Unit 1 School Life 1
Warm-up 1
Listening Speaking 2
Reading 5
Comprehensive Reading:American Schools 5
Reading for Enjoyment:What Result Did You Get? 9
Grammar:The Noun 10
Writing:The Writing of a Title 13
Warm-up 15
Unit 2 Friends 15
Listening Speaking 16
Reading 19
Comprehensive Reading:Friendship 19
Reading for Enjoyment:What's a Real Friendship? 23
Grammar:The Article 24
Writing:Punctuation Marks 27
Unit 3 Food and Drink 29
Warm-up 29
Listening Speaking 30
Comprehensive Reading:Dining in the West 33
Reading 33
Reading for Enjoyment:The Origin of McDonald's 37
Grammar:The Pronoun 38
Writing:Dividing a Word with a Hyphen at the End of a Line 41
Unit 4 Hobbies 43
Warm-up 43
Listening Speaking 44
Reading 47
Comprehensive Reading:Stamp Collecting 47
Reading for Enjoyment:Watching the Clouds 51
Grammar:The Numeral 53
Writing:Types of Words 56
Unit 5 Parties 57
Warm-up 57
Listening Speaking 58
Reading 61
Comprehensive Reading:A Sleepover Birthday Party 61
Reading for Enjoyment:Celebrating Birthdays 65
Grammar:The Adjective 67
Writing:Choosing Words 69
Unit 6 Pets 71
Warm-up 71
Listening Speaking 72
Reading 75
Comprehensive Reading:A Faithful Dog 75
Reading for Enjoyment:The Dog Sent Its Owner into Prison 79
Grammar:The Comparative Degree and Superlative Degree of Adjectives 81
Writing:General and Specific Words 84
Warm-up 85
Unit 7 Sports 85
Listening Speaking 86
Reading 89
Comprehensive Reading:The Most Popular Game in England 89
Reading for Enjoyment:Extreme Sports 93
Grammar:The Adverb 94
Writing:Basic Elements of a Sentence 97
Unit 8 Famous People 99
Warm-up 99
Listening Speaking 100
Comprehensive Reading:Bill Gates 104
Reading 104
Reading for Enjoyment:Jackie Chan 107
Grammar:The Comparative Degree and Superlative Degree of Adverbs 108
Writing:Types of Sentences (Ⅰ) 111
Unit 9 Festivals 113
Warm-up 113
Listening Speaking 114
Reading 118
Comprehensive Reading:Halloween 118
Reading for Enjoyment:April fool's Day 122
Grammar:The Verb 124
Writing:Types of Sentences(Ⅱ) 127
Unit 10 Scenic Places 129
Warm-up 129
Listening Speaking 130
Reading 133
Comprehensive Reading:Central Park 133
Reading for Enjoyment:The Rainbow Bridge 137
Grammar:Tense of Verbs 139
Writing:Long Sentences and Short Sentences 141