Contents 1
Part One 1
Unit 1 The Dead Sea 1
Unit 2 A Boy or a Girl 7
Unit 3 A Dream 12
Unit 4 The Art Business 16
Unit 5 John Liked Chocolates 22
Unit 6 Planning a Birthday Party 22
Unit 7 Peter's Uncle 32
Unit 8 Some People Have an Easy Life 37
Unit 9 Family Talk 41
Unit 10 Timetable 46
Unit 11 The Hat Shop 53
Unit 12 Fishing 60
Unit 13 Pencils 67
Unit 14 Early Rising 72
Unit 15 A Tall Hat 77
Part Two 82
Unit 1 Can Animals Be Made to Work for Us 82
Unit 2 Conan Doyle and the Cabman 88
Unit 3 Monday Morning 93
Unit 4 Swimming 98
Unit 5 Having Fun in Norway 104
Unit 6 Learning by Heart 110
Unit 7 What the Problem Is 116
Unit 8 Why the Doctor Was Late 121
Unit 9 Brother Sack 130
Unit 10 The Farmer,His Horse,and His Son 135
Unit 11 Paper 141
Unit 12 A Fishy Story 146
Unit 13 Ivan Susanin 151
Unit 14 A Story 160
Unit 15 A Passage from the Newspaper 168
Part Three 176
Unit 1 176
Unit 2 178
Unit 3 180
Unit 4 182
Unit 5 187
Unit 6 189
Unit 7 192
Unit 8 194
Unit 9 198
Unit 10 200
Unit 11 201
Unit 12 203
Unit 13 207
Unit 14 210
Unit 15 212
Unit 16 214
Unit 17 216
Unit 18 218
Unit 19 221
Unit 20 224
Unit 21 225
Unit 22 226
Unit 23 228
Unit 24 231
Unit 25 232
Unit 26 234
Unit 27 238
Unit 28 241
Unit 29 245
Unit 30 248
Key to the Exercises 251