Unit 1 Holidays Festivals 1
Reading skills Word Skills:Context Clues(Ⅰ) 1
Lesson One 4
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 4
Text A Christmas 5
Text B Santa Claus 11
Lesson Two 14
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 14
Text A Thanksgiving Day 15
Text B The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story 21
Lesson Three 24
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 24
Text A The Spring Festival 25
Text B Chinese Lunar New Year 31
Unit 2 Historical Figures 45
Reading Skills Word Skills(Ⅱ):Context Clues(Ⅱ) 45
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 49
Lesson Five 49
Text A Thomas Jefferson's Early Life 50
Text B Thomas Jefferson 56
Lesson Six 59
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 59
Text A Winston Churchill in World War Ⅱ 60
Text B Winston Churchill 66
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 69
Lesson Seven 69
Text A Benjamin Franklin 70
Text B Benjamin Franklin 77
Lesson Eight 80
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 80
Text A Martin Luther King 81
Text B Martin Luther King 87
Unit 3 Geography 91
Reading skills Word Skills(Ⅲ):Word Analysis(Ⅰ) 91
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 94
Lesson Nine 94
Text A The Beauty of Britain 95
Text B England 102
Lesson Ten 105
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 105
Text A The Rocky Mountains 106
Text B The Rocky Mountains 111
Lesson Eleven 114
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 114
Text A The Alps 115
Text B The Limits of the Alps 119
Lesson Twelve 122
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 122
Text A The Great Lakes 124
Text B USA River Small Ship Cruising:Cruising the Great Lakes St.Lawrence River 134
Unit 4 History 137
Reading Skills Word Skills(Ⅳ):Word Analysis(Ⅱ) 137
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 140
Lesson Thirteen 140
Text A Pope vs.Emperor 141
Text B The Middle Ages 150
Lesson Fourteen 153
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 153
Text A The Revolution Begins(American War of Independence) 154
Text B The United States Government 159
Lesson Fifteen 163
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 163
Text A The English Conquest 164
Text B Vernacular Laws of A thelberht of Kent 172
Lesson Sixteen 176
Preliminary Vocabulary Test 176
Text A World War Ⅰ 177
Text B The Second World War 190
References 194