前言 1
Unit One 1
Lesson One 1
Self-Protection 1
Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(1) 6
快速阅读障碍与技巧 7
Lesson Two 8
The Blues--the Song of the Walking Wounded 8
Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(2) 17
Unit Two 20
Lesson Three 20
A Carrot a Day May Keep Cancer Away 20
Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(3) 27
Lesson Four 30
Just the Job 30
Reading Skill: Denotation and Connotation(4) 36
Lesson Five 39
1066 and All That 39
Unit Three 39
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(1) 46
Lesson Six 48
Top Soloist or “Trained Seal”? 48
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(2) 54
Unit Four 56
Lesson Seven 56
Living a Long Life 56
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(3) 61
A New Island for Iceland 68
Lesson Eight 68
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(4) 74
Unit Five 82
Lesson Nine 82
Inside Story 82
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(5) 85
Lesson Ten 88
The Underclass--An Open Wound in Society s Belly 88
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(6) 93
What Can a Child Do at Five? 98
Unit Six 98
Lesson Eleven 98
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(7) 102
Lesson Twelve 107
Rembrandt 107
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(8) 110
Unit Seven 113
Lesson Thirteen 113
The Television Camera 113
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(9) 116
Lesson Fourteen 122
Nowhere to Call Home 122
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(10) 125
Unit Eight 130
Lesson Fifteen 130
Christmas in the Antarctic 130
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(11) 134
How I Rowed Across the Atlantic and Found Florida 139
Lesson Sixteen 139
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(12) 142
Unit Nine 147
Lesson Seventeen 147
From Cattle to Cash 147
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(13) 150
Lesson Eighteen 158
The Nixies 158
Reading Skill: Making Inferences(14) 161
A Sound Sleeper 164
Unit Ten 164
Lesson Nineteen 164
Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions(1) 168
Lesson Twenty 174
The Door Swings Open 174
Reading Skill: Drawing Conclusions(2) 178
References 189
Bibliography 191
Key to Exercises 192