《英语 第4册》

CONTENTS1

PRELIMINARY LESSONS1

Part One1

Vocabulary and Sentence Patterns1

Part Two9

Grammar9

UNIT ONE24

Text An English Christmas24

Proverb28

Reading Skills Determining the Main Idea42

Reading Material The Christmas Present51

Text Thomas Jefferson58

UNIT TWO58

Proverb63

Reading Skillls Guessing the Meaning of an Unfamiliar Word74

Reading Material Lessons from Jefferson83

UNIT THREE91

Text Three Weeks to a Better Me91

REVISION EXERCISES(Unit Pive-Unit Eight)92

Proverb95

Reading Skills Determining the Implied Meaning of a Passage104

Reading Material“Billy Stole It!”113

UNIT FOUR120

Text The Interview120

Proverb126

Reading Skills Skimming and Scanning136

Reading Material Factory Life—a Student’s Experience146

REVISION EXERCISES(Unit One—Unit Four)152

UNIT FIVE168

Text I Observe168

Proverb174

Composition Skills Writing Effective Sentences184

Reading Material I’ve Got a New Pa193

UNIT SIX200

Text How Computers are Changing Our World200

Proverb205

Composition Skills Writing a Paragraph213

Reading Material A Robot about the House221

Text The Accursed House228

UNIT SEVEN228

Proverb235

Composition Skills Writing an Essay247

Reading Material British“Logic”256

UNIT EIGHT262

Text Some Personal Thoughts262

Proverb267

Composition Skills Achieving Coherence with Transitions277

Reading Material The Last Day of Her Life286

APPENDIXES308

1Some Preposition Combinations With Adjectives and Verbs308

2Vocabulary324