Unit One To Offer Help 1
Speaking A Lost Dog 1
Reading Text A It's Raining Cats and Dogs! 4
Text B Museums in the Modern World 9
Summary Transitive Verbs and Intransitive Verbs 13
Unit Two Invitation 15
Speaking Invitation 15
Reading Text A Punctuality 18
Text B Ways of Invitations 23
Summary The Imperative Sentences 25
Unit Three Weather 26
Speaking I'm Sure It's Going to Snow 26
Reading Text A The Weather in the United States 28
Text B The Weather in England 36
Summary The Present Continuous Tense 38
Unit Four Education 41
Speaking What Are You Majoring in? 41
Reading Text A The Four-year-old College Student 44
Text B Education in Britain 51
Summary Infinitive 53
Unit Five Talking About Daily Life 54
Speaking We're Going to Be Late for School! 54
Reading Text A Poor Quentin! 57
Text B A Day for Kites 64
Summary The Past Continuous Tense 67
Unit Six Accident 69
Speaking Accident 69
Reading Text A A Traffic Accident 71
Text B A Storm 76
Summary Adverbial Modifier Clause 79
Unit Seven Small World 81
Speaking Small World 81
Reading Text A A Good Way to Make Friends 83
Text B A Difficult Interview 90
Summary Direct Object and Indirect Object 94
Unit Eight Meeting People 95
Speaking Nice to Meet You 95
Reading Text A How People Greet Each Other? 97
Text B Do You Know Who I Am? 104
Summary Gerund 107
Unit Nine Hotels 109
Speaking Looking for a Hotel 109
Reading Text A Hotels 111
Text B Welcome to Franklin Hotel 117
Summary If and Few 120
Unit Ten Weekends 122
Speaking Have You Decided What to Do This Weekend? 122
Reading Text A Camping in October 124
Text B A Visit 129
Summary The Present Perfect Tense 132
Key to the Exercises 133
Glossary 144