Text A The Absent-minded Professor 1
Unit 1 1
Text B Little Jimmy 11
Text C The Story of Rip Van Winkle 14
Unit 2 15
Text A A Young Couple 15
Text B Sol Marcus 24
Text C Just Ask Homer 27
Text A The Giant of the Sea 29
Unit 3 29
Text B Dolphins 39
Text C Turtles 42
Unit 4 43
Text A American Schools 43
Text B U.S.Public Schools:What's Wrong with Them? 56
Text C The William James Elementary School 59
Test Yourself Test Paper 1 61
Text A The Knee-high Man 71
Unit 5 71
Text B The Golden Chain 81
Text C The Fox and the Crow 84
Unit 6 85
Text A The Pyramids 85
Text B The Skyscrapers of Manhattan 95
Text C The Great Wall 97
Unit 7 98
Text A The Worid's Greatest Inventor 98
Text B Walt Disney 108
Text C An Artist-inventor 111
Unit 8 112
Text A Children and Television 112
Text B Automobiles 121
Text C Television in the U.S 124
Test Yourself Test Paper 2 125
Appendix 135
Key to Test Paper 1 135
Key to Test Paper 2 137
Glossary 139