CONTENTS 1
中册 1
Ⅰ．正文 1
1．How the Rabbit Got Its Shape 2
2．My Hobby 5
3．A King s Treasure 8
4．The Noodlehead and the Pumpkin 12
5．Do You Believein Ghosts? 17
6．Staying Awake for Science 20
7．A Housewife s“Easy”Day 22
8．Little Jimmy 25
9．Seeing Is Believing 29
10．A Lucky Woman 31
＊ Exercise One 34
11．The Man Who Saved the Moon 37
12．The Name That Was Dropped 42
13．The Weaving Contest 47
14．Ticktock,Ticktock Ⅰ 52
15．Ticktock,Ticktock Ⅱ 58
16．Transport in Our Cities 63
17．Thanksgiving Day 68
18．Honey 71
19．The United Nations 75
20．Does Sound Always Travel at the 79
Same Rate? 79
＊ Exercise Two 82
21．The Wise Chief 85
22．The Clever Old Woman of 92
Carcassonne 92
23．A New Toy: An Editorial 98
24．Crying 104
25．Glass 110
26．Computers 114
27．Entertainment and Power: An Editorial 119
28．Earthquakes 127
29．Animal Education 134
30．Telling the Time 142
＊ Exercise Three 150
Ⅱ．词汇表 154
Ⅲ．单元练习答案 168
下册 169
Ⅰ．正文 169
1．How Can Air Tell the Height of a 170
Mountain? 170
2．The Dream of a World Language 173
3．Copenhagen and Its History 176
4．Why Do We Dream? 180
5．The Thief s Story Ⅰ 185
6．The Thief s Story Ⅱ 190
7．Life in Ancient Rome 195
8．An African Student in the United 198
States 198
9．Remarks by President Nixon 206
10．The Three Foolish Brothers 211
＊ Exercise 217
11．Europe s Musical Capital 220
12．From Slave to Teacher Ⅰ 224
13．From Slave to Teacher Ⅱ 231
14．The Education of Benjamin Franklin 239
15．Pen Pal 247
Ⅱ．词汇表 253
Ⅲ．单元练习答案 262