218
Lesson 55 From the earth：Greetings 222
Lesson 56 Our neighbour，the river 226
Lesson 57 Back in the old country 230
Lesson 58 A spot of bother 234
Lesson 59 Collecting 238
Lesson 60 Too early and too late 242