1．The Loch Ness Monster 1
2．What Age？ 4
3．A SARS Hero 7
4．“Where's the Beef？” 10
5．What Happened to the Cabbages？ 13
6．Why Are They So Hospitable？ 16
7．A True Mystery Story 19
8．Robinson Crusoe 22
9．A Lost Ring 25
10．Help！ 28
11．Sir Walter Raleigh 31
12．The Cobbler and the Banker 34
13．The Happpiest Man 37
14．It's a Small World 40
15．Tornadoes 43
16．Four Beautiful Things about Hawaii 46
17．A Shot in the Dark 49
18．An Unusual Notice 53
19．Ants Are Smarter Than We Think 56
20．Christmas 60
21．What Time Is It？ 63
22．How Tea Came to Asia 66
23．Wrong Number 69
24．A Clumsy World for Lefty 73
25．A Letter to a Friend 77
26．The Day the Volcano Blew Up 81
27．Advice for a Bright New Year 84
28．He Made Us a Team 87
29．Treasure from Flavius 91
30．The Unreality of TV 95
31．The Dreamer 99
32．The Finest Treasure 103
33．A Time for Courage 107
34．A Valuable Hour 11
35．Clocks Through Time 115
36．Pity for a Stranger 119
37．Does It Mean Giving Up Our Heritage? 123
38．Summer Is Festival Time in Britain 126
39．Be More Careful When Using Water 130
40．Stick Together or We'll Be All Alone 133
41．Miss Evans，of Boston，America 137
42．Let's Be Grateful for Small Things 140
43．Hunting Celebrities 143
44．Advantageous or Disadvantageous？ 147
45．Do Those Things Make You Happy？ 150
46．Should We Make Friends with Our Worst Nightmare？ 153
47．Too Many Choices 157
48．Duty 161
Key to the Exercises 166
Vocabulary 175