1．SQ3R 1
2．About Reading Books 3
3．Active Reading 10
4．Of Studies 11
Lesson Two ABOUT LANGUAGE ANDCONVERSATION 11
1．Language as it Works 17
2．The Lost Art of Conversation 22
Lesson Three DIFFERENT VIEWSUPONAUTUMN 22
1．To Autumn 26
2．An Autumn Dirge 30
3．Changsha 33
Lesson Four PRACTICAL ENGLISHWRITING 33
1．Business Letter 37
2．Pivate Letter 38
3．Card and Note 39
4．Notice 41
5．Invitation Card 42
Lesson Five THE LANGUAGE OFADVERTISING 43
6．Miscellanies 43
1．Television Advertising 49
2．Press Advertising 50
3．Book Advertising 56
Lesson Six THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE 56
1．A Foothall Commentary 64
2．Judges Will Be Judged 66
3．The Gettysburg Address 69
Lesson Seven INTRODUCTION，PARABLE AND PEN PROBE 70
4．I Have a Dream 70
1．Introduction to Zola s NANA 81
2．The Owl Was God 84
3．Marriage Boom in LBJ s Great Society 86
Lesson Eight A PASSAGE FROM DEATHON THE ICE 93
Lesson Nine A SHORT STORYDry September 105
Lesson Ten TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS 105
1．Mr.Sampson 126
2．A Question of Ethics 151
Part Ⅱ SELECTED READINGSFROM FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS ANDMAGAZINESLesson One NEWS REPORT 158
Lesson Eleven A STORY FROMLONDON M AGAZINGThe English Way of Life 158
1．Blaze at Charity Bonfire Danages Ware-houses 179
2．Relief Stalled as Draught Ravages NortheastBrazil 184
3．Last Rites for a Barrio 190
Lesson Two THE MIDDLE EASTDISPUTE 190
1．The Origin of the Middle East Dispute 194
2．Beirut:A City in Agony 197
3．A Changing Power Balance 211
Lesson Three LAW,CRIMES ANDSECURITY 211
1．The Inevitable Limits of Security 216
2．Painful Verdict 225
3．Cocaine s Skydiving Smugglers 228
4．A Double Slaying in Rural Minnesota 232
5．Spy Slipup 237
Lesson Four SOCIAL SHOW-WINDOW 237
1．Stalking a Mysterious Monster 241
2．Beating Gloom to the Punch 245
3．The Moral Equivalent of War 251
Lesson Five ENVIRONMENTALPOLLUTION 255
4．Hard Times in the Midwest Yield a Bumper Cropof Outrage 255
1．Acid Rain:Scourge from the Skies 262
2．Living,Dangerously，with Toxic Wastes 270
Lesson Six CONSERVATION OFNATURAL RESOURCES 270
1．The Conservation of Natural Resources 286
2．The Disappearing Land 291
3．Tackling the Last Frontier 298
Lesson Seven GREAT CHANGESIN THE60YEARSWhat Really Mattered 313
Lesson Eight TRAVELOGUE 313
1．A Tramp Abroad 332
2．Jousting with the Lachine Rapids 337
3．Japan—Land of Videos,Microchips and CherryBlossom 341
Lesson Nine THE ORIGIN OFLANGUAGE 364
Lesson Ten INTERNATIONAL TRADEAND FINANCING 364
1．Financing of International Trade 364
2．International Bodies and Cartels 379
3．The Future of Intemational Trade 390