Book One 1
Unit One 1
1.Your Breakfast Is Served,Madam 1
2.Never Late(1) 2
3.Never Late(2) 2
Unit Two 4
4.The Winter s Snow 4
5.The Missing Five-Pound Note 5
6.From Mr.Walton s Diary 7
Unit Three 8
7.My Adventure in Calabria 8
8.The United Nation:The World in One Building 9
9.A Useful Stick 11
Unit Four 13
10.The Date Father Didn t Keep 13
11.Cowboys 15
12.Flying Objects 16
Unit Five 18
13.Two Letters from London 18
14.A Surprise for Mr.Koffer 20
15.Socrates 21
Unit Six 23
16．A Good Night s Sleep 23
17.The Seven Gifts 25
18.The Record 28
Unit Seven 30
19.The Glove 30
20.The First Thanksgiving 31
21.A Difficult Interview 34
Unit Eight 37
22.Queen Cleopatra 37
23.Economies 40
24.En Route 44
Unit Nine 46
25.Chance 46
26.Animal Language 47
27.Cambridge——A University Town 49
Unit Ten 51
28.Here It Comes,There It Goes 51
29.The Holdup Man 52
30.The Beginning of the American Revolution 53
Book Two 56
Unit One 56
1.Garage Sale 56
2.The American Visitor 57
3.Ruthless 58
Unit Two 59
4.Don t Wait to Give Daddy a Hug 59
5.Better Know.as Mark Twain 61
6.A Bad Scene 63
Unit Three 64
7.I Never Forget a Face 64
8.The Youngest Painter in the World 65
9.Picasso and His Pictures 66
Unit Four 68
10.The Shop Window(1) 68
11.The Shop Window(2) 68
12.Where Do Dreams Come from? 70
Unit Five 71
13. Pigs Is Pigs 71
14.The Bermuda Triangle 73
15.Washington,D.C 74
Unit Six 76
16.My Adventures——As a Young Detective:The Death of the Three Mrs.Fitches 76
17.My Adventures——As a Young Detective:Looking for Clues 78
18.My Adventures——As a Young Detective:The Mystery 79
Unit seven 81
19.To Live without Working(1) 81
20.To Live without Working(2) 81
21.One Million Dollars 83
Unit Eight 84
22.Leisure 84
23.After Twenty Years 85
24.A Double—Dyed Deceiver 86
Unit Nine 87
25.Port Royal 87
26.Creative Justice 88
27.The Midnight Visitor 90
Unit Ten 91
28.Here They Come(1) 91
29.Here They Come(2) 92
30.Here They Come(3) 93
Book Three 96
Unit One 96
1.Reading for A s 96
2.Why Not Speed UpYour Reading? 98
3.An Admirable Ruler 100
Unit Two 102
4.The Lucky Archaeologist 102
5.News of the Engagement 103
6.The Story of Jazz 105
Unit Three 107
7.Chinese Americans 107
8.The Model Millionaire 109
9.The Sixth Sense 111
Unit Four 113
10.Long Walk to Forever 113
11.Father and Son 114
12.Never Trust Appearances 116
Unit Five 117
13.I Thoughtabout This Girl 117
14.A Story of the West 120
15.Radar 122
Unit Six 124
16.Exercise:The Most Valuable Way to Train One s Heart 124
17.Exercise:How Much Do You Need 124
18.My Sixth Christmas 127
Unit Seven 129
19.The Sacrifice at Masada 129
20.Covered Wagon Days 131
21.Education?Computer,Naturally 133
Unit Eight 136
22.Living as a Navajo 136
23.Picnic in the Dining—Room 138
24.Discovery of a Father 140
Unit Nine 142
25.Make Today Count 142
26.The Royal Disease 144
27.The Hand on the Latch 145
Unit Ten 147
28.The Most Unforgettable Character I ve Met 147
29.Passing Trains 149
30.Are All Men Equal? 151
Book Four 154
Unit One 154
1.Strength to Love(1) 154
2.Strength to Love(2) 154
3．Shame 156
Unit Two 158
4.To Face Life with Courage 158
5.A Rifle,an Ax——(1) 159
6.A Rifle,an Ax——(2) 159
Unit Three 162
7.Life on Other Planets 162
8.With the Photographer 164
9.What Are You Afraid of? 165
Unit Four 167
10.The First Piano in a Mining Camp 167
11.How to Be an Employee(1) 170
12.How to Be an Employee(2) 170
Unit Five 173
13.The Louisiana Purchase 173
14.Henry Ⅷ 175
15.What Makes a Leader? 178
Unit Six 180
16.A Man Who Had No Eyes 180
17.Diary of a Disaster 182
18.The Gift of Understanding 184
Unit Seven 186
19.My Mother s Hands 186
20.About Heroes 188
21.The Man on the Street and the Man on the Moon 190
Unit Eight 191
22.Was There a Golden Age? 191
23.An Italian View of the U.S.Campus 193
24.Simple Secrets of Family Communication 195
Unit Nine 198
25.The Leopold Locked Room(1) 198
26.The Leopold Locked Room(2) 198
27.The Leopold Locked Room(3) 198
Unit Ten 201
28.An Assay on War 201
29.Learning from Foreigh Management 204
30.One of the Greatest Performing Artists of Our Time 207