《中等专业学校英语系列教程 泛读 上》

Contents1

Unit One1

1．The Rich Man s Sons1

2．You Never Know4

3．A Free Lunch7

Unit Two11

1．Warning to Beginners11

2．Full Circle14

3．Shake It off and Step up16

Unit Three20

1． I Have a Dream20

2．The Cost of Education24

3．The Midnight Visitor28

1．Why Is the Native Language Leant So Well33

Unit Four33

2．The First Day in a Polytechnic in London36

3．Atomic Cars39

Unit Five43

1．The Biological Clock43

2．Foreign Language Study in American45

3．How to Give a Good Speech49

Unit Six53

1．Patients Needed53

2．Women in the Media56

3．Public Transportation59

Unit Seven63

1．Higher Education63

2．Famous Last Words66

3．The Helpful Cow68

1．The Wisdom of Solomon71

Unit Eight71

2．Doing Favors Can Be Dangerous74

3．Earthquakes77

Unit Nine80

1．Color80

2．The Marvels of Color83

3．Happily Ever After86

Unit Ten91

1．The Noodlehead and the Pumpkin91

2．Go to the Ant94

3．The Name That Was Dropped97

Unit Eleven101

1．Thank You101

2．Do Touch104

3．The Secret of Language106

1．Why Do We Dream110

Unit Twelve110

2．Great Inventions112

3．All Together Now115

Unit Thirteen119

1．The Sun and the North Wind119

2．Food122

3．The Right Price125

Unit Fourteen128

1．Speak Your Weight128

2．A Clever Escape131

3．Prophet of the Space Age133

Unit Fifteen138

1．Cigarette Smoking and Cancer of the Lung138

2．A Lesson for Living142

3．Somewhen145

Key to Exercises149