Lesson One Family 1
Dialogue 1 My Husband s Wonderful 1
Dialogue 2 How s the Family? 3
Passage Great Changes in Family Life 4
Lesson Two Transportation 8
Dialogue Is This Your Car? 8
Passage 1 Fine—Thirty Dollars 10
Passage 2 Don t Forget to Lock Your Bicycle 11
Lesson Three Sports 15
Dialogue Do You Like Sports? 15
Passage 1 City to Surf 16
Passage 2 Americans Enjoy Sports 18
Lesson Four Entertainment 22
Dialogue 1 Let s Go to the Movies 22
Dialogue 2 I ve Never Been in a Small Town 23
Passage Enjoying Dinners with Friends 25
Lesson Five Pets 28
Dialogue What about a Snake? 28
Passage 1 Ramon Was Proud of Blackie 30
Passage 2 A Guide Dog 32
Dialogue 1 Welcome to Our City 36
Lesson Six Cities 36
Dialogue 2 A City of Light 38
Passage Tokyo—a City Rebuilt 40
Lesson Seven Travelling 44
Dialogue A Visit to Edinburgh 44
Passage 1 We Enjoyed Ourselves Very Much 46
Passage 2 Holidays Abroad 48
Lesson Eight Accidents and Disasters 52
Dialogue How Did the Accident Happen? 52
Passage 1 We Are All Survivors 54
Passage 2 A Man-made Calamity 57
Lesson Nine Investigation and Interview 60
Dialogue 1 Did You See the Attacker? 60
Dialogue 2 What Qualifications Have You Got? 61
Dialogue 3 What Do You Enjoy Most? 64
Lesson Ten Stories 67
Passage 1 Unusual Echoes 67
Passage 2 A Man of Bad Memory 69
Passage 3 Unlucky in Love 71
Passage 1 What Is an Ideal Teacher Like? 74
Lesson Eleven Education 74
Passage 2 The Open University in Britain 76
Passage 3 Education in the U．S．A． 78
Lesson Twelve Announcements 82
Passage 1 Have a Pleasant Flight ! 82
Passage 2 Here Is Your Weekend Guide 84
Passage 3 Can I Have Your Attention,Please? 86
Lesson Thirteen Culture 89
Passage 1 English Pubs 89
Passage 2 A Thank-you Letter 91
Passage 3 What Are Good Manners? 93
Lesson Fourteen Special Days 97
Passage 1 Doll s Day 97
Passage 2 Australia Day 99
Passage 3 United Nations Day 100
Lesson Fifteen Famous People 104
Passage 1 Who Was He? 104
Passage 2 Winston Churchill 106
Passage 3 Alexander Graham Bell 108
Passage 1 How Newspapers Developed 112
Lesson Sixteen Mass Media 112
Passage 2 BBC Radio 113
Passage 3 How to Advertise for a Bank 115
Lesson Seventeen Comments 119
Dialogue 1 Children and TV 119
Dialogue 2 A Panel Discussion on Smoking 120
Dialogue 3 If You Could Choose... 121
Lesson Eighteen Food and Drink 125
Passage 1 English Food 125
Passage 2 American Fast Food Restaurants 126
Passage 3 What Kinds of Food Do People Need? 128
Lesson Nineteen Popular Science 131
Passage 1 Vending Machines 131
Passage 2 Communicating in the New Age 133
Passage 3 How Does Acupuncture Work? 135
Lesson Twenty Stories 139
Passage 1 Trouble at the Supermarket 139
Passage 2 Art Lesson 140
Passage 3 Do Dreams Save Lives? 142
Tapescripts and Key 147