Lesson One 1
The Great Wall of China 1
Lesson Two 20
Marco Polo 20
Lesson Three 40
Noise 40
Lesson Four 60
Lessons from Jefferson 60
Lesson Five 79
The Dinner Party 79
Revision Exercises:Lessons One-Five 97
Lesson Six 110
How to Give a Good Speech 110
Lesson Seven 129
The Voices of Time 129
Lesson Eight 149
How Computers Are Changing Our World 149
Lesson Nine 168
The Nobel Prize 168
Lesson Ten 186
The Olympic Games 186
Revision Exercises:Lessons Six-Ten 206
Revision Exercises:Lessons One-Ten 220
Appendix 1:Vocabulary 237
Appendix 2:Phrases and Expressions 255