Unit One 1
1．Language and Travel 1
2．Churchill and His Speech 3
3．An Advertisement 5
4．Vitamins 6
5．Albert Einstein and His Chauffeur 8
6．A Woman'Pilot' 10
7．A London Fog 12
8．Who Is Smarter? 14
9．Musical Half-Notes 17
10．Who's Talkative? 20
11．Like Parents,Like Children 22
12．Not Let Himself Be Beaten 24
13．Pens 26
14．A Happy Ending 29
15．A Friendly Letter 31
16．Mozart's First Recital 34
17．Eureka 37
18．Helping Hands 39
19．The Gift of Language 43
20．The Island of Fire 46
21．Radishes 49
22．Martin's Shower 52
23．The California Gold Rush 55
24．A Mysterious Lost City 57
25．My First Impression of China 62
26．A Farewell Speech 64
Unit Two 70
27．Welcome to London 70
28．The Great Escape 73
29．Camping 76
30．On Buying Books 80
31．Androcles and the Lion 83
32．Concerning Chu Teh 88
33．A Family Letter 92
34．If Only 96
35．Two Reports from the Newspaper 100
36．New Uses for Fly Ash 103
37．Trouble for Michael at University 106
38．The Homing of Birds 112
39．Malaria 115
40．Japan Today 119
41．About Lefties 123
42．Mind Your Manners 126
43．My First Term at Salem House 130
44．The Trans-Amazonian Highway 135
45．Gateshead 138
46．Bethune's Opening Speech 144
Key to Exercises 155