PREPARATORY LESSONS 3
Part One：Phonetics 3
1．Symbols 3
2．The Comparison of Vowels 4
3．The Comparison of Consonants 9
4．Incomplete Plosives 11
5．Liaison 12
Part Two：Grammar 13
1．The Noun 13
2．The Article 15
3．The Numeral 17
4．The Degrees of Adjectives 19
5．The Tenses of Verbs 22
6．The Passive Voice of Verbs 28
7．The Sentence Pattern and Word Order 31
8．The Interrogative Sentence 33
Part Three：Readings 37
1．A Day of My Life 37
2．Mr Knott and Mr Watt 39
3．A Very Special Kind of Teacher 43
4．A Story about Rockefeller 45
5．The Biggest and the Gentlest 49
6．Collecting Things 52
7．Fire Making 55
8．Marie Curie 58
9．The Beginning of Horsepower 63
10．The Sun and the Wind 66
11．Speed 68
12．The Longest Wall in the World 71
BOOK 1 77
UNIT ONE 77
Text：Good Manners 77
Grammar：The Infinitive 80
Reading Materials： 91
1．Visiting a Japanese House 91
2．Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right 94
3．Mind Your Manners 96
UNIT TWO 100
Text：On Learning English 100
Grammar：The Gerund 103
Reading Materials： 109
1．Mr, Mrs, Miss, and Ms 109
2．English Is Tough 111
3．Is Learning Languages Easy? 114
UNIT THREE 117
Text：Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer? 117
Grammar：The Participle 122
1．The Puzzle of the Pyramids 131
Reading Materials： 131
2．The Abominable Snowman 135
3．Cities of Tomorrow 140
UNIT FOUR 145
Text：The Wrong Answers 145
Grammar：The Summary of Non-finite Verbs 150
Reading Materials： 160
1．A Good Lunch 160
2．The Three Wishes 162
3．Magic Man 164
Text：What Do You Know about These Words? 169
UNIT FIVE 169
Grammar：The Types of Sentences 174
The Subordinate Clauses 175
The Adverbial Clauses（I） 175
Reading Materials： 184
1．Some Compounds 184
2．Scientists Language 188
3．Some English Proverbs 191
UNIT SIX 196
Text：The Long Straw 196
Grammar：The Adverbial Clauses（II） 202
1．The Perfect Pearl 212
Reading Materials： 212
2．Do You Think You Are Clever? 215
3．The Prince and the Judge 219
UNIT SEVEN 226
Text：New Year Celebrations around the World 226
Grammar：The Attributive Clauses（I） 231
Reading Materials： 239
1．Chinese New Year 239
2．Christmas 242
3．Birthday Celebrations 245
Text：Radar 249
UNIT EIGHT 249
Grammar：The Attributive Clauses（II） 254
Reading Materials： 264
1．The Radio 264
2．Science Tells Us 266
3．Future Communications 271
APPENDIX 277
1．Punctuation Marks 277
2．Some Rules of Pronunciation 278
3．Irregular Verbs 281
4．Vocabulary 285
5．Phrases and Expressions 309
6．Proper Nouns 314