CONTENTS 1
TEXT A 1
Unit 1 Notes 1
Unit 2 Notices 7
Unit 3 Using an English-English Dictionay 13
Unit 4 Reading for specific Information 17
Unit 5 Travel Brochure：An Itinerary 24
Unit 6 Discovering the Main Ideas 29
Unit 7 Informal Letters 35
Unit 8 Careful Reading 43
Unit 9 Instructions 50
Unit 10 Recognizing and Interpreting Cohesive Devices 56
Unit 11 Discovering the Author’s Purpose 65
Unit 12 Weather Forecasts 72
Unit 13 Advertisements 78
Unit 14 Entertainment 83
Unit 15 Inferencing 88
TEXT B 93
Unit 1 “Stop the world，I want to get off．” 93
Unit 2 The Fight to Save the Whales 108
Unit 3 How to Study 121
Unit 4 Mugging 134
Unit 5 Going Home 148
Unit 6 A Nincompoop 165
Unit 7 A Day’s Wait 178
Unit 8 The Door Swings Open 197
Unit 9 Alexander Graham Bell 213
Unit 10 Salvation 231
Unit 11 My Most Important Day 250
Unit 12 A Sad Story 267
Unit 13 The Language of Social Occasions 283
Unit 14 Plan of Attack 300
Unit 15 The Melting Pot 317
Vocabulary List 331
TEXT C 337
Unit 1 Wind Power 337
Unit 2 Mr．Hobbs’House 345
Unit 3 The Tourist’s Taravura 353
Unit 4 Excuse Me，Please 361
Unit 5 Letters to the Editor 367
Unit 6 Modern Examinations 372
Unit 7 Dancercise：Fitness through Dance 378
Unit 8 I don’t Want to Be a Scientist，Daddy！ 384
Unit 9 An Excerpt from A Gun for Sale 391
Unit 10 Malcolm X Learns to Read 399
Unit 11 Never Trust Appearances 406
Unit 12 Ecology 415
Unit 13 Pity for a Stranger 422
Unit 14 Language Varieties 431
Unit 15 After Twenty Years 437