Unit One 1
TEXT The Lady with the Lamp 1
New Words 4
Phrases and Expressions 6
Proper Names 6
Notes 6
EXERCISES 7
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 17
1．The Engagement Ring 17
2．American View of Family 21
Unit Two 24
TEXT The Man and the Snake&by Ambrose Bierce 24
New Words 28
Phrases and Expressions 30
Proper Names 31
Notes 31
EXERCISES 32
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 43
1．A Very Strange School 43
2．The Adventure of Robin Hood 46
Unit Three 52
TEXT Education in Russia(adapted)&by Irving R.Levine 52
New Words 55
Phrases and Expressions 58
Proper Names 58
Notes 58
EXERCISES 58
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 70
1．Education in the United States 70
2．Why Test? 75
Unit Four 79
TEXT A Case of Suspicion(adapted)&by Ed Wallace 79
New Words 83
Phrases and Expressions 85
Proper Names 86
Notes 87
EXERCISES 98
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 98
1．Killing Pain 98
2．The History of Books 102
Unit Five 107
TEXT The Cat and the Parrot(adapted) 107
New Words 110
Phrases and Expressions 112
Proper Names 112
Notes 112
EXERCISES 113
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 125
1．The Gift of Language 125
2．The Goblins in the Gold-Mine 129
Unit Six 133
TEXT Detour to Romance(adapted)&by Gilbert Wright 133
New Words 137
Phrases and Expressions 138
Proper Names 139
Notes 140
EXERCISES 141
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 151
1．Insurance 151
2．A Matter of Honor&by Mark Twain 155
Unit Seven 160
TEXT The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse(adapted)&by Virginia French Allen 160
New Words 164
Phrases and Expressions 166
Proper Names 167
Notes 168
EXERCISES 168
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 180
1．Paper and Its Uses 180
2．The Fountain of Youth 184
Unit Eight 189
TEXT New Year's Celebrations&by Ethel ＆ Martin Tiersky 189
New Words 192
Phrases and Expressions 195
Proper Names 195
Notes 196
EXERCISES 197
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 211
1．A Tale of Christmas Eve(Told by a Christ-mas Stocking) 211
2．New Year's Celebrations 216
Unit Nine 219
TEXT Mexico City's Problem—Air Pollution(adapted) 219
New Words 222
Phrases and Expressions 224
Proper Names 224
Notes 224
EXERCISES 226
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 237
1．Beware the Dirty Seas 237
2．Warning from the Ocean 243
Unit Ten 246
TEXT Time&by Alison Raymond Lanier 246
New Words 249
Phrases and Expressions 251
Notes 252
EXERCISES 253
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS 267
1．Telephone 267
2．Concentration and Effort 272
Appendix 277
Vocabulary 277
Phrases and Expressions 297