Contents 1
Lesson One The Heroes of Dadu by Edgar Snow 1
Lesson Two Madame Curie by John Allen 13
Lesson Three The Story of Cholmondely by Gerald Durrell 27
Lesson Four The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 39
Lesson Five The Necklace（continued） 52
Lesson Six A Friend in Need by W．Somerset Maugham 65
Lesson Seven The Cinema and the Theatre 79
Lesson Eight A Giant Leap for Mankind 89
Revision （Ⅰ） 102
Lesson Nine New York 110
Lesson Ten The Dinner Party by Nikolas Monssarrat 122
Lesson Eleven An Inspector Calls by J．B．Priestly 135
Lesson Twelve Writing Between the Lines by Mortimer J．Adler 150
Lesson Thirteen The Greatest Disappearing Act by Marvin Kalb and Bernard Kalb 163
Lesson Fourteen Tourists 178
Lesson Fifteen The Interview by E．R．Braithwaite 189
Lesson Sixteen Experience at a High Price by Charles Dickens 201
Rivision （Ⅱ） 213
Words and Phrases 220
Irregular Verbs 250