Unit One Travelling 1
Part One Listening 1
(A) So You re on Holiday, Aren t You? 1
(B) Did Mr Young Enjoy His Vacation? 2
Part Two Speaking 3
Holiday and Travelling 3
Part Three Reading 4
(A) Alexander Graham Bell 4
(B) Martin Luther King-Prophet and Leader 12
Part Four Writing 16
Cable or Telex Messages 17
Part Five Exercises 17
(A) At a Restaurant 20
Part One Listening 20
Unit Two Food and Drinks 20
(B) Talking about the Eating and Drinking in Italy 21
Part Two Speaking 22
Food and Drinks 22
Part Three Reading 24
(A) How Americans Eat and Drink 24
(B) Eating in the Cafeteria 30
Part Four Writing 33
Comments and Suggestions 33
Part Five Exercises 35
Unit Three Seeing a Doctor 39
Part One Listening 39
(A) Seeing the Doctor 39
(B) What s Wrong with Mr Clark? 40
Part Two Speaking 41
Seeing a Doctor 41
Part Three Reading 42
(A) Energy Sense Makes Future Sense 42
(B) Population and Energy 48
Part Four Writing 52
Application for a Job 52
Part Five Exercises 54
Unit Four Making an Appointment 57
Part One Listening 57
Part Two Speaking 58
Introducing Speech 58
(A) The Language of the Bees 59
Part Three Reading 59
(B) Animal Language 65
Part Four Writing 69
Résumé 69
Part Five Exercises 72
Unit Five Revision and Consolidation 76
Part One Listening Exercises 76
Part Two Reading Exercises 78
Part Three Grammar Exercises 83
Part Four Vocabulary Exercises 86
Unit Six At a Bank 90
Part One Listening 90
(A) Bank Staff Member 90
(B) At the Bank 91
At a Bank 92
Where Did You Graduate 92
Part Two Speaking 92
Part Three Reading 94
(A) Interview 94
(B) Eyes-the Key to Wealth 102
Part Four Writing 104
I.O.U. Forms 104
Part Five Exercises 105
Unit Seven At a Post Office 110
Part One Listening 110
(A) At the Post Office 110
(B) Postal Service 111
Part Two Speaking 111
At the Post Office 111
(A) Australia Today 113
Part Three Reading 113
(B) Are Jobs Obsolete in the USA? 119
Part Four Writing 121
(A) An Account Note 121
(B) Request for Cash Advance 122
Part Five Exercises 123
Unit Eight Job Hunting 129
Part One Listening 129
(A) Job Hunting 129
(B) Good News 129
Part Two Speaking 130
(A) What Do You Do for a Living? 130
Part Three Reading 131
(A) Pollution Is a Dirty Word 131
(B) Could You Tell Me Where the Ladies Room Is? 131
(B) Pollution and the American Citizen 138
Part Four Writing 143
(A) Invitation and (Ⅰ) 143
(B) Meeting Notice 143
Part Five Exercises 144
Unit Nine Job Interview 149
Part One Listening 149
Job Interview 149
Part Two Speaking 150
Job Interview 151
Part Three Reading 152
(A) Problems of the Computer Age 152
(B) Scientists Laboring to Make Computers Learn to Think 158
Invitation (Ⅱ) 162
Part Four Writing 162
Part Five Exercises 163
Unit Ten Revision and Consolidation 167
Part One Listening, Speaking and Writing Exercises 167
Part Two Reading Exercises 168
Part Three Grammar Exercises 175
Part Four Vocabulary Exercises 180
附录 184
附录1 简易语法参考 184
I 动词时态 184
II 被动语态的五种不同时态 185
III 动词的非谓语形态及其句法作用 186
IV 名词性从句 190
附录2 前后缀表 191
附录3 公共揭示(告示)用语 192