Foreword(前言) 3
BOOKLⅠ 3
LESSON 1 THE GREAT OAK TREE 3
LESSON 2 SEARCH FOR ANCESTOR(PART Ⅰ) 8
LESSON 3 SEARCH FOR ANCESTOR(PART Ⅱ) 14
LESSON 4 INTERPRETING FOR THE PRESIDENT AT TEHERAN 20
LESSON 5 DINNERS AND NEGOTIATIONS 28
LESSON 6 BEAUTIFUL LOUSY POEM 36
LESSON 7 THE QUESTIONS EELS RAISE 41
LESSON 8 LIVING OFF THE LAND 49
LESSON 9 PRIDE IN FATHER’S VOICE 56
LESSON 10 EDITH TAYLOR 61
LESSON 11 SPELLING BEE 67
LESSON 12 A MODERN FAIRY TALE(PARTⅠ) 73
LESSON 13 A MODERN FAIRY TALE(PARTⅡ) 79
LESSON 14 DEAD SOLDIERS DON’T WIN WARS(PARTⅠ) 86
LESSON 15 DEAD SOLDIERS DON’T WIN WARS(PARTⅡ) 93
LESSON 16 LONG WALK TO FOREVER 98
BOOKⅡ 105
LESSON 1 THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD 106
LESSON 2 THE GREAT PYRAMID 112
LESSON 3 THE OLYMPIC GAMES 118
LESSON 4 MEMBERS OF A GREEK FAMILY 126
LESSON 5 THE PERSIAN WARS 133
LESSON 6 LEONARDO DA VINCI 140
LESSON 7 DA VINCI’S LETTER TO THE REGENT OF MILAN 147
LESSON 8 JESUS OF NAZARETH--THE STORY OF HIS LIFE 152
LESSON 9 THE CRUEL TRADE--THE DEMAND FOR LABOR 160
LESSON 10 THE BEGINNINGS OF BALLET 166
LESSON 11 THE STORY OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTY 171
LESSON 12 THE STATUE OF LIBERTY 178
LESSON 13 THE DEATH OF A POET 185
LESSON 14 THE ASSASSINATION OF CAESAR(PARTⅠ) 193
LESSON 15 THE ASSASSINATION OF CAESAR(PARTⅡ) 201
LESSON 16 THE ASSASSINATION OF CAESAR(PARTⅢ) 209
SELF-TEST PAPERS 217
PAPERⅠ 217
PAPERⅡ 220
PAPERⅢ 223
PAPERⅣ 226
KEY TO EXERCISES OF BOOKⅠ 230
KEY TO SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES OF BOOKⅠ 239
KEY TO EXERCISES OF BOOKⅡ 254
KEY TO SELF-TEST PAPERS 261