第一章 个人情况与人们 2
Unit 1 个人情况与人们 2
Conversations 2
Passage:Lessons from Jefferson 5
Words and Expressions 7
Notes 8
Exercises 9
Supplementary Reading:Young People 15
第二章 家与家人、环境 18
Unit 2 家与家人 18
Conversations 18
Passage:American Homes and British Homes 20
Words and Expressions 22
Notes 23
Exercises 24
Supplementary Reading:Sounds of Home 31
Unit 3 环境 33
Conversations 33
Passage:Is There Life on Earth 35
Words and Expressions 37
Notes 38
Exercises 39
Supplementary Reading:Space:a key Element in Design 46
Conversations 48
第三章 天气与气候 48
Unit 4 天气与气候 48
Passage:Our Changing Atmosphere 50
Words and Expressions 52
Notes 53
Exercises 53
Supplementary Reading:Run Through the Rain 60
第四章 饮食 64
Unit 5 饮食 64
Conversations 64
Passage:The Kinds of Food 66
Words and Expressions 67
Notes 68
Exercises 69
Supplementary Reading:Cookies,Forgotten and Forgiven 75
第五章 日常生活 80
Unit 6 日常生活 80
Conversations 80
Passage:Happiness 82
Words and Expressions 84
Notes 85
Exercises 85
Supplementary Reading:Seven Secrets to a Great Life 93
Conversations 96
Unit 7 闲暇活动 96
第六章 闲暇活动 96
Passage:Stamp Collecting 98
Words and Expressions 100
Notes 101
Exercises 101
Supplementary Reading:A Funny Memory 108
Unit 8 闲暇活动——体育运动 110
Conversations 110
Passage:Two Kinds of Football 112
Words and Expressions 114
Exercises 115
Notes 115
Supplementary Reading:My Passion 122
第七章 购物 126
Unit 9 购物 126
Conversations 126
Passage:A Shopper's Nightmare 129
Words and Expressions 130
Notes 131
Exercises 131
Supplementary Reading:Money and Love 139
Unit 10 假日 142
Conversations 142
第八章 假日 142
Passage:An English Christmas 145
Words and Expressions 146
Notes 147
Exercises 148
Supplementary Reading:Christmas Morning 155
第九章 地方 158
Unit 11 地方 158
Conversations 158
Passage:The Taj Mahal 160
Words and Expressions 162
Exercises 164
Notes 164
Supplementary Reading:The Tantrum 171
第十章 旅游 174
Unit 12 旅游 174
Conversations 174
Passage:Travel with Charley 177
Words and Expressions 178
Notes 179
Exercises 180
Supplementary Reading:The Small White Envelope 186
第十一章 健康与保健 190
Unit 13 健康与保健 190
Conversations 190
Passage:Penicillin-One of the Greatest Discoveries Made by Men 192
Words and Expressions 194
Notes 195
Exercises 195
Supplementary Reading:Healthy Food 202
第十二章 服务 206
Unit 14 服务（1） 206
Conversations 206
Passage:Airport 208
Words and Expressions 209
Notes 210
Exercises 211
Supplementary Reading:What Time Is It? 217
Unit 15 服务（2） 219
Conversations 219
Passage:Window Shopping 221
Words and Expressions 224
Notes 224
Exercises 225
Supplementary Reading:Yellow Post-its 232
第十三章 社会关系 236
Unit 16 社会关系 236
Conversations 236
Passage:Her Shadow 238
Notes 240
Words and Expressions 240
Exercises 241
Supplementary Reading:Father's Day Sentimentality! 248
第十四章 工作和职业 252
Unit 17 工作和职业（1） 252
Conversatios 252
Passage:The Making of a Surgeon 254
Words and Expressions 256
Notes 256
Exercises 257
Supplementary Reading:What Makes a Teacher 263
Conversations 265
Unit 18 工作和职业（2） 265
Passage:Reporting the News 267
Words and Expressions 269
Notes 269
Exercises 270
Supplementary Reading:A Grandfather's Touch 277
第十五章 时事 280
Unit 19 时事 280
Conversations 280
Passage:China Scare,Is It Real? 282
Words and Expressions 284
Notes 284
Exercises 285
Supplementary Reading:Bermuda Triangle 291
第十六章 教育 294
Unit 20 教育（1） 294
Conversations 294
Passage:Five Evidences of an Education 296
Words and Expressions 298
Notes 299
Exercises 299
Supplementary Reading:My Son Handed Them to Me 306
Unit 21 教育（2） 308
Conversations 308
Passage:A School with No Rules! 310
Words and Expressions 312
Notes 313
Exercises 313
Supplementary Reading:Girls of Summer 320
第十七章 科普知识 324
Unit 22 科普知识 324
Conversations 324
Passage:Life Is Just Like a Dream 327
Words and Expressions 329
Notes 330
Exercises 330
Supplementary Reading:It Is Time to Let Go 337
Conversations 340
第十八章 历史 340
Unit 23 历史 340
Passage:Women's Liberation 343
Words and Expressions 344
Notes 345
Exercises 346
Supplementary Reading:The Four Wives 352
第十九章 地理 356
Unit 24 地理 356
Conversations 356
Passage:Strange Creatures of the High Snows 358
Notes 360
Words and Expressions 360
Exercises 361
Supplementary Reading:Am I an Adult Yet? 368
附录 370
附录一 交际话题表 370
附录二 功能意念表 371
附录三 语法项目表 378
附录四 语言技能表 380
附录五 课文问题答案 381
附录六 听力练习录音稿 389
附录七 课后练习答案及详解 413
附录八 单词和短语总表 475