Lesson One 1
Text:The Pleasure of Learning by Gilbert Highet 1
Word Study:maintain,convey,develop,contain,order 13
Grammar:Rather 29
Lesson Two 42
Text:A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield 42
Word Study:fix,stretch,bear,beyond,become of,apart 56
Grammar:Negative Questions as a Form of Invitation and Suggestion 71
Lesson Three 81
Text:Solve That Problem—with Humor by William D.Ellis 81
Word Study:assign,draft,issue,consider,handle,patch,in the course of 95
Grammar:More About Adverbial Clauses of Time 114
Lesson Four 126
Text:Unforgettable Johnny Broderick by Toots Shor 126
Word Study:effect,off,as good as,tackle,drive 140
Grammar and Usage:1．The Absolute Construction 2．Some Uses of As 156
Lesson Five 171
Text:History and Historian 171
by Allen F.Davis and Harold D.Woodman 171
Word Study:lack,concern,pursue,conclude,suggest,by way of 183
Grammar:1．Transitional Expressions 2．Some Uses of One 198
Lesson Six 213
Text:The Enormous Radio by John Cheever 213
Word Study:intend,pronounce,more uses of the word work,More uses of the word strike 231
Grammar:Adverbial Clauses Cut Short 247
Lesson Seven 259
Text:The $99,000 Answer by Leonard Stern and Sydney Zelinka 259
Word Study:wish,clear,be at a loss as to,talk somebody out of/into,be liable to do something,appeal 283
Grammar and Usage:1．Correlative Conjunctions 2．Adjective+to-infinitive 299
Lesson Eight 314
Text:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell 314
Word Study:strain,claim,but for,dress,focus,score 329
Grammar and Usage:Figurative Language 343
Lesson Nine 355
Text:In My Day by Russel Baker 355
Word Study:utter,define,mind,prevent,amount to 368
Grammar and Usage:Preposition+which/whom 379
Lesson Ten 388
Text:The American Character by Bradford Smith 388
Word Study:deny,result,demand,need,infinitive phrase of result 404
Grammar and Usage:1．A few Idiomatic Constructions with More 2．The Subjunctive Mood After Whether in Conditional Clauses 418
Lesson Eleven 428
Text:On Being the Right Size by J.B.S Haldane 428
Word Study:engage,reduce,project,compose,hit 444
Grammar and Usage:Ways of Expressing Similarities and Differences 457
Lesson Twelve 467
Text:The Shelter 467
by Rod Serling 467
Word Study:deserve,admit,remind,space 497
Grammar and Usage:Link Verbs 511
Lesson Thirteen 521
Text:The Damned Human Race by Mark Twain 521
Word Study:adopt,offer,at,oblige,render 536
Grammar and Usage:Negation 551
Lesson Fourteen 562
Text:Propaganda Techniques in Today's Advertising by Ann McClintock 562
Word Study:favor,apply,state,respect 576
Grammar and Usage:The Present Continuous Passive and the Passive Present Participle 590
Lesson Fifteen 599
Text:Japan:The Productivity Challenge By Michael LeBoeuf 599
Word Study:commit,control,regard,promote 614
Grammar and Usage:1．Fractions and Percentages 2．Like Used to Compare Things 633
Lesson Sixteen 645
Text:The Never-ending Fight By Isaac Asimov 645
Word Study:address,more uses of word,otherwise,dispose 659
Grammar and Usage:More Expressions of Condition and Concession 673
Vocabulary List 685