Lesson 1 1
1.1 Text for Reading/All About man-the Mysterious Creature 2
1.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/A Light Purse Makes a Heavy Heart 6
1.3 Dialogue/Drop it Like a Hot Potato 7
1.4 Slangs in Spotlight/Not to Bellyache 8
1.5 Idioms in Spotlight/A Ray of Hope 9
1.6 Dialogue 10
1.7 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Back on His Feet 11
1.8 Famous Quotations/We All Participate in a Tragedy 12
1.9 Puns in Spotlight 14
Revision and Exercise 17
Lesson 2 19
2.1 Text for Reading/Life is a Gamble 20
2.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/Wit Once Bought is Worth Twice Taught 24
2.3 Dialogue/Let Bygones be Bygones 25
2.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Have a Bone to Pick 26
2.5 Slangs in Spotlight/Beating the Dead Horse 27
2.6 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Cooking the Books 28
2.7 Famous Quotations/Woe to the Vanquished 29
2.8 Puns in Spotlight 30
Revision and Exercise 33
Lesson 3 35
3.1 Text for Reading/Nobody is Always in the Pink 36
3.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/A Sound Mind in a Sound Body 41
3.3 Dialogue/Wet Behind the Ears 42
3.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Do First Things First 44
3.5 Slangs in Spotlight/Sandra is in a Bind 45
3.6 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Having a Heart-to-Heart Talk 46
3.7 Famous Quotations/Efficiency and Inefficiency 47
3.8 Puns in Spotlight 49
Revision and Exercise 52
Lesson 4 53
4.1 Text for Reading/We ve Got to Nip it in the Bud 54
4.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/All Sweets Are Not Wholesome 58
4.3 Dialogue/Being In a Jam 60
4.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Drawing a Blank 63
4.5 Slangs in Spotlight/Nothing Rings the Bell 65
4.6 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Getting it in Black and White 66
4.7 Famous Quotations/Forbidden Fruit is Sweet 67
4.8 Puns in Spotlight 68
Revision and Exercise 70
Lesson 5 71
5.1 Text for Reading/Stress-A Part of Modern Life 72
5.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/The Devil Takes the Hindmost 77
5.3 Dialogue/Pounding the Pavement 79
5.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Riding on His High Horse 81
5.5 Slangs in Spotlight/Giving Him the Air 82
5.6 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Like a Fish Out of Water 84
5.7 Famous Quotations/Life is not a Spectacle of a Feast 85
5.8 Puns in Spotlight 87
Revision and Exercise 89
Lesson 6 91
6.1 Text for Reading/Money-A Bad Master, A Good Servant 92
6.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/Money Has No Blood Relations? 97
6.3 Dialogue/Keeping up with the Joneses 98
6.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Beating A hasty Retreat 100
6.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Seeing the Read Light 101
6.6 Slangs in Spotlight/The Thin Edge 103
6.7 Famous Quotations/It Is Inconvenient Without Money 104
6.8 Puns in Spotlight 105
Revision and Exercise 108
Lesson 7 109
7.1 Text for Reading/Nobody Fancies Eating Dirt 110
7.2 Proverbs in Spotlight He That Knows Nothing Is Nothing Worth 117
7.3 Dialogue/A Rude Awakening 118
7.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Calling it Quits 121
7.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Bad Blood 122
7.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Doing a Bang-Up Job 124
7.7 Famous Quotations/Taking Revenge 126
7.8 Puns in Spotlight 127
Revision and Exercise 130
Lesson 8 131
8.1 Text for Reading/It Takes Two to Make a Happy Marriage 132
8.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/All Happiness is in the Mind 138
8.3 Dialogue/A Wet Blanket 140
8.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Knowing Where the Shoe Pinches 142
8.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight Nobody Is Always on the Gravy Train 144
8.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Fashion Plates 145
8.7 Famous Quotations Man Has His Will, But Woman Has Her Way 147
8.8 Puns in Spotlight 149
Revision and Exercise 151
Lesson 9 153
9.1 Text for Reading/Message From the Motions of the Hand 154
9.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/Better Wit Than Wealth 161
9.3 Dialogue/No Fire Without Smoke 163
9.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Getting on Her Nerves 165
9.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Stealing a March 167
9.6 Slangs in Spotlight/The Salt of the Earth 169
9.7 Famous Quotations/Nothing Matters Much 171
9.8 Puns in Spotlight 173
Revision and Exercise 176
Lesson 10 177
10.1 Text for Reading Your Head Does More Than Just Sit on Your Shoulders 178
10.2 Proverbs in Spotlight Marry in Haste, and Repent at Leisure 184
10.3 Dialogue/Gaining Advancement 185
10.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Keeping an Eye Open 188
10.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Keeping Cool 189
10.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Quite an Article 191
10.7 Famous Quotations/Being in Good Company 192
10.8 Puns in Spotlight 194
Revision and Exercise 196
Lesson 11 197
11.1 Text for Reading/Like Father, Like Son 198
11.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/The Child is Father of the Man 204
11.3 Dialogue/Keeping Me on My Toes 206
11.4 Idioms in Spotlight/On the Defensive 209
11.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/On Pins and Needles 211
11.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Calling All the Shots 212
11.7 Famous Quotations/A Relation on the Mend 214
11.8 Puns in Spotlight 216
Revision and Exercise 218
Lesson 12 221
12.1 Text for Reading/The Down-Fall of Unsuccessful People 222
12.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/Still Waters Run Deep 229
12.3 Dialogue/Making the Dust Fly 231
12.4 Idioms in Spotlight/With a Good Grace 234
12.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Blowing Hot and Cold 236
12.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Clock-Watchers 238
12.7 Famous Quotations/Second Thoughts Are Better 239
12.8 Puns in Spotlight 241
Revision and Exercise 243
Lesson 13 245
13.1 Text for Reading/Great People-Masters of Nonsense 246
13.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/The More Noble, the More Humble 252
13.3 Dialogue/With Flying Colors 254
13.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Breaking Fresh Ground 258
13.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/The Cream of the Crop 260
13.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Blue Chippers 262
13.7 Famous Quotations/Great Men, Great Thinkers 263
13.8 Puns in Spotlight 266
Revision and Exercise 268
Lesson 14 269
14.1 Text for Reading/Of Snobbish People 270
14.2 Proverbs in Spotlight One Man s Wit, and All Men s Wisdom 278
14.3 Dialogue/Once a Man and Twice a Child 280
14.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Never Sitting Back 282
14.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Putting Up a Good Front 284
14.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Sales Gimmicks 286
14.7 Famous Quotations/A Lunatic AsyLum Run by Lunatics 288
14.8 Puns in Spotlight 289
Revision and Exercise 292
Lesson 15 293
15.1 Text for Reading Education Falling Behind a Difficult World 294
15.2 Proverbs in Spotlight/One Today is Worth Two Tomorrows 300
15.3 Dialogue/A Great Challenge 302
15.4 Idioms in Spotlight/Never Being in the Way 305
15.5 Colloquialisms in Spotlight/Mind Their p s and q s 307
15.6 Slangs in Spotlight/Dying for Some Dandy Ideas 309
15.7 Famous Quotations A University is Not a Birthplace for Heroes 311
15.8 Puns in Spotlight 313
Revision and Exercise 316
练习参考答案 317
参考书目 320