Contents 1
Unit 1 Knowing the United States 1
Text A The size of the United States 1
Text B Do you Know where English names come from? 2
Unit 2 What are you going to do? 5
Text A Mr.Going-to-do 5
Text B We re going to Iceland 6
Unit 3 Festivais 9
Text A Chinese festivals 9
Text B Mother s Day 10
Unit 4 Agricuiture 13
Text A Farmers in the U S A 13
Text B Farming in Britain 14
Unit 5 Going to the Zoo 17
Text A Going to the zoo 17
Text B The London Zoo 18
Unit 6 Travel ing in the city 21
Text A The four largest cities in America 21
Text B A tour in Thailand 22
Text A A football match 25
Unit 7 Sports and Games 25
Text B Football 26
Unit 8 At the doctor s 29
Text A A glass ball 29
Text B Filling a tooth 30
Unit 9 Nature 32
Text A Pictures in the sky 32
Text B What the sun says 33
Text A Why not take down your nose? 36
Unit 10 Family humcrs 36
Text B Why is your brother crying? 37
Unit11 Seascns 40
Text A When winter comes 40
Text B The seasons in Australia 41
Unit 12 What s the weather like? 44
Text A Weather report in Britain 44
Text B Weather forecast 45
Unit 13 Alice s birthday 47
Text A An invitation to birthday dinner 47
Text B Congratulating one s birthday 48
Unit 14 Staying at hotel 50
Text A Checking into a hotel 50
Text B Asking for a room 51
Unit 15 Phone and net 55
Text A A cordless phone 55
Text B An internet café 56
Unit 16 Traffic 60
Text A Four legs are better than four wheels 60
Text B The English Channel 61
Unit 17 Animals 64
Text A Ducks 64
Text B I pay for my dog 65
Unit 18 Health 68
Text A Faint 68
Text B How to keep healthy 69
Unit 19 Eating and food 72
Text A Is fly delicious? 72
Text B American food habits 73
Text A Water 77
Unit 20 Scien？ce 77
Text B The moon 78
Unit 21 Jobs 81
Text A A want Ad 81
Text B An English application 82
Unit 22 Education 85
Text A school report form 85
Text B The school year 86
Unit 23 Famous people 89
Text A Mozart 89
Text B Dickens Festival 90
Unit 24 Jokes about art 93
Text A Drawing 93
Text B An artist and a farmer 94
Unit 25 Culture 97
Text A Manners 97
Text B A village for wedding 98
Unit 26 Languages 101
Text A English words 101
Text B British English and American English 102
参考答案 105