Unit One 1
Listening Comprehension 1
Speaking Greetings and Introductions 2
Intensive Reading Introduce Myself 3
Phonetics 6
Grammar Parts of Speech 7
Practical Writing Student Cards 8
Fast Reading A Boy or a Girl 9
Merry Learning 10
Unit Two 11
Listening Comprehension 11
Speaking Watching TV 12
Intensive Reading Television 13
Phonetics 16
Grammar Nouns 17
Practical Writing Greeting Cards 20
Fast Reading You Were My Classmate 21
Merry Learning 22
Unit Three 23
Listening Comprehension 23
Speaking Talking about Sports and Health 24
Intensive Reading Keeping Healthy 25
Phonetics 29
Grammar Articles 29
Practical Writing Notes 32
Fast Reading Teaching Her a Lesson 34
Merry Learning 34
Unit Four 35
Listening Comprehension 35
Speaking At a Restaurant 36
Intensive Reading American Eating Culture 37
Phonetics 41
Grammar Adjectives and Adverbs 41
Practical Writing Notices 45
Fast Reading A Cat and Rats 46
Merry Learning 47
Unit Five 49
Listening Comprehension 49
Speaking Talking about Relatives 51
Intensive Reading Families in the Future 52
Phonetics 56
Grammar Prepositions 56
Practical Writing Letters 59
Fast Reading Why Was the Doctor Late 61
Merry Learning 62
Unit Six 64
Listening Comprehension 64
Reading Comprehension 67
Practical Writing 69
Unit Seven 71
Listening Comprehension 71
Speaking Asking the Way 72
Intensive Reading A Child's Angel 73
Phonetics 76
Grammar Verbs 76
Practical Writing E-mail 79
Fast Reading In the Telephone Directory 80
Merry Learning 81
Unit Eight 82
Listening Comprehension 82
Speaking Talking about Weather 82
Intensive Reading Greenwich and Greenwich Time 83
Phonetics 88
Grammar Modal Verbs 88
Practical Writing Letters of Introduction 90
Fast Reading The Indian Who Could Forecast the Weather 91
Merry Learning 92
Unit Nine 93
Listening Comprehension 93
Speaking Making an Invitation 94
Intensive Reading Youth 94
Grammar Numerals 98
Practical Writing Letters of Invitation 100
Fast Reading What Would Happen 101
Merry Learning 102
Unit Ten 103
Listening Comprehension 103
Speaking Expressing Surprise 104
Intensive Reading Pearl 105
Grammar Members of the Sentence 109
Practical Writing Invitation Cards 110
Fast Reading An Interview 112
Merry Learning 113
Unit Eleven 115
Listening Comprehension 115
Speaking Expressing Thanks 116
Intensive Reading The Information Age 117
Grammar Kinds of the Sentences 120
Practical Writing Letters of Appreciation 122
Fast Reading Not to Be Taken Out 123
Merry Learning 124
Unit Twelve 125
Listening Comprehension 125
Practical Writing 133
Unit Thirteen 134
Listening Comprehension 134
Speaking Apologizing 135
Intensive Reading Generation Gap 136
Grammar The Simple Present Tense 140
Practical Writing Letters of Apology 143
Fast Reading A Different Kind of Audience 144
Merry Learning 144
Unit Fourteen 145
Listening Comprehension 145
Speaking Restaurant Reservation 146
Intensive Reading A History of American Food 148
Grammar The Simple Past Tense 153
Practical Writing Letters of Asking 155
Fast Reading Six Taboos at Table 156
Merry Learning 157
Unit Fifteen 158
Listening Comprehension 158
Speaking Congratulations 159
Intensive Reading Are You Caught in the Web? 159
Grammar The Present Continuous Tense and the Past Continues Tense 164
Practical Writing Letters of Congratulations 167
Fast Reading I,You and She 168
Merry Learning 169
Unit Sixteen 170
Listening Comprehension 170
Speaking At the Supermarket 171
Intensive Reading Tornado 172
Grammar The Simple Future Tense and the Past Future Tense 176
Practical Writing Posters 179
Fast Reading At the Supermarket 180
Merry Learning 181
Unit Seventeen 182
Listening Comprehension 182
Speaking Sending a Letter 183
Intensive Reading Halloween 184
Grammar The Present Perfect Tense 189
Practical Writing Deliver a Speech 190
Fast Reading Post Haste 192
Merry Learning 193
Unit Eighteen 194
Listening Comprehension 194
Speaking 195
Unit Nineteen 202
Listening Comprehension 202
Speaking Making an Arrangement 203
Intensive Reading White-collar and Blue-collar in America 204
Grammar The Past Perfect Tense 209
Practical Writing Letters of Consolation 211
Fast Reading The Choice of Word 211
Merry Learning 212
Unit Twenty 213
Listening Comprehension 213
Speaking At a Hospital 214
Intensive Reading The Different Faces of Medicine 215
Grammar The Active Voice and the Passive Voice 219
Practical Writing Memo 222
Fast Reading A Heavy Sleeper 223
Merry Learning 223
Unit Twenty-one 224
Listening Comprehension 224
Speaking At the Library 225
Intensive Reading Learning a Foreign Language 226
Grammar Direct Speech and Indirect Speech(Ⅰ) 230
Practical Writing Sentence Making and Rearranging 234
Fast Reading An Old Soldier 235
Merry Learning 237
Unit Twenty-two 238
Listening Comprehension 238
Speaking At a Hotel 239
Intensive Reading The Olympic Games 240
Grammar Direct Speech and Indirect Speech(Ⅱ) 245
Practical Writing Diaries 247
Fast Reading A General's Teeth 248
Merry Learning 249
Unit Twenty-three 250
Listening Comprehension 250
Speaking Talking about Traveling 251
Intensive Reading Tsunamis 252
Grammar Punctuation Marks 256
Practical Writing The Topic Sentence Composition 258
Fast Reading Mrs.Hilton 259
Merry Learning 260
Unit Twenty-four 261
Listening Comprehension 261
Practical Writing 268
Appendix Vocabulary 269
References 283