Unit 1
How Much is It? 1
Unit 2
Sir Isaac Newton Dines off Nothing 5
Unit 3
Hello,Hiyah,and Hi 9
Unit 4
Give or Take 13
Unit 5
Aren t You His Mother? 16
Reading Skill ⅠAn Outline on Reading 20
Unit 6
The Man Who Never Put a Foot Wrong 23
Unit 7
Culture Difference on Time 27
Unit 8
Here I m Again 31
Unit 9
Sophistry 35
Unit 10
Helen Keller 38
Reading Skill ⅡUsing the Context Cluos for Word Meanings(1) 43
Unit 11
Tit for Tat 46
Unit 12
I Want to Go to the Lavatory 50
Unit 13
The Dry Dinner 54
Unit 14
The Selfish Giant 58
Unit 15
The Selfish Giant 62
Reading Skill ⅢUsing Context Clues for Word Meanings(2) 65
Unit 16
The Man from the Government 69
Unit 17
Two Humorous Stories 73
Unit 18
A Ten-Dollar Bill 79
Unit 19
The Red Cross 83
Unit 20
Misunderstanding 87
Reading Sill ⅣUsing Word Part Clues for Word Meanings 91
Unit 21
Webster Toys Ltd 95
Unit 22
A Laconic Answer 99
Unit 23
Mercury and the Woodcutter 103
Unit 24
Marco Polo,a Great Voyager 106
Unit 25
It s a Television Set! 110
Reading Skill ⅤRecognizing Signal Words 114
Unit 26
Your Passport,Please 116
Unit 27
I m Sorry,You Have the Wrong Number 121
Unit 28
The Farmer,His Horse,and His Son 125
Unit 29
The Frenchman and the Watch 129
Unit 30
Like Father,Like Son 133
Reading Skill ⅥLooking for the Topic Sentence 137
Unit 31
Miss Green Goes on a Diet 140
Unit 32
Christmas Holidays 144
Unit 33
The Fox and the Cock 149
Unit 34
A Perfect Solution 152
Unit 35
A Perfect Solution 157
Reading Skill ⅦThe 5 Ws 162
Unit 36
Superdog 164
Unit 37
Boasting 167
Unit 38
Aesop and the Traveller 173
Unit 39
A Misunderstanding 177
Unit 40
A Force of Habit 180
Reading Skill Ⅷ？ Skimming 184
Unit 41
April Fool s Day 187
Unit 42
The Bad King 192
Unit 43
The Fat Woman 197
Unit 44
True Sportsmanship 203
Unit 45
Life on American Farms 209
Reading Skill ⅨScanning 214
Unit 46
A Man of Bad Memory 217
Unit 47
The Hat Shop 223
Unit 48
Three Wishes 229
Unit 49
Mr Perkin s New Car 234
Unit 50
I Won t be Operated on by My Butcher 238
Reading Skill ⅩAvoiding Vocalization and Inner Speech 244
Unit 51
Generation Gap 246
Unit 52
Learning a Language 251
Unit 53
The Two Wise Men and Nasreddin 256
Unit 54
SOS Children s Village 262
Unit 55
You Failed! 268
Reading Skill ⅪBroadening Eye Span 274
Unit 56
Education in the U.S.A 276
Unit 57
A Hunter Without a Gun 281
Unit 58
Soapy s Winter Home 287
Unit 59
Soapy s Winter Home 293
Unit 60
The Jeweller 300
Reading Skill ⅫStudy Reading 307
Additional Reading MaterialUnlucky in Love 312
参考答案 318