1．Frieda and Jan Break the News 1
2．Some Personal Letters 16
3．Invitations and Requests 28
4．Football 43
5．The Special Finite must,have(got))to,am to 47
6．The Football Match 52
7．Word Study:already,yet,still 59
8．Great Britons(1): Charles Dickens(ⅰ) 64
9．Great Britons(1):Charles Dickens(ⅱ) 74
10．David and the Waiter 85
11．Hob Tells the Life-story of a Great Briton 92
12．Great Britons(2):Oliver Cromwell 102
13．Great Britons(3):John Milton 113
14．"Wanted—Mr.Stuart" 124
15．The Story of Hob(A letter from the author of this book to a teacher in Grcece) 139
16．Bonnie Prince Charlie 148
17．The Double Possessive 158
18．Roger's First Day at School 162
19．Word Order 171
20．Great Britons(4):Florence Nightingale 174
21．Idiomatic English(4):Animal Idioms 182
22．Cambridge 189
23．Great Britons(5):Captain Scott 198
24．The American Scene(1)A Letter from Lucille 206
25．The American Scene(2) 214
Lucille's Journal(continued) 214
26．The American Scene(3)Lucille's Journal(concluded) 222
27．The American Scene(4)The Greatest American 231
28．Good-bye 247