CONTENTS 1
Lesson One 1
Part 1:What Can We Communicate? 1
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(1) 14
Lesson Two 17
Part 1:Who's Who 17
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(2) 27
Lesson Three 30
Part 1:Dr.Manson's First Case 30
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(3) 49
Part 1:Personal Letters 53
Lesson Four 53
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(4) 71
Lesson Five 75
Part 1:Two Poems by Wordsworth 75
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(5) 88
Lesson Six 92
Part 1:The Great Idea of Mr.Budd(Ⅰ) 92
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(6) 108
Lesson Seven 113
Part 1:The Great Idea of Mr.Budd(Ⅱ) 113
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(7) 128
Part 1:Physiological Problems of Space Flight 132
Lesson Eight 132
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(8) 149
Lesson Nine 153
Part 1:Advertisements 153
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(9) 166
Lesson Ten 171
Part 1:The Chocolate Factory 171
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(10) 186
Lesson Eleven 189
Part 1:Science and War 189
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(11) 205
Part 1:The Age of Automation 209
Lesson Twelve 209
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(12) 220
Lesson Thirteen 226
Part 1:I Am a Highbrow 226
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(13) 244
Lesson Fourteen 249
Part 1:Schehera-zade's Task 249
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(14) 269
Lesson F ifteen 273
Part 1:Man:the Inventing Animal 273
Part 2:Conversation:The Inflatable Umbrella(15) 298