Unit One 2
Get Started 2
Read and Explore 5
Text: The Dear Departed(A Comedy in One Act)by William Stanley Houghton 5
Explore the Writer's Ideas 23
Explore the Writer's Techniques 25
Increase Your Language Proficiency 28
Enjoy English 34
Unit Two 35
Get Started 35
Read and Explore 37
Text: The Dear Departed(A Comedy in One Act)by William Stanley Houghton(Continued) 37
Explore the Writer's Ideas 50
Explore the Writer's Techniques 51
Increase Your Language Proficiency 54
Enjoy English 60
Unit Three 62
Get Started 62
Read and Explore 66
Text: The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde 66
Explore the Writer's Ideas 79
Explore the Writer's Techniques 81
Increase Your Language Proficiency 84
Enjoy English 90
Unit Four 92
Get Started 92
Read and Explore 95
Text: The Gift of the Magi by O.Henry 95
Explore the Writer's Ideas 109
Explore the Writer's Techniques 111
Increase Your Language Proficiency 114
Enjoy English 120
Unit Five 122
Get Started 122
Read and Explore 124
Text: A Glimpse of Heaven by Jack Trammell 124
Explore the Writer's Ideas 139
Explore the Writer's Techniques 140
Increase Your Language Proficiency 143
Enjoy English 148
Unit Six 150
Get Started 150
Read and Explore 152
Text: Goalie by Rudy Thauberger 152
Explore the Writer's Ideas 165
Explore the Writer's Techniques 166
Increase Your Language Proficiency 170
Enjoy English 175
Unit Seven 176
Get Started 176
Read and Explore 178
Text: Dusk by Saki 178
Explore the Writer's Ideas 190
Explore the Writer's Techniques 191
Increase Your Language Proficiency 193
Enjoy English 200
Unit Eight 202
Get Started 202
Read and Explore 208
Text: Two Poems by Robert Frost 208
Explore the Writer's Ideas 211
Explore the Writer's Techniques 214
Increase Your Language Proficiency 216
Enjoy English 221
Appendix: Glossary 222