Unit 1
Part A Books 1
CONTENTS 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Part B Ⅰ．Read Good Books 15
Ⅱ．On Buying Books 19
Introduction:Why Read Faster? 24
Part C Fast Reading 24
Selection 1:The Price ofSpeed 30
Selection 2:Radar at War 33
Part D Writing:Transitions(1) 36
Part A A RobotabouttheHouse 42
Part B Ⅰ．Smoking and Cancer 61
Ⅱ．Joint Consultation 67
Part C Fast Reading 76
Selection 3:Airport 77
Selection 4:The Danger That 80
Grows Every Year 80
Part D Writing:Transitions(2) 83
Part A Working Women—East and West 88
Part B Ⅰ．Mother s Day 107
Ⅱ．Women in Japan Today 114
Part C Fast Reading 123
Selection 5:A Serious Explosion 123
Selection 6:Magnetism and Life 126
Part D Writing:Transitions(3) 131
Part A The American Ideal of a Great 134
Leader 134
Part B Ⅰ．Lessons from Jefferson 149
Ⅱ．Marconi and the Invention of Radio 159
Selection 7:The Polar Regions 170
Part C Fast Reading 170
Selection 8:When Mountains Move 174
Part D Writing:Transitions(4) 179
Part A The Handsome and Deformed Leg 182
Part B Ⅰ．The Green Banana 196
Ⅱ．Never Trust Appearances 203
Part C Fast Reading 212
Selection 9:Public Spirit 212
Selection 10:IntheTrain 216
Part D Writing:Transitions(5) 220
Review(Units 1—5) 224
Part A Old and New Buildings 237
Part B Ⅰ．Tokyo Goes Underground 253
Ⅱ．Planned Cities 259
Selection 11:George Eastman 268
Part C Fast Reading 268
Selection 12:The Graying of America 273
Part D Writing:Transitions(6) 277
Part A The Interview 280
Part B Ⅰ．Black Is Beautiful 301
Ⅱ．New Yorkers Patrolling Streets to 308
Watch for Crime 308
Everyday Life 314
Selection 13：Electricity and 314
Part C Fast Reading 314
Selection 14:TestAnxiety 318
Part D Writing:Review of Transitions 322
Part A Edmond Halley 325
Part B Ⅰ．Fifth-Generation Computers 344
Snake 351
Ⅱ．The Scientist and the Sensitive 351
Part C Fast Reading 359
Selection 15:John Harding 359
Selection 16:Medical Progress 364
Part D Writing:Paragraph Writing(Ⅰ) 368
Elements ofthe Paragraph 368
Part A School and Life 371
Part B Ⅰ．How to Find Time to Read? 385
Ⅱ．Thanksgiving Day 394
Selection 17:The British Bobby 401
Part C Fast Reading 401
Selection 18:Criticizing Authority 405
part D Writing:Paragraph Writing(Ⅱ) 409
The Topic Sentence (1) 409
Part A Scientific Knowledge and the YoungScientist 413
Part B Ⅰ．Underdevelopment and the 433
Sciences 433
Ⅱ．Chemical Engineering 439
Part C Fast Reading 445
Selection 19:Universities and 446
Polytechnics in Great Britain 446
Selection 20:“Big John” 450
Part D Writing:Paragraph Writing(Ⅲ) 460
The Topic Sentence(2) 460
Review(Unit 6—10) 464
Vocabulary List 479
Phrases 525