Unit One 1
Lesson One The New World 1
Reading Skill:Prereading(1) 5
快速阅读障碍与技巧 7
Lesson Two Population Control 7
Reading Skill:Prereading(2) 10
Unit Two 15
Lesson Three A Working Woman's Dilemma 15
Reading Skill:Broadening Eye Span(1) 18
Lesson Four An Advertisement 22
Reading Skill:Broadening Eye Span(2) 24
Unit Three 27
Lesson Five My First Day in the United States 27
Reading Skill:Reading in Thought Groups(1) 31
Lesson Six Handling Office Calls 34
Reading Skill:Reading in Thought Groups(2) 38
Unit Four 42
Lesson Seven Sold Out! 42
Reading Skill:Reading in Thought Groups(3) 45
Lesson Eight The Romans and the Arabs 49
Reading Skill:Reading in Thought Groups(4) 53
Unit Five 55
Lesson Nine Wit Can Gain a Breakfast 55
Reading Skill:Eye Training 57
Lesson Ten Teeth 61
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(1) 62
Lesson Eleven A Visit to a Prison 64
Unit Six 64
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(2) 66
Lesson Twelve National Holiday 71
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(3) 74
Unit Seven 77
Lesson Thirteen The Boyhood of Pablo Picasso 77
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(4) 80
Lesson Fourteen Women at Work 83
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(5) 85
Unit Eight 89
Lesson Fifteen Great Inventions 89
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(6) 91
Lesson Sixteen The High Cost of Living 94
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(7) 96
Unit Nine 99
Lesson Seventeen Six Pence per Second 99
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(8) 101
Lesson Eighteen Teachers and Actors 105
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(9) 107
Unit Ten 111
Lesson Nineteen Doing Favours Can Be Dangerous 111
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word (10) 113
Lesson Twenty Will It Matter if I Skip Breakfast? 116
Reading Skill:Guessing the Meaning of a Word(11) 118
References 121
Bibliography 123
Key to Exercises 124