Table of Contents 1
前言 1
Book One The British Isles(by Bob Adamson) 1
Introduction 3
Unit 1 The art of Scottish dancing 3
Unit 2 An embarrassing moment 6
Unit 3 The story of Gelert 10
Unit 4 Concert report 13
Unit 5 Watching television 17
Unit 6 The Great Wall of Britain 21
Unit 7 Scottish heroes 25
Unit 8 An unusual sport 29
Unit 9 Writing stories 33
Unit 10 Tam Lin 37
Unit 11 Developing Ireland 41
Unit 12 The Great Fire of London 45
Self-Assessment Form 49
Book Two Around the World(by Bob Adamson) 51
Unit 1 The Paris—Dakar Rally 53
Unit 2 Varieties of English 56
Unit 3 The heart 59
Unit 4 Amelia Earhart 63
Unit 5 Protecting the Reef 67
Unit 6 The Pied Piper 71
Unit 7 The Pass of Thermopylae 75
Unit 8 Hong Kong 79
Unit 9 A Chinese superstar 83
Unit 10 Indian independence 87
Unit 11 Exchange visits 91
Unit 12 The matryoshka dolls 95
Self-Assessment Form 99
Book Three Jobs and Business(by Graham Young) 101
Unit 1 Your career 103
Unit 2 Which job suits you? 106
Unit 3 MBAs 109
Unit 4 Coffee 113
Unit 5 A Chinese Superman 117
Unit 6 Start your own business 121
Unit 7 Careers 1－Selling insurance 125
Unit 8 Careers 2－Information technology 129
Unit 9 Careers 3－Tourism 133
Unit 10 Careers 4－Engineering 137
Unit 11 Careers 5－Fashion design 141
Unit 12 Voluntary work 145
Self-Assessment Form 149
Appendix 151