Unit One 1
Congratulations! 1
1."What is the aim of this course?" 1
2."How are things organized in this textbook?" 2
3."How can I improve my reading ability?" 2
4."How can I improve my writing ability?" 5
5."What to do now?" 7
Unit Two 10
Part A:Reading Skills—Making a Good Start 10
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 19
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 24
Part D:From Reading to Writing 27
Unit Three 31
Part A:Reading Skills—Reading with a Purpose 31
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 38
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 44
Part D:From Reading to Writing 47
Unit Four 51
Part A:Reading Skills—Determining Word Meanings with Dictionaries and Context Clues 51
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 65
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 70
Part D:From Reading to Writing 73
Unit Five 77
Part A:Reading Skills—Working with Narrative Writings(Ⅰ) 77
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 89
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 94
Part D:From Reading to Writing 97
Unit Six 101
Part A:Reading Skills—Working with Narrative Writings(Ⅱ) 101
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 113
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 119
Part D:From Reading to Writing 121
Unit Seven 125
Part A:Reading Skills—Tracing Repetitions and Parallel Structures 125
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 137
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 144
Part D:From Reading to Writing 146
Unit Eight 150
Part A:Reading Skills—Tracing References 150
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 164
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 170
Part D:From Reading to Writing 173
Unit Nine 177
Part A:Reading Skills—Working with Descriptive Writings(Ⅰ) 177
Part B:vocabulary Skills 190
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 195
Part D:From Reading to Writing 197
Unit Ten 200
Part A:Reading Skills—Working with Descriptive Writings(Ⅱ) 200
Part B:Vocabulary Skills 213
Part C:Sentence Composition and Translation 218
Part D:From Reading to Writing 221