Lesson One 1
Text:Learning a Language 2
Reading Material:Teaching English as a Second Language 9
Lesson Two 12
Text:The Sword of Damocles 13
Reading Material:A Christmas Present 20
Lesson Three 23
Text:First Aid 24
Reading Material:Florence Nightingale 30
Lesson Four 32
Text:Black and White 33
Reading Material:The Income Tax 38
Lesson Five: 41
Text:Good Manners 42
Reading Material:Good Manners in England 47
Grammar（Ⅰ） 50
Ⅰ．名词性从句 50
Ⅱ．定语从句 53
Review Exercises（Ⅰ） 58
Lesson Six 62
Text:Continuing Education 63
Reading Material Ⅰ：Evening Adult Education 68
Reading Material Ⅱ：About Reading Books 71
Lesson Seven 74
Text:The English Policeman 75
Reading Material Ⅰ：Queen ElizabethⅡ 81
Reading Material Ⅱ：The King and the Beggar 85
Lesson Eight 88
Text:Computer 89
Reading Material Ⅰ：The Electronic Computer 95
Reading Material Ⅱ：Television 98
Lesson Nine: 102
Text:Washington,D.C 104
Reading Material Ⅰ：The White House 110
Reading Material Ⅱ：New York 112
Lesson Ten 115
Text:Pollution is a Dirty Word 116
Reading Material Ⅰ：Why Pollute Our Planet? 121
Reading Material Ⅱ：The Land and Its Limits 124
Grammar（Ⅱ） 127
Ⅰ．形容词和副词 127
Ⅱ．形容词和副词的级 131
Ⅲ．状语从句 135
Review Exercises（Ⅱ） 140
Lesson Eleven 144
Text:I can Work Like any Guy 145
Reading Material Ⅰ：Women in the United States 153
Reading Material Ⅱ：A Child Learns by Himself 156
Lesson Twelve 159
Text:Being on Time 160
Reading Material Ⅰ：Goals of Life 167
Reading Material Ⅱ：Albert Einstein 169
Lesson Thirteen 173
Text:Voltage and Current 174
Reading Material Ⅰ：Alexander Graham Bell 181
Reading Material Ⅱ：Home Computers 184
Lesson Fourteen 187
Text:Loneliness 189
Reading Material Ⅰ：My First Day in the United States 197
Reading Material Ⅱ：How to Be a Good Teacher 199
Lesson Fifteen 203
Text:Purposes of Reading 204
Reading Material Ⅰ：Reading Can Be Made Easy 212
Reading Material Ⅱ：Pop Singers 215
Grammar（Ⅲ） 218
Ⅰ．语气 218
Ⅱ．虚拟语气在条件句中的应用 219
Ⅲ．虚拟语气在其他从句中的应用 222
Ⅳ．虚拟语气的其他用法 226
General Review Exercises（总复习练习） 228
附录一 词汇表 236
附录二 短语和词组 265
附录三 课文参考译文 269
附录四 练习参考答案 282