UNIT ONE 1
Ⅰ．WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT 1
Ⅱ．A FUNNY THING HAPPENED TO ME 3
Ⅲ．CHILDREN AND TELEVISION 5
UNIT TWO 7
Ⅰ．FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES 7
Ⅱ．GETTING LOST ON PURPOSE 9
Ⅲ．FOREIGN CUSTOMS AND HABITS 10
UNIT THREE 13
Ⅰ．THE UNITED STATES 13
Ⅱ．THE PROBLEMS OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN LAND 15
Ⅲ．HOW TO PUT PEOPLE AT THEIR EASE 17
UNIT FOUR 19
Ⅰ．THE REAL McCOY 19
Ⅱ．ADULT EDUCATION IN THE USA 21
Ⅲ．MR．SMITH BLUNDERS 23
UNIT FIVE 25
Ⅰ．LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND JAZZ 25
Ⅱ．WILT CHAMBERLAIN AS A GIANT 27
Ⅲ．FALSE FRIENDS 28
VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE TEST ONE 31
UNIT SIX 37
Ⅰ．THE ORIGIN OF FIRE 37
Ⅱ．AFRICA AND THE PEOPLE 38
Ⅲ．THE LONELY GIANT 40
UNIT SEVEN 43
Ⅰ．THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 43
Ⅱ．WILL IT MATTER IF YOU SKIP BREAKFAST？ 45
Ⅲ．HUMAN NEEDS 46
UNIT EIGHT 49
Ⅰ．DISTANCE COMMUNICATION 49
Ⅱ．AUSTRALIAN POLITICS IN A BOY S EYES 51
Ⅲ．SUNDAYS IN NEW YORK 53
UNIT NINE 55
Ⅰ．A SOCIAL PROBLEM——POLLUTION 55
Ⅱ．SALES CONDUCTED BY A STUDENT 56
Ⅲ．THE STORY OF A LADDER 59
UNIT TEN 61
Ⅰ．THE PUMP THAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE 61
Ⅱ．TOO GOOD A TEACHER 62
Ⅲ．HOW CAN YOU CURE INSOMNIA？ 64
VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE TEST TWO 67
UNIT ELEVEN 72
Ⅰ．DISCOVERY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 72
Ⅱ．SCIENTISTS AND NONSCIENTISTS 74
Ⅲ．HEALTHY EATING 76
UNIT TWELVE 78
Ⅰ．TIPS ON DOING BUSINESS WITH THE ARABS 78
Ⅱ．A GHOST WRITER 80
Ⅲ．INSURANCE IS THE SHARING OF RISKS 82
UNIT THIRTEEN 85
Ⅰ．WHAT IS HAPPINESS？ 85
Ⅱ．MONITOR BODY LANGUAGE WHEN INTERVIEWED 87
Ⅲ．THE WOMAN WHO WAS TOO TALL 88
UNIT FOURTEEN 91
Ⅰ．DR．MARTIN LUTHER KING，JR． 91
Ⅱ．MY MOTHER S DESK 93
Ⅲ．WHY I TEACH（1） 95
UNIT FIFTEEN 98
Ⅰ．WHY I TEACH(2） 98
Ⅱ．TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVELLING 100
Ⅲ．EARNING MORE MONEY 102
VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE TEST THREE 105
REFERENCE ANSWERS TO THE EXERCISES 111
ANSWERS TO VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE TESTS 121
GENERAL VOCABULARY AND PHRASES 122