Part A Robert Owen 1
CONTENTSUnit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Part B Reading Skills PracticeSkimming to Identifythe Topic 16
Extensive Reading：Ⅰ Night Watch 27
Ⅱ The Hero of Lime RockLighthouse 32
Part C Writing：Writing the Composition(1)Introduction 41
Part A Letter from New YorkDown and Out in the Soup-kitchen Queue 48
Part B Reading Skills PracticeSkimming toIdentify the Author s Point ofView and Style 64
Extensive Reading:Ⅰ Homelcss in America 75
Ⅱ The Crcdit Card Economy 82
Part C Writing:Writing the Composition(2)The Descriptive Composition(1) 89
Part A The Methods of Science 93
Part B Reading Skills PracticeSkimming toIdentity Ma or Points 108
Extensive Reading：Ⅰ Solving Problems 114
Ⅱ Visual Elements in AssertiveCommunication 120
Part C Writing:Writing the Composition(3)The Descriptive Composition(2) 127
Part A War of Wits 131
Ⅱ Some Things We Know and Don tKnow About Language 147
Part B Reading Skills PracticeSkimming to Identify Main Ideas(1) 149
Extensive Reading:Ⅰ Making Artificial Diamonds 158
Ⅱ The Man Who Saved London 164
Part C Writing：Writing the Composition(4)The Descriptive Composition(3) 175
Part A Clothes Make the Man 179
Part B Reading Skills PracticeSkimming to Identify Main Ideas(2) 194
Extensive Reading：Ⅰ Nuclear Power Cuts Pollutionv 203
Ⅱ Do Clothes Make the Man? 208
Part C Writing:Writing the Composition(5)Narration(1) 217
Review 1(Units 1—5)Grammar and Reading SkillsⅠ Separation 222
Ⅱ Vocabulary 233
Part A Understanding Americans 241
Part B Reading Skills PracticeReading for Details 257
Extensive Reading:Ⅰ The Method of ScientificInvestigation 270
Ⅱ How People Communicate? 277
Part C Writing：Writing the Com position(6)Narration(2) 285
Part A Why People Work? 289
Part B Reading Skills PracticeDrawing Logical Inferences(1) 301
Extensive Reading：Ⅰ Choosing a Career 307
Ⅱ How to Mark a Book? 312
Part C Writing：Writing the Composition(7)Exposition 321
Part A Clear Only If Known 327
Part B Rending Skills PracticeDrawing Logical Inferences(2) 342
Extensive Reading:Ⅰ The Early Railways 350
Ⅱ Oxford As I See It 357
Part C Writing：Writing the Composition(8)Comparison and Contrast 362
Part A Superstitious?Here s Why! 368
Part B Reading Skills PracticeRestatements 382
Extensive Reading：Ⅰ Patents and Inventions 387
Ⅱ Chance and Probability 394
Part C Writing:Writing the Composition(9)Cause and Effect(1) 402
Part A How to Avoid Foolish Opinions? 406
Part B Study Skills PracticeNote-taking for Studying 423
Extensive Reading：Ⅰ And Now，the Age of Light 437
Part C Writing：Writing the Composition(10)Cause and Effect(2) 456
Review 2(Units 6—10)Grammai and Reading SkillsⅠ Ellipsis 462
Ⅱ Vocabulary 474
Vocabulary 480
Phrases 517