CONTENTS 1
Lesson 1 A Trip to Seattle 1
Lesson 2 Travel by Train 2
Lesson 3 Shopping 4
Lesson 4 School Sports 6
Lesson 5 Students’Weekly Allowance 8
Lesson 6 City Government Workers 10
Lesson 7 Summer Vacation（Ⅰ） 12
Lesson 8 Dances at Schools 14
Lesson 9 How to Lose Weight 16
Lesson 10 Basic Courses in American High School 18
Lesson 11 Summer Vacation（Ⅱ） 20
Lesson 12 States and Large Cities in the U．S． 22
Lesson 13 Universities and Colleges in the U．S． 25
Lesson 14 Semester Break 27
Lesson 15 Cars in the U．S． 30
Lesson 16 Costs at American Universities 32
Lesson 17 New York 34
Lesson 18 Weekends in the U．S． 36
Lesson 19 A Picnic 39
Lesson 20 Graduation Ceremony 41
Lesson 21 Camping 43
Lesson 22 Traffic Regulations 45
Lesson 23 Adult Education 47
Lesson 24 Office Workers 50
Lesson 25 Tag Questions 52
Lesson 26 Medical Achievements in America 55
Lesson 27 The Use of Computers 58
Lesson 28 An Elementary School Teacher 60
Lesson 29 A Fire Worker 63
Lesson 30 Government Officials 65
Lesson 31 A Place to Live 68
Lesson 32 Winter in the U．S． 71
Lesson 33 Sports in the U．S． 74
Lesson 34 Unions 77
Lesson 35 Graduate Students 80
Lesson 36 Credit Cards 83
Lesson 37 Television in the U．S． 86
Lesson 38 Craft Fairs 89
Lesson 39 Cigarette Smoking 93
Lesson 40 American Women 96
Lesson 41 Fast Food Restaurants 99
Lesson 42 Senior Citizens 103
Lesson 43 The History of the U．S． 106
Lesson 44 Presidential Election 110
Lesson 45 American Music（Ⅰ） 113
Lesson 46 American Music（Ⅱ） 116
Lesson 47 American Tax System 120
Lesson 48 The News Media in the U．S． 123
Lesson 49 American Families 127
Lesson 50 The Sense of Time of Americans 130
Lesson 51 American Immigrants 133
Lesson 52 Languages in the U．S． 137
APPENDIX 142
Ⅰ．Translations to the Texts 142
Ⅱ．Answers to the Questions 209