第一部分 介绍情况 1
Lesson 1 第一课 1
Text 1 Michael Jordan 1
Text 2 Bill Gates in His Boyhood 7
Dialogue 1 About Music 14
Dialogue 2 City League Basketball 18
Lesson 2 第二课 21
Text 1 Personal Statement 21
Text 2 A Typical Job Application 28
Dialogue 1 New at Job-hunting 33
Dialogue 2 How to Write a Résumé 36
Lesson 3 第三课 40
Text 1 Sydney Opera House 40
Text 2 British Universities 47
Dialogue 1 Building the Next Great Wall 54
Dialogue 2 Talk about the World Expo 58
Lesson 4 第四课 64
Text 1 American Space,Chinese Place 64
Text 2 American's Attitude toward Older People 70
Dialogue 1 Chinese and Westem Medicine 76
Dialogue 2 Chinese and American Hobbies 80
Lesson 5 第五课 85
Text 1 American Food Habits 85
Text 2 The English Character 91
Dialogue 1 Dumpling and Rice 96
Dialogue 2 On American Festivals 99
第二部分 讲述过程 104
Lesson 6 第六课 104
Text 1 Stranger than Fiction 104
Text 2 Choosing One Life Means Giving up Others 110
Dialogue 1 What Do You Think of This Letter? 115
Dialogue 2 Impolite Questions for Foreigners 118
Lesson 7 第七课 121
Text 1 Mackenzie's First Exploration 121
Text 2 Ten Minutes in Hell 125
Dialogue 1 A Quarrel 129
Dialogue 2 I was Cheated by False Advertising 134
Lesson 8 第八课 139
Text 1 An Extra Car Key 139
Text 2 Putting Dreams to the Test 144
Dialogue 1 It Was Very Kind of You to Invite Us 148
Dialogue 2 How to Learn Oral English 151
Lesson 9 第九课 153
Text 1 Peruvian Troops end Hostage Crisis 153
Text 2 Sudden Attack from the Air 158
Dialogue 1 The Mayor's Speech on TV 162
Dialogue 2 Terrorism 165
Lesson 10 第十课 170
Text 1 Summer Holiday 170
Text 2 Telling the West about China 175
Dialogue 1 About Yesterday's Conducted Tour 181
Dialogue 2 The Return Visit 184
第三部分 表达观点 189
Lesson 11 第十一课 189
Text 1 Every living Person Has Problems 189
Text 2 Life Is Full of Choices 193
Dialogue 1 A Successful Businessman 197
Dialogue 2 A Singing Contest 199
Lesson 12 第十二课 202
Text 1 The Value ofTime 202
Text 2 Wait Another Three Days 206
Dialogue 1 An Old Fable and Modern Business 208
Dialogue 2 A Conversation between a Child's Parent and his Teacher 211
Lesson 13 第十三课 216
Text 1 Saving Sea Turtles 216
Text 2 The Earth's Getting Hotter 221
Dialogue 1 Cleaning up the Environment through Bacteria 224
Dialogue 2 The Troubled Earth 227
Lesson 14 第十四课 232
Text 1 East and West 232
Text 2 Cloning 236
Dialogue 1 Energy Shortages in Saudi Arabia 239
Dialogue 2 Health Care Industry in China 242
Lesson 15 第十五课 244
Text 1 Learn to Learn,not to Study 244
Text 2 Bill Clinton:Fight against Youth Smoking 249
Dialogue 1 Choosing a University 253
Dialogue 2 Why Work in China 257
Dialogue 3 Increasing Number of Foreign Experts 260
附文 Population and Society 262
第四部分 讨论问题交流思想 266
Lesson 16 第十六课 266
Dialogue 1 How to Make Dumplings 266
Dialogue 2 Young Business People 270
Dialogue 3 A Best Seller 274
Lesson 17 第十七课 279
Dialogue 1 Basketball—A Team Sport 279
Dialogue 2 At the Football Stadium 282
Dialogue 3 A Champion Comes Through 285
Lesson 18 第十八课 289
Dialogue 1 Chinese Marriage 289
Dialogue 2 Breaking Up 292
Dialogue 3 Solving a Family Crisis 294
Lesson 19 第十九课 300
Dialogue 1 An Extract of an Interview 300
Dialogue 2 Could I Get a Part-Time Job? 305
Dialogue 3 The Probability of Space Travel in the Future 308
Lesson 20 第二十课 312
Dialogue 1 At the Graduation Party 312
Dialogue 2 The Way to the Riverside Church 316
Dialogue 3 May I Ask You Some Questions? 319