第一部分 阅读理解 1
1．MAKING FRIENDS 1
2．SCHOOL IS SCHOOL 3
3．NEVER BE PRESIDENT 5
4．WELCOME CHAPLIN 6
5．A YOUNG MAN WHO TOLD A BIG LIE 9
6．MAN'S SENSES 11
7．GROWING PLANTS HAVE A SENSE OF DIRECTION 12
8．A PRACTICAL JOKE 14
9．TRANSPLANTING A TREE 16
10．PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR HOLIDAY 17
11．TOKYO,LONDON,NEW YORK 19
12．A DOCTOR'S NOTES 20
13．THE QUEEN'S PERMISSION 22
14．A LETTER TO THE EDITOR 24
15．POPULATION POLLUTION 26
16．MISUNDERSTANDING 27
17．A CHILDREN RESTAURANT 29
18．HOW DID A.M.AND P.M.COME INTO BEING 31
19．ON THE ICE 33
20．A STUDENT WHO KILLED HERSELF 34
21．THE RED CROSS 36
22．TWO GREAT MEN OF SCIENCE 38
23．MENTAL FACTOR 39
24．HOT LINES 41
25．IN THE LIBRARY 42
26．WEATHER REPORT 45
27．COMMUNICATION 46
28．LONDON 47
29．COMPUTERS 50
30．THE TIDE 51
31．MORE ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN 52
32．PLANT PROTECTING 54
33．ANOTHER BLACK COFFEE 56
34．"HIT HIM AGAIN" 57
35．DEMANDING EQUALITY 59
36．A LETTER FOR A JOB 61
37．ABOUT THE MOON 63
38．A BIG BUSINESS 64
39．A FOOTBALL MATCH 66
40．BASEL,SWITZERLAND 67
41．NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN 69
42．WOMEN DRIVERS 71
43．LISTENING TO A PATIENT'S HEARTBEAT BY TELEPHONE 72
44．BUTTERFLIES 73
45．A PIECE OF NEWS 75
46．HOW LONG DO FISHES LIVE 77
47．SUMMER TIME 78
48．A SUMMER JOB 80
49．MARIE AND PIERRE 82
50．THE HIGH COST OF MEDICAL CARE IN THE U.S 84
51．THE DIRECTIONS OF THE MEDICINE 86
52．GLASS INDUSTRY 87
53．PLANTS LOVE TO BE LOVED 89
54．THE DISCOVERY OF X-RAYS 91
55．THE SOUTH POLE 92
56．AN 86-CHARACTER ALPHABET 94
57．BALL GAMES IN AMERICA 95
？CONFIDENCE IS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS 98
？POPULATION EXPLOSION 100
？SE OF TET ENGINES 102
？NMENTS ARE IMPORTANT 104
？HE PRESIDENT SHOULD DO 106
？INTING PARKS 108
？HAVE POTATOES 109
？LAGE 110
？ARN 112
？E METAL 114
？NCE CHANGES WITH THE 116
？SET 118
？S AND AIRSHIPS 120
第二部分 阅读欣赏 122
一、读物注释 122
1．A NOBEL LETTER 122
2．HOW NAPOLEON CROSSED THE ALPS 123
3．THE WHITE HOUSE 124
4．THE LARGE CITIES OF U.S.A 125
二、原著选摘 127
1．A LIFE IN LETTERS 127
2．PHOTOGRAPHY 136
三、中英对照 141