《公共英语 第1册 Book 1》

Unit One1

TEXT The Lady with the Lamp1

New Words4

Phrases and Expressions6

Proper Names6

Notes6

EXERCISES7

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS17

1．The Engagement Ring17

2．American View of Family21

Unit Two24

TEXT The Man and the Snakeby Ambrose Bierce24

New Words28

Phrases and Expressions30

Proper Names31

Notes31

EXERCISES32

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS43

1．A Very Strange School43

2．The Adventure of Robin Hood46

Unit Three52

TEXT Education in Russia(adapted)by Irving R.Levine52

New Words55

Phrases and Expressions58

Proper Names58

Notes58

EXERCISES58

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS70

1．Education in the United States70

2．Why Test?75

Unit Four79

TEXT A Case of Suspicion(adapted)by Ed Wallace79

New Words83

Phrases and Expressions85

Proper Names86

Notes87

EXERCISES98

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS98

1．Killing Pain98

2．The History of Books102

Unit Five107

TEXT The Cat and the Parrot(adapted)107

New Words110

Phrases and Expressions112

Proper Names112

Notes112

EXERCISES113

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS125

1．The Gift of Language125

2．The Goblins in the Gold-Mine129

Unit Six133

TEXT Detour to Romance(adapted)by Gilbert Wright133

New Words137

Phrases and Expressions138

Proper Names139

Notes140

EXERCISES141

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS151

1．Insurance151

2．A Matter of Honorby Mark Twain155

Unit Seven160

TEXT The Man Who Made Mickey Mouse(adapted)by Virginia French Allen160

New Words164

Phrases and Expressions166

Proper Names167

Notes168

EXERCISES168

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS180

1．Paper and Its Uses180

2．The Fountain of Youth184

Unit Eight189

TEXT New Year's Celebrationsby Ethel ＆ Martin Tiersky189

New Words192

Phrases and Expressions195

Proper Names195

Notes196

EXERCISES197

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS211

1．A Tale of Christmas Eve(Told by a Christ-mas Stocking)211

2．New Year's Celebrations216

Unit Nine219

TEXT Mexico City's Problem—Air Pollution(adapted)219

New Words222

Phrases and Expressions224

Proper Names224

Notes224

EXERCISES226

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS237

1．Beware the Dirty Seas237

2．Warning from the Ocean243

Unit Ten246

TEXT Timeby Alison Raymond Lanier246

New Words249

Phrases and Expressions251

Notes252

EXERCISES253

SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS267

1．Telephone267

2．Concentration and Effort272

Appendix277

Vocabulary277

Phrases and Expressions297