Contents 3
1 Chess 3
STAGE ONE 3
2 The Cities Where Time Stopped 5
3 American English and British English 7
4 Good Manners 9
5 Water Sport 12
6 He Was Told to Stick a Stamp on Himself 14
7 A Reply Written by a Doctor 16
8 The Will 18
9 A Lunatic 20
10 I Have Only Just Got Here Myself 22
23 Carniv orous Plants……………………………………24？ 23
24 Winter Sleep………………………………………………24？ 23
25 No Venture,No Gain…………………………………25？ 23
22 How Plants and Animals Help Each Other…………24？ 23
21 The Mystery of the Lemmings………………………23？ 23
20 An Unusual Fish 23
11 Merrylegs 24
12 Who Stole the Watch? 26
13 Alf Likes to Try 28
14 The Fireman 30
A Surprised Taxpayer 33
16 Changes 35
17 A Human Mistake 37
18 The Wedding Dress 39
19 To the Stars and Back 41
20 Once in a Lifetime 44
21 Rare Visitors 47
22 Stars 50
23 The Life of a Hunter 53
24 A Cupboard or 56
25 The Law Is the Law but 59
26 A Name to Remember 61
27 The Violinist 63
28 The Pest Control Officer 66
29 Hidden Passengers 69
30 The Trouble from the Cheque 72
31 The Bank Clerk 75
32 A Traffic Offence 78
34 No Parking…………………………………………………8？ 81
33 The Traffic Warden 81
35 I Got My Revenge 89
36 A Sense of Direction 92
37 A Night of Disturbance 95
38 Got Lost 98
39 The Greatest Magician 101
40 A Clever Girl 104
41 The World Is Your Oyster 107
42 Beware of Bargains 111
43 The Death of the World s Biggest Whale 115
44 A Break in the Routine 119
45 The Grateful Crane 122
46 A Curious Case 128
47 The Furniture Designer 131
48 To Smoke or Not to Smoke? 134
49 Trial and Sentence 138
50 ‘Hard Times 141
51 The Opinion Survey 144
52 A Dangerous Place 147
53 Prince Albert and the Jewel Robbers 150
54 The Winter s Snow 154
55 Fresh Air 159
56 The Twelfth Man 163
57 Ah Soon 168
1 The Beginning of Money 175
STAGE TWO 175
2 The Purpose of School 178
3 Football 180
4 Graduation Day 182
5 The Farmer 186
6 The Dustman 188
7 The Postman 191
8 The Nutritionist 194
9 The Position of Women in Britain Today 197
10 The Education of Benjamin Franklin 200
11 Libraries 205
12 The Librarian 207
13 How to Judge a Reference Book 210
14 How Do We Learn Best? 213
15 Animals Up in the Air 216
16 Animals Communicate with Humans 219
19 The First Cables………………………………………23？ 223
18 That Crazy Tower in Pisa……………………………2？ 223
17 The Great Apes 223
27 He Gave Windows to the Blind………………………25？ 256
28 The Telephone……………………………………………26？ 256
26 The Lady with the Lamp 256
29 Electric Trains 268
30 John Hunter:the First Surgeoa 270
31 Killing Pain (Ⅰ) 275
32 Killing Pain(Ⅱ) 279
33 Christopher Columbus 282
34 Autobiography of a Stream 288
35 A Thirsty World 291
36 Farming the Sea 294
37 Coral Reefs in the Maldives 297
38 The Atlantic Ocean 300
39 A Trip Across the Pacific 304
40 River Rats Save Stream 307
41 The Architect 311
42 The Pyramids 314
43 Watching Ants 317
44 Spiders 322
45 Insects 326
46 Early Birds 331
47 A Ship of Ice 334
48 Souvenirs of the Past 337
49 Harnessing the Sun 340
50 Beginning of the Earth 343
51 The Beginning of Man 348
52 The Moon 353
53 The Vacuum 359