Lesson One 1
A．The Petersons and the Ortizes 1
B．London is not Great Britain 4
C．Last Names Came Later 10
Lesson Two 13
A．Mark s Routines 13
B．New Zealand 17
C．Robin s Escape 22
Lesson Three 27
A．Tom s Arrival in San Diego 27
B．The Frontier Spirit 31
C．Sneezes,Crosses,Salt...and Good Luck 36
Lesson Four 42
A．A Night Out 42
B．Australia 46
C．One Afternoon in 1939 51
Lesson Five 55
A．Southgate Mall 55
B．Canada 61
C．Kids Are People Too 68
A．The History of a Place 72
Lesson Six 72
B．Introductions 76
C．My Flying Machine 82
Lesson Seven 88
A．Dear Doctor 88
B．Verbal Patterns 91
C．Wings 97
Lesson Eight 106
A．Modern Examinations 106
B．Cultural Conflict 110
C．Scenes from Childhood 118
Lesson Nine 129
A．How Do the Movies Do It? 129
B．Cultural Adjustment 133
C．The,Story of Rip Van Winkle(Part Ⅰ) 142
Lesson Ten 153
A．Mysteries of the Sea 153
B．West to California 157
C．The Story of Rip Van Winkle(Part Ⅱ) 167
A．American English and British English 176
Lesson Eleven 176
B．Learning by Doing 183
C．The Open Boat(Part Ⅰ) 186
Lesson Twelve 196
A．Truck Driving:A Way of Life 196
B．“Real”Men and Women 200
C．The Open Boat(Part Ⅱ) 204
Lesson Thirteen 214
A．Why Don t Girls Think Like Boys? 214
B．Small Kicks in Superland 219
C．The Open Boat(Part Ⅲ) 225
Lesson Fourteen 234
A．The Old South and the New 234
B．Darkness at Noon 240
C．A White Heron(Part Ⅰ) 245
Lesson Fifteen 254
A．Museums in the Modern World 254
B．Educational Attitudes 259
C．A White Heron(Part Ⅱ) 267
A．How Television Programs Are Born 275
Lesson Sixteen 275
B．The Princess and the Tin Box 281
C．Martin Luther King Jr 285
Lesson Seventeen 293
A．The Voices of Time 293
B．Time and Space Patterns 297
C．Helen Keller 305
Lesson Eighteen 313
A．Seven Points of View 313
B．Family Values 319
C．The Egg 329
Lesson Nineteen 346
A．Learning How to Make Rain 346
B．Personal Relaitionships 351
C．Tappan s Burro(Part Ⅰ) 357
Lesson Twenty 373
A．The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse 373
B．Nonverbal Communication 379
C．Tappan s Burro(Part Ⅱ) 387
Vocabulary List 405
Key to Exercises 457