Sect ion One:Listening and Speaking Greeting and Introduction 1
Unit One 1
Section Two:Reading Yuppies 5
Section Three:Word Study habit hobby custom 12
Section Four:Grammar General Questions and Wh Questions 13
Unit Two 16
Section One:Listening and Speaking Saying Farewell 16
Section Two:Reading To Help and Protect 19
Section Three:Word Study say speak tell talk 26
Section Four:Grammar Tag Questions 27
Unit Three 29
Section One:Listening and Speaking Talking about Weather 29
Sect ion Two:Reading American Education:The Ideal of Equality 32
Section Three:Word Study create invent discover 40
Section Four:Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement 41
Section One:Listening and Speaking Dining Out 43
Unit Four 43
Section Two:Reading Learning by Doing 46
Section Three:Word Study lie lay 53
Section Four:Grammar Some Singular-Plural Usages of Nouns 54
Unit Five 57
Section One:Listening and Speaking At the Hotel 57
Section Two:Reading A Train Trip to Remember 60
Section Three:Word Study bring fetch take carry 67
Section Four:Grammar Verb Tenses(Ⅰ) 68
Unit Six 71
Section One:Listening and Speaking At the Bank 71
Section Two:Reading The Olympic Games 74
Section Three:Word Study accept receive absorb 82
Section Four:Grammar Verb Tenses(Ⅱ) 83
Section One:Listening and Speaking Directions and Signs 87
Unit Seven 87
Section Two:Reading Pioneer in Space 90
Section Three:Word Study arrive reach get(to) 97
Section Four:Grammar Passive Voice 98
Unit Eight 101
Section One:Listening and Speaking Shopping 101
Section Two:Reading The Seven Wonders of the World 104
Section Three:Word Study rob steal attack 113
Section Four:Grammar Modal Auxiliaries(Ⅰ) 114
Unit Nine 117
Section One:Listening and Speaking Schedules 117
Section Two:Reading Protecting Children from Drugs 120
Section Three:Word Study efficient effective capable 128
Section Four:Grammar Modal Auxiliaries(Ⅱ) 129
Section One:Listening and Speaking Seeing a Doctor 131
Unit Ten 131
Section Two:Reading Thanksgiving Day 134
Section Three:Word Study empty hollow vacant blank 143
Section Four:Grammar Gerunds and Infinitives(Ⅰ) 144
Unit Eleven 147
Section One:Listening and Speaking At the Restaurant 147
Section Two:Reading The Bet(Ⅰ) 150
Section Three:Word Study raise rise arise arouse 159
Section Four:Grammar Gerunds and Infinitives(Ⅱ) 160
Unit Twelve 163
Section One:Listening and Speaking Talking about Holidays 163
Section Two:Reading The Bet(Ⅱ) 166
Section Three:Word Study include contain involve 174
Section Four:Grammar Participle 175
Appendix 178
Tape Script for Listening 193