1 Text A：THE SOLAR SYSTEM 1
Text B：A RUSTY DESERT 2
Text C：TIME TO REST 4
Notes 6
Exercises 7
2 Text A：TOO MANY PEOPLE? 12
Text B：FOOD 14
Notes 17
Exercises 19
3 Text A：WHERE MONSOONS MEET 23
Text B：PLANTS UNDER THE SUN 24
Notes 26
Exercises 27
4 Text A：WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE——LESS TAX? 32
Text B：GLOOM AT THE TOP 34
Notes 37
Exercises 39
5 Text A：THE HAIRY FROG(Part One) 43
Text B：THE HAIRY FROG(Part Two) 45
Text C：TERROR IN THE BUSH 46
Notes 48
Exercises 50
6 Text A：MR.SMEETH 55
Text B：TURGIS 58
Text C：MISS MATFIELD 59
Text D：MR.GOATH 59
Text E：EDNA SMEETH 60
Notes 61
Exercises 66
7 Text：PITY——A short story 70
Notes 79
Exercises 84
8 Text A：NOISE 87
Text B：PATIENTS'COMMENTS ON NOISE IN HOSPITALS 89
Notes 90
Exercises 90
9 Text A：JULIUS CAESAR'S DESCRIPTION OF BRITAIN 95
Text B：THE ROMAN PROVINCEText C：EARLY BRITAIN 97
Notes 100
Exercises 102
10 Part One 106
Text A：THE LITTLUNS 106
Text B：THE BIGUNS 108
Notes 110
Exercises 112
Part Two 115
Text A：THE BOYS'DORMITORY 115
Text B：APRIL FOOL'S DAY 117
Notes 121
Exercises 122
11 Text A：BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER 126
Text B：THREE MEN IN A BOAT 132
Notes 136
Exercises 138
1 NOISE&J.Pope 143
2 THE BAD THING&John Wain 144
3 NAMING OF PARTS&Henry Reed 145
4 SAY NOT,THE STRUGGLE NAUGHT AVAILETH&Arthur Hugh Clough 146
5 CARGOES&John Masefield 148
6 MARIANA&Alfred Lord Tennyson 149
7 ON HIS BLINDNESS&John Milton 153
8 WINTER&William Shakespeare 154
9 A SEA DIRGE&William Shakespeare 155
APPENDIX 2: Alphabetically arranged list of names,with their pronunciation 156