Lesson One 1
Text 17
Dialogue 17
The Alphabet 17
Phonetics:Vowels [i:][i][e][？] 17
Consonants [p][b][m][t][d][n] 17
Lesson Two 17
Text 29
Dialogue 29
Phonetics:Vowels [？][？][？][ei] 29
Consonants [k][g][？][f][v][s][z][l] 29
Lesson Three 29
Text 42
Dialogue 42
Phonetics:Vowels [u:][u][？][ai][？] 42
Consonants [w][j][θ][？] 42
Lesson Four 42
Text 55
Dialogue 55
Phonetics:Vowels [？][？][au] 55
Consonants[？][？][h][r] 55
Lesson Five 55
Text 67
Dialogue 67
Phonetics:Vowels [？][？][？] 67
Consonants [ts][dz][？][？][tr] 67
Lesson Six 67
Text 76
Dialogue 76
Phonetics:A Summary of Vowels and ConsonantsLesson Seven 76
Text:In the Reading-room 88
Dialogue 88
Phonetics:Ⅰ．Strong Forms and Weak Forms 88
Ⅱ．The Pronunciation of the Verb"to be"in SentencesGrammar:Ⅰ．Parts of SpeechⅡ．Personal PronounsⅢ．Demonstrative PronounsⅣ．Verb"to be"Reading Material:A FreshmanLesson Eight 88
Text:A Clock 101
Dialogue 101
Phonetics:The Pronunciation of the Verb"to have"in SentencesGrammar:Ⅰ．Verb"to have"Ⅱ．The Number of NounsⅢ．The Possessive CaseⅥ．Possessive PronounsReading Material:Clocks and WatchesLesson Nine 101
Text:Mr White's Study 112
Dialogue 112
Phonetics:Ⅰ．The Pronunciation of"there be"in SentencesⅡ．The Intonation of EnumerationGrammar:Ⅰ．"There be"StructureⅡ．The Article(Ⅰ)Reading Material:The New ApartmentLesson Ten 112
Text:A Day's Work 127
Dialogue 127
Phonetics:Ⅰ．Liaison 127
Ⅱ．The Pronunciation of the Auxiliary Verb"do"in SentencesGrammar:Ⅰ．Members of the Sentences(Ⅰ)Ⅱ．The Nominative Case and the Objec-tive Case of Personal PronounsⅢ．The Present Indefinite TenseReading Material:The West FamilyLesson Eleven 127
Text:Rain on a Monday Morning 138
Dialogue 138
Phonetics:Incomplete Plosion 138
Grammar:Ⅰ．The Present Continuous Tense 138
Ⅱ．Members of the Sentences(Ⅱ) 138
Reading Material:Mr Brown and Mr Smith Lesson Twelve 138
Text:The Camping Trip 147
Dialogue 147
Reading Material:Clang!Clang!Clang! 147
Lesson Thirteen 147
Text:Dan's Letter 158
Dialogue 158
Phonetics:The Intonation of General Questions,Alter-native Questions,and Disjunctive QuestionsGrammar:The Interrogative Sentence(Ⅰ)Reading Material:Shoes for the PartyLesson Fourteen 158
Text:Marie Curie 173
Dialogue 173
Phonetics:Sense Groups and Pauses 173
Grammar:Ⅰ．The Past Indefinite Tense 173
Ⅱ．The Preposition and Prepositional PhrasesReading Material:Two Great Men of ScienceLesson Fifteen 173
Text:The Scientist and the Willow Tree 184
Dialogue 184
Phonetics:The Intonation of Special QuestionsGrammar:Ⅰ．The Interrogative Sentence(Ⅱ)Ⅱ．Kinds of SentencesReading Material:The Food FactoryLesson Sixteen 184
Text:The Ecosystem 198
Dialogue 198
Phonetics:Lengths of Vowels(Ⅰ) 198
Grammar:Ⅰ．The Future Indefinite Tense 198
Ⅱ．Modal Verbs 198
Reading Material:Changing Environment 198
Lesson Seventeen 198
Text:A Letter Home 215
Dialogue 215
Phonetics:Lengths of Vowels(Ⅱ) 215
Grammar:Ⅰ．The Present Perfect Tense 215
Ⅱ．The Four Forms of Verbs 215
Ⅲ．Kinds of Verbs 215
Reading Material:A Letter 215
Lesson Eighteen 215
Text:A Speech 227
Dialogue 227
Reading Material:If I Don't Do Anything ElseSupplementary Readings 227
1．The Stamp Club 235
2．The Development of Railwav Transportation3．Hibernation4．Some Concepts in Biology5．A Letter to Mr Farias6．In the Science LaboratoryAppendix Ⅰ Rules of Penmanship 235
Appendix Ⅱ Rules of Pronunciation 240
Appendix Ⅲ Classroom English 244
Appendix Ⅳ A List of Common Irregular Verbs 252
Appendix Ⅴ Common Grammatical Terms 258
Appendix Ⅵ Vocabulary 263