Unit One 1
Listening Pilot 1
Speaking Introduction 3
Text Why English Is So Widely Spread 6
Grammar Number Forms of Nouns 17
Unit Two 22
Listening Carol's Article 22
Speaking Greeting 24
Text Going to College 28
Grammar Possessive Case of Nouns 38
Unit Three 43
Listening Super Dad 43
Speaking Weather 45
Text The Lazy Man 48
Grammar Articles 58
Unit Four 64
Listening Mike's Madonna Story 64
Speaking Asking for and Offering Information 66
Text Choosing a Career 69
Grammar Determiners 79
Unit Five 84
Listening Weekend Fantasy 84
Speaking Invitation 86
Text The American Family 90
Grammar Numerals 101
Unit Six 106
Listening Dirt Bike 106
Speaking Telephoning 108
Text How to Shine at an Interview 112
Grammar Tenses of the Present 122
Unit Seven 127
Listening Standardized Test 127
Speaking Agreement and Disagreement 128
Text The First Chinese 131
Grammar Tenses of the Past 142
Unit Eight 147
Listening When Romeo Met Juliette 147
Speaking Likes and Dislikes 149
Text Too Many Workers No Longer Give a Damn 153
Grammar Means of Expressing Future Time and Past Future Time 163
Unit Nine 168
Listening First Blood 168
Speaking Seeing the Doctor 169
Text Recycling Waste 173
Grammar Passive Voice 183
Unit Ten 188
Listening Tit For Tat 188
Speaking Shopping 190
Text Happiness 194
Grammar Subjunctive Mood 204
Unit Eleven 209
Listening Charity Begins at Home 209
Speaking Asking Direction 211
Text Job Volunteers 215
Grammar Comparison and Comparative Constructions of Adjectives and Adverbs 226
Unit Twelve 231
Listening Reputation 231
Speaking Study 232
Text The Educational Ladder 236
Grammar Subject-Verb Concord(Ⅰ) 247
Unit Thirteen 251
Listening Be a Man 251
Speaking Food and Eating Out 253
Text What We Eat and Drink 258
Grammar Subject-Verb Concord(Ⅱ) 268
Unit Forteen 273
Listening Career Decision 273
Speaking Holiday 274
Text Personal Relationships 277
Grammar Test Yourself 288
Appendix Ⅰ Glossary 292
Appendix Ⅱ Phrases and Expressions 307
References 311