1．Wealth, Success or Love? 财富，成功还是爱情？ 1
2．The World of Stamps 邮票世界 5
3．Inside a Space Shuttle 在航天飞机内 8
4．A Good Idea 一个好主意 11
5．The Person Deserves Help 值得帮助的人 14
Review Exercise One 18
6．Continue with the Medicine 药照吃 18
7．How Much Were They Worth? 他们值多少？ 21
8．A Real Monster: Diplodocus 真正的巨兽：梁龙 24
9．Learn to Relax 学会休息 26
10．Future Robots 未来机器人 29
Review Exercise Two 34
11．Love of the Blue Sky 情系蓝天 34
12．Hollywood 好莱坞 37
13．A Big Surprise 意外的惊喜 39
14．Pioneers of Newspapers 报业先驱 43
15．Thanksgiving Day 感恩节 46
Review Exercise Three 52
16．Nightingale: The First Nurse 南丁格尔：第一护士 52
17．Ways to Study 学习之道 56
18．Police Dog Jack 警犬杰克 59
19．The Boaster 自夸者 62
20．A Love Letter 一封情书 65
Review Exercise Four 70
21．A Careful Observer 细心的观察家 70
22．A Visit to the City 城市观光 73
23．What Did I Leave Behind? 我把什么丢下了？ 77
24．A Television Advertisement 一则电视广告 80
25．Advice: Valuable or Worthless 忠告：价值连城或一钱不值 83
Review Exercise Five 87
26．Australia 澳大利亚 87
27．The Record Keeper 纪录保持者 93
28．Narrow Escape 九死一生 93
29．Marriage Proposal 求婚 97
30．Post Last Year s Christmas Cards 迟到的祝福 100
Review Exercise Six 104
31．A Successful Woman 女强人 104
32．Private Treasury 私房钱 107
33．Monkeys: Man s Friends 猴子：人类之友 111
34．He Ran for His Health 他为健康而跑步 113
35．After a Storm Comes a Calm 雨过天晴 116
Review Exercise Seven 122
36．“Give and Take “给”与“拿” 122
37．The Amazon Forest 亚马逊河的热带雨林 125
38．Color Association 颜色的联想 128
39．Edison s Boyhood 少年爱迪生 132
40．Epigrams·Mottoes·Sayings(1) 警名·名言·谚语（一） 136
Review Exercise Eight 140
41．Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way 有志者，事竟成 140
42．An Idle Youth 少壮不努力 143
43．Mr Russell s New Heart 拉塞尔先生的第二颗心脏 146
44．The Origin of Table-Tennis 乒乓球的由来 149
45．The Americans Way 美国人的礼节 152
Review Exercise Nine 157
46．An Application for a Scholarship 一封求学信 157
47．An Important Decision 抉择 161
48．Little John s Prayers 小约翰的祈祷 164
49．Optimists and Pessimists 乐观者与悲观者 167
50．Control Your Weight 保持体形 170
Review Exercise Ten 173
51．Judge s Cleverness 法官的智慧 173
52．Baseball in America 棒球在美国 176
53．A Man Who Had Rich Imagination 一个想象力丰富的人 179
54．Air Travel and Weight 飞机旅行与体重 182
55．Valentine s Day 圣瓦伦丁节（情人节） 184
Review Exercise Eleven 189
56．North Pole Explorer 北极探险家 189
57．“Artistic Painting 艺术画 192
58．When Were You Born 生辰与性格 195
59．What Makes a Soccer Player Great? （英式）足球运动员的成名之谜 198
60．Epigrams·Mottoes·Sayings(2) 警名·名言·谚语（二） 201
Review Exercise Twelve 205
61．High Style 时髦的高底鞋 205
62．Inflation at Its Worst 最严重的通货膨胀 208
63．A Wonderful Sunset 美丽的晚霞 211
64．Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco 金门大桥与旧金山 214
65．Types of Blood 血型 217
Review Exercise Thirteen 222
66．A Stamp Incident 邮票事件 222
67．Spider s Help 救命之蛛 226
68．Education Costs 收费教育 229
69．Millenniunt 千禧年 233
70．Adventurous People 爱冒险的人们 236
Review Exercise Fourteen 241
71．Work Is What You Make It(1) 工作就是创造（二） 241
72．Work Is What You Make It(2) 工作就是创造（一） 244
73．Einstein: the First Person of Century 爱因斯坦：世纪第一人 248
74．Science and Daily Life 科学与生活 251
75．The Development of Money 货币的发展 257
76．Misunderstanding 误会 257
Review Exercise Fifteen 261
Key to Exercises and Review Exercises 261