《英语 第2册》

UNIT ONEFABLES ABOUT MICE1

Text Ⅰ The Mouse King Marries His Daughter1

Text Ⅱ A Mice's Meeting2

Reading Comprehension9

Grammar:The Infinitive12

Exercises18

Supplementary Rsadings:Ⅰ．A Mouse and Two Cats24

Ⅱ．The Bilingual Mouse27

Close Procedure:The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse29

UNIT TWOSTORIES ABOUT THOMAS EDISON32

Text Ⅰ The World's GreatestInventor32

Text Ⅱ Talking Tinfoil34

Reading Comprehension41

Grammar:The Participle43

Exercises49

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．A safe and Bright Light56

Ⅱ．Light for the City59

Cloze Procedure:Edison's Inventions62

UNIT THREETHE LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE65

Text Ⅰ The modern Farmer65

Text Ⅱ Machanized Farming67

Reading Comprehension73

Grammar:The Gerund75

Exercises80

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Farm Life in the United States86

Ⅱ．Country Living89

Cloze Procedure:Fighting Against Harmful Insects with Insects93

UNIT FOURENERGY95

Text Ⅰ What Is Our Main Source of Energy?95

Text Ⅱ How to Deal with Atomic Waste98

Reading Comprehension106

Grammar:The Subjunctive Mood108

Exercises114

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Atomic Energy120

Ⅱ．Energy Sense Makes Future Sense124

Cloze Procedure:Using the Sun128

UNIT FIVETHE THINGS UNKNOWN TO YOU131

Text Ⅰ How Doesa Homing Pigeon Find Its Nest?131

Text Ⅱ How Do Animals Know When an Earthquake Is Coming?133

Reading Comprehension141

Crammar:The Use of“It”143

Exercises146

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．How Do Birds Find Their Way Home?151

Ⅱ．Are There Any Real Monsters?154

Cloze Procedure:The Migrating Birds157

UNIT SIXCOMPUTERS CONCERN YOU159

Text Ⅰ Computers:Machines That Can Think159

Text Ⅱ Hello,I'm Doctor Computer161

Reading Comprehension169

Grammar:Inversion172

Exercises176

Supplementary Readings:Ⅰ．Calculators and Computers183

Ⅱ．Computers Concern You186

Cloze procedure:The Use of Computers191

VOCABULARY194

IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS210