CONTENTS 1
目录 1
前言 1
叙事篇 1
导语 1
●传说和历史故事 1
A Narrow Escape 1
Hua Rong Practiced Shooting 2
Meng Jiangnu Wept over the Great Wall 3
Seven Stories about Superstitions 4
Firewalkers 4
Wise Avantis 4
Hanshi Festival 8
April Fools Day 8
Balzac 9
Zero 9
Pandora s Box 10
●个人经历 11
A Mock English Examination 11
Just on Time 11
Jump the Queue 12
Being a Hostess 12
An Expensive Movie 12
Presiding over a Class Meeting 13
A Try 14
●校园记事 14
A Meaningful Vacation 14
A Close Game 15
An English Class 15
Plant Trees 15
My Sporting School Days 16
A Listen and Speak English Activity 16
A Bet 17
Our School s Sports Meet 18
I Became an Announcer 18
●节日记事 19
April Fool s Day 19
The Spring Festival 20
The Tenth Teachers Day 21
A Christmas Holiday 21
Christmas Activities 22
A Happy Picnic 22
An Unforgettable Evening 23
●旅行记事 23
A Dangerous Trip 23
Meeting a Pen-friend in Germany 24
A Visit to the Qinhuang Island 24
SOS 25
My First Day in London 25
A Wet Night 26
My First Day in the United States 26
A Language Mix-up 27
A Sea Trip 28
A Traffic Accident 28
A Not Good Train Travel 28
●难忘的事 29
Perseverance Means Victory 29
An Unforgettable English Lesson 30
Helping a Student 30
Making an Apology 31
Talking with Foreigners 31
The Best Present 32
What Else Is Our Family Short of? 33
A Lesson 33
●童年记事 34
Doing Favors Can Be Dangerous 34
How Foolish I Was! 34
Catching the Thieves 35
My Father s Son 35
Never Be Careless 36
Mother s Advice 36
Catch a Robber by Wit 37
My Child Is Monkey Sun s Master 38
When You Are Mistaken 38
The Wonderful Watch Was Broken 39
●新闻通讯 39
A Lucky Orphan 39
Two Girls Go to School 40
Hong Kong s Yesterday and Tomorrow 40
UFOs and Extraterrestrials 41
Protect Trees 42
Hurricane 43
A Close Game 44
A Flood Disaster 44
●滑稽故事 45
On Our Way Home 45
A Too Fast Revenge 45
How to Live a Long Healthy Life and Get Rich 46
I and the Bullocks 46
A Mugging 47
No Parking! 48
After a Heavy Snowstorm 48
Why Not Stop Her? 48
Wrong Reaction 49
A Small Frying Pan 49
A Good Gift 50
One Thousand Ducks 50
Please!Please! 50
●寓言故事 51
A Loss May Be a Gain 51
Help the Young Shoots to Grow 51
●哲理故事 52
Family Life 52
Appearance Can Be Deceiving 52
How Fast One s Look Can Change! 53
Different Cultures 54
Deep Love of Brothers 55
Sol Is Right or Wrong? 56
●侦探故事 56
The Case of the Stolen Painting 56
A Valuable Parcel of Diamond 57
The Missing Figure 57
●童话故事 59
A Child s Wonder 59
A Caterpillar s Voice 61
The Generation Gap 63
●对话记人 63
记人篇 63
导语 63
A Beautiful Blanket 64
I Met an Anxious Girl 64
Brown s Mission 65
A Lovely French Boy 65
Is the Book Useful? 67
A Phone Call 68
●以景写人 69
An Old Man Playing Hoop 69
●群体描写 70
People on the Move 70
A Young Girl and Her Lover 70
A Supermarket Shopper 71
The Peasants in Goderville 72
●个人传记 73
My Childhood 73
Fascinations 74
A Charming Girl 74
●名人逸事 76
Marie Curie 76
George Washington 76
Albert Einstein(1) 77
Albert Einstein(2) 78
The First Female Physician 79
Martin Luther King,Jr 79
The Best Bargain in American Diplomatic History 80
Issac Newton(1) 80
Issac Newton(2) 81
Abraham Lincoln 82
Abraham Lincoln s Humor 82
D．H．Lawrence 83
An Anecdote of Bernard Shaw 83
George Bernard Shaw and Clothes 84
Charles Dickens 84
Dr．Sigmund Freud 85
Winston Churchill 86
Pele:The Most Famous Football Player 87
A Brave Woman 88
Helen Keller 89
Mozart 89
Jenner and Smallpox 90
Thomas Edison 91
Robert Owen 92
●性格描述 93
The Man Who Wants to Be a Writer 93
The Single Passenger on a Boat 94
Two Men 94
A Friend of Mine 95
●人物介绍 95
A Strange Polish Girl 95
The Most Fascinating Person I Know 96
My Brother and I 96
A Rich Man 97
The People at Our Table 97
An Elderly Patient 98
A Secretary 99
My Parents 99
Mrs.Shaw and the Men Who Loved Her 100
Sanders:A Life-saver 100
A Strange Man 101
Auntie Pat and Uncle George 102
●人物特写 103
Bob Sanders:A Naughty Student 103
Phil s Embarrassing Experience in the Library 104
A Good Choice 105
An Actor in the Dark 106
An Actor s Trouble 106
To Return Home was a Great Comfort 107
A Street Beggar at Night 108
My Father 108
My Captain 109
The Officer and the Soldier 110
The Boy and the Hoop 112
导语 114
●环境描写 114
In the Field 114
描写篇 114
Field in Winter 115
Before My Eyes 115
Sleeping in the Open 116
Looking Around 116
At the Railway Station 117
Paying Homage to Matsu 117
●场景描写 117
Deep in the Forest 117
At the Street Corner 118
A Surprise to Thumbelina 118
A Ship in the Storm 119
A Chilly Night 119
In a Coach 120
The Girl and Her Brothers 120
The Girl Selling Matches 121
A Lonely Man on His Way Home 122
In the Gale 122
Inside and Outside 123
The Last Farewell 123
A Village Opera 124
In His Mind s Eye 124
●场面描写 124
A Basketball Game 125
On the Moving Day 125
The Flood is Coming 126
A Big Fire 126
The Departure 127
The Fight between Two Little Bears 127
After Our Boat Was Overturned 128
●场所描写 128
The Little River 128
My Home Village 129
The Grand Hotel 129
A Little Inn 130
The House of My Landlord 130
My Room 131
Our Library 131
A Great Marketplace 131
A Comfortable Room 132
●动态描写 132
Cooking 133
Before the Shelves 133
Hesitation 134
The Fox 134
Escaping from the Window 134
Sebastian Going to the Barn 135
The Dog and the Horse 135
On Hearing the Bad News 136
The Meeting of the Dog and Me 136
A New Coat 137
Stung by Mosquitoes 137
The Adventure of the Tin Soldier 138
●动物描写 138
My Dog 138
A Bear Cub 139
A Bulldog 139
A Dead Swallow 139
The Dying Mother-fox 140
A Spider 141
The Hyena 141
A Turtle 142
A Young Eagle 142
An Old Wolf 143
Sea Otters 143
Amoebas 144
Camels 144
The Lijiang River 145
●景点描写 145
The Sun Moon Lake 145
Reed Flute Cave in Guilin 146
The Huangguoshu Cataract 147
Jiuzhaigou 148
The Stone Forest 148
Yansai Lake 149
Cangshan Mountain 149
Butterfly Spring 150
The Yuyuan Garden 150
The Slimmer West Lake 150
Zhangjiajie 151
Shaolin Temple 152
Bird Island 152
The Mogao Grottoes 153
Tidal Waves of the Zhejiang River 154
Flowery Path in Mt.Lushan 154
The Five-Old-Men Peak 154
Saint Peter s Church 155
●景物描写 155
On the Seashore 155
Sunset 156
The Sea 156
The Everchanging Sea 157
A Great Palaee 157
In the Country 158
The Still Valley 158
A Sunny Day 159
The Date Trees 159
Minute Pink Flowers 160
A Cinder-path 160
The Well 161
The Great Oak Tree 161
A Little Daisy 162
The Metal Pig 162
The Statues 163
The Stream 164
After a Fire 164
In the Marshy Grasslands 165
A Dark Night 165
Moonlight 166
The Three Gorges 166
The Small Tarn 167
Pines on Mount Tai 167
Mount Tai in Winter 168
The Pastureland on the Tianshan 168
The White Snow Lilies on the Tianshan 168
Kaifeng 169
Valleys in the Tianshan 169
●名城描写 169
Luoyang 170
Xi an 171
Suzhou 172
Lhasa 172
Rome 173
Florence 173
Naples 174
●名山描写 175
Huangshan Mountain 175
Venice 175
Mt.Taishan 176
Mt.Lushan 177
Putuo Mountain 178
Mt.Jiuhua 178
Nanyue Mountain 179
Mt.Songshan 179
Wutai Mountain 180
Mount Vesuvius 180
●社会环境描写 180
Before the Founding of the Ming Dynasty 180
Winter（1） 181
●时令描写 181
How the Post Office Came into Being 181
Winter（2） 182
Spring（1） 182
Spring（2） 183
Summer（1） 183
Summer（2） 183
Autumn（1） 184
Autumn（2） 184
●天象描写 184
A Storm in the Desert 184
A Volcano Eruption 185
A Wind 185
抒情篇 187
导语 187
●悲痛之情 187
Tragedy 187
Journey through Aids with My Daughter 189
The Diamond Lens 190
●憧憬之情 191
My Dream 191
The Butterfly 192
●崇敬之情 193
Blessing for My Teacher 193
The Ceremony of Raising the National Flag 194
The Trackers 195
●奋发之情 195
My Teacher s Words 196
A Weak Bird 197
●歉疚之情 197
BB Gun 197
My Mother s Loneliness(1) 200
My Mother s Loneliness(2) 201
Returning Home after the Final Examination 201
I m Sorry,Janet 202
A Special Christmas Gift 203
Dad and the Biscuits 205
●感激之情 205
A Love Brand Recorder 206
May You Live a Long Life 206
A White Lie 207
●怀念之情 208
The Ritual 208
A Remembrance of Letter Writing 210
My Forever Valentine 211
Autumn in the Country 213
Autumn in the City 214
On the Beach 215
Dance Like No One s Watching 216
Happiness 216
●豁达之情 216
●绝望之情 218
A Stranger in the Big City 218
Hungry for Your Love 218
●宽容之情 219
A Story of Two Neighbors 219
●亲人之情 220
Yingying s Story 220
You Don t Love Me! 223
The Most Precious Gift of All 223
A Dream 224
●惋惜之情 224
She Left Me Forever 226
Love Our Life 227
●惜别之情 228
The Mother I Had Always Known 228
●喜爱之情 231
Purple Lilac 231
Moments of Quietness 231
Six Little Ducks 232
●喜悦之情 233
My First Day in New School 233
Early Spring in My Hometown 234
The First Snow 235
●忧伤之情 236
Lake of Autumn 236
●友爱之情 236
About a Friend 236
A Bad Temper and a Nail 238
Friends 239
●赞美之情 240
A Lonely Dancer 240
A Shell 242
Let s Do the Work of Leaves 243
A Kind Man 243
说明篇 245
导语 245
●程序说明 245
The Process of Making Bread 245
How to Make Hot Candied Potato 246
How to Make Jiaozi 247
●地方介绍 248
An English Town 248
A Look at London 248
The Mediterranean 249
Not Built in One Day 250
washington D.C 251
Paris 252
Venice 252
Hong Kong 253
●对比说明 254
Meeting People 254
A Selfish Foreigner? 254
Questions 255
Common Manners 255
Praise and Criticism 256
How Do Americans Dress Differently from Chinese 256
Family Values 257
Relationship 258
●方法介绍 258
How to Become an Efficient Reader 258
A Coin,a Handkerchief and a Friend 259
A Box of Matches 259
What Materials Are Good in the Cold Places? 259
Use of Horns 260
Parking Lots 260
Addressing Mail 261
Registered Mail 262
Money Order 262
Different Restaurants 263
●分类说明 263
Police Systems in Different Countries 264
Families 265
●事物说明 265
Rain 265
Water 266
Desert 266
Air 267
Noise 267
Natural Resources 268
Books 268
Newspapers 269
Dictionaries 269
The News Media 270
Advertisements 270
Bicycles 271
Computers 271
Sleep 272
Valentine s Day 272
April Fools Day 273
Easter Sunday 273
Mother s Day 273
Father s Day 273
●事由说明 274
The History of Newspapers 274
Labor Day 274
Blowing into the Cow Hide 275
The Origin of April Fools Day 275
A-Ok 275
How Do People Count Things 276
The History of Bridges 277
●知识介绍 277
Police 277
Colors and Meanings 278
Motels 278
How Fast Do They Speak? 280
Computer Virus 280
The Sun 281
Lawyers 281
Banking Today 282
Tea 283
Sign Language 283
Voice Analysis 284
●动物介绍 285
The Kangaroo 285
Animal s Language 286
The Ant 286
The Biggest and Gentlest Animal 287
The Earthworm 287
The Cat 287
Use of Animal s Skin Colors 288
The Camel 289
The Hippopotamus 289
The Bear 290
The Dog 291
Man and Animals 291
●景物介绍 292
The Statue of Liberty 292
The Yellowstone National Park 292
Hollywood 293
The Central Park 293
The Pentagon 294
The World s Largest Library 295
National Parks in South Africa 295
The State Forest Park at Zhangjiajie in Wulingyuan 296
The Great Wall 297
The Palace Museum 298
The White House 299
The Capitol 300
The Ancient Pingyao City 300
Noise Pollution 302
●抱怨 302
议论篇 302
导语 302
Does Failure Breed Success? 303
The Best Traffic System 303
●比喻说理 305
Teachers and Actors 305
Five Balls in the Air 306
●辩论式杂感 307
Fast Economic Growth—Gains or Losses? 307
●驳斥观点 308
The Best Age to Be 308
China Shouldn t Encourage Personal Automobiles 309
Should We Do Hand Work? 309
Computer and Man 310
The Desire for Power 311
Success Is Measured in Terms of Money? 312
Skill and Practice 313
Talent and Wealth 314
Why Are There So Many Hawkers 315
Waste 316
●读后感 317
Baboons 317
●对比分析 318
Hope and Disappointment 318
Which Weighs More—School Brand or Major? 319
Working at Home 320
Novel Reading 321
Life in the City and in the Country 322
●归纳推理 323
Nation Shows Decision for Fair Play 323
●话题评论 324
Hobbies 324
Progress 324
Wishes 325
The Way to Success 326
Women and Fashion 327
My Views on Competition 327
●劝告与建议 328
A Different Kind of Guy 328
Cry for Help 330
Support a Friend 331
Talk with Him 333
热点评论 334
Separatist Exposed 334
US-Cuban Relations Should Continue 335
Study Abroad 336
事例论证 337
My Ambition to Become a Teacher Someday 337
Patriotism 338
The Wind of Love 340
书评 341
Christmas Tail 341
Crazy Horse s Vision 341
Dream-bird 343
Grimm s.Fairy.Tales 343
Medieval Tales That Kids Can Read and Tell 343
More Ready to Tell Tales from around the World 344
Night Golf 344
Stranger in a Strange Land 345
随笔 346
Knowledge 346
Electronics 347
Competition 348
The Need for Environmental Protection 348
Give on Trust 349
问题与对策 350
Automobiles 350
Students Get Sex Education from VCD Porn 351
How to Plug the Brain Drain? 352
Reuse—An Effective Way to Conserve Resources 353
●演绎推理 354
Money Talks in Football World 354
More Haste,Less Speed 355
A Fall into the Pit,A Gain in Your Wit 356
●因果论证 357
Exams Allow No Cheating 357
Learning from Failure 358
People Change Their Attitudes towards Ads 359
Tour Fever Should Be Cooled Down 360
Why a Sense of Humor Is Important 361
●影评 362
A Stern Problem 362
After Watching Graduate 363
A Film 363
A Knife Struck in My Heart 365
●杂感 365
Curiosity 366
Imagination 366
Inventions 367
●正反分析 368
Machines in the Home 368
If There Were No TV 368
The Future 369
Old Habits Die Hard 370
Part-time Jobs 371
Sports and Life 372
A Letter to Mum 373
●私人书信 373
导语 373
应用篇 373
A Letter to One s Parents 374
A Letter to One s Son 375
A Letter to a Relative 375
A Letter to an Australian Teacher 376
A Letter to a Professor from Taiwan 377
●感谢信 378
谢款待 378
谢推荐 378
谢探望 378
谢送行 379
谢馈赠 379
谢资助 380
谢关怀 381
●祝贺信 381
恭贺升职 381
恭贺喜结良缘（1） 381
恭贺喜结良缘（2） 382
恭贺喜得贵子 382
恭贺生日快乐（1） 383
恭贺生日快乐（2） 383
恭贺乔迁之喜 383
恭贺退休 384
恭贺金榜题名（1） 384
恭贺金榜题名（2） 384
恭贺毕业 385
恭贺荣获学位 385
● 致歉信 386
致歉迟延还书 386
致歉迟复信函 386
致歉失约 387
致歉服务不周 387
●介绍信／推荐信 387
介绍友人前往某处 387
推荐学生深造 388
业务介绍信 388
推荐工作人选 389
● 申请信／求职信 390
求职打字员 390
毕业求职 390
求职汉语教师 391
申请读大学本科 392
申请攻读硕士学位 392
申请攻读博士学位 393
申请就读语言学院 394
申请就读名牌大学 394
求职会计 395
求职记者 396
求职经理助理 396
申请奖学金 397
申请签证 397
●慰问信／吊唁信 398
吊唁信 398
慰吊回函 399
慰问病人 399
●简历 400
简历 400
慰问遭灾朋友 400
●邀请信／请柬 401
邀请出国访问 401
邀请做客 402
婚礼邀请 403
邀请赴宴 403
接受邀请 404
谢绝邀请 404
邀请作专题报告 405
邀请来访 405
邀请演讲 406
答应演讲 406
谢绝演讲 407
邀请共进晚餐 408
接受共进晚餐邀请 408
谢绝共进晚餐邀请 408
婚礼请柬 409
邀请参加活动 409
邀请出席招待会 410
邀请出席校庆 410
邀请出席毕业典礼 411
邀请出席鸡尾酒会 411
出席者正式回函 412
邀请出席开幕仪式 413
谢绝邀请 413
缺席者正式回函 413
邀请出席校友日 414
邀请参加结婚周年纪念 414
招待会请柬 415
闭幕式请柬 415
●启事和告示 416
A WRIST WATCH LOST 416
URGENT 416
FOUND 416
支票遗失启事 416
公司合并启事 417
公司更名启事 417
酒店营业启事 417
公司迁址启事 418
公司授权启事 418
人事变动声明 418
征稿启事 419
征求读者意见启事 420
●通知 420
出游通知 420
开会通知 421
报告会通知 421
篮球赛海报 421
电影海报 421
校长办公室通知 422
防火通知 422
舞会 422
英语晚会 423
讲座 423
变更时间通知 423
公共事务通知 424
英语系通知 424
●投诉信／抱怨信 424
投诉质量问题 424
抱怨货物受损 425
抱怨货物迟发 425
抱怨广告太多 426
抱怨广告愚弄人 426
●便条 426
便条（1） 426
便条（2） 427
便条（3） 427
便条（4） 428
●请求信 428
请求朋友寄东西 428
请求寄成绩单 428
请求提供就学指导 429
请求指点栽花 429
请求签署健康证明 430
请求加薪 430
请求介绍女佣 431
请求建议 431
请求延长借书时间 432
请求得到出版物 432
请求借住 432
请求答复 433
请求帮忙 433
寻求合作 434
请求订房间 434
确认回复 435