Unit One 1
Text:Seeing Someone Off 1
Additional Reading Material(ARM):Too Clever 3
Main Points for Learning 5
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 7
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 11
Unit Two 19
Text:Helicopters 19
ARM:The Car of the Future 22
Main Points for Learning 24
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 27
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 30
Unit Three 37
Text:Suffering for One's Own Actions 37
ARM:Swift and His Lazy Servant 41
Main Points for Learning 44
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 46
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 50
Unit Four 57
Text:Mark Twain 57
ARM:I Still Have a Dream 61
Main Points for Learning 64
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 67
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 71
Unit Five 77
Text:The Big Department Stores 77
ARM:Supermarkets 80
Main Points for Learning 83
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 85
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 87
Unit Six 95
Text:Music 95
ARM:The Musical Heart 98
Main Points for Learning 100
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 103
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 105
Unit Seven 113
Text:Languages 113
ARM:Right or Wrong? 117
Main Points for Learning 120
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 124
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 129
Unit Eight 137
Text:The Discoverer of X-rays 137
ARM: Atoms 141
Main Points for Learning 143
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 145
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 149
Unit Nine 157
Text: "Now It's Your Turn to Try and Catch Me!" 157
ARM: Thank You 161
Main Points for Learning 164
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 167
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 172
Unit Ten 181
Text:What Are Computers? 181
ARM:What Do You Know About Metals? 186
Main Points for Learning 190
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 193
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 197
Unit Eleven 205
Text:Canada 205
ARM:China's Island Province,Taiwan 209
Main Points for Learning 213
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 216
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 222
Unit Twelve 229
Text:Prejudice 229
ARM:The Plight of Native Americans Today 235
Main Points for Learning 238
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 240
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 244
Unit Thirteen 251
Text:Credit Cards 251
ARM:Why Banks Are Useful 256
Main Points for Learning 259
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 263
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 267
Unit Fourteen 275
Text:Are You Afraid of Speaking in Public? 275
ARM:Buying Books in Shanghai 280
Main Points for Learning 284
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 287
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 292
Unit Fifteen 299
Text:The Role of Advertising 299
ARM:Radio and Television in Advertising 306
Main Points for Learning 310
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 316
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 321
Unit Sixteen 329
Text:Vaccination and Immunization 329
ARM:Microbes and Antibiotics 334
Main Points for Learning 337
Comprehensive Consolidation Exercises 340
Comprehensive Improvement Exercises 344
Appendices 351
Appendix Ⅰ．Solutions 351
Appendix Ⅱ．Tapescripts 429
Appendix Ⅲ．Glossary 468
Appendix Ⅳ．List of Classified Irregular Verbs 513
Appendix Ⅴ．国际音标元音符号对照表 519