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Unit One About Myself1

Passage 1 My Family1

Passage 2 My Room3

Passage 3 My Foreign Friends5

Passage 4 Our House7

Unit Two Our School9

Passage 1 Our Classroom9

Passage 2 Our School Garden11

Passage 3 Our English Teacher13

Passage 4 Our Library15

Unit Three Learning English17

Passage 1 The English Language17

Passage 2 Two Languages Or One20

Passage 3 How to Use a Dictionary22

Unit Four The United States24

Passage 1 The Early Days of the United States24

Passage 2 Schools in the U.S27

Passage 3 The Climates of the United States30

Passage 4 The Capital of the United States32

Unit Five The United Kindom36

Passage 1 The Weather in England36

Passage 2 Big Ben38

Passage 3 The Currencies in Britain41

Passage 4 The British Museum43

Unit Six Other English Speaking Countries46

Passage 1 Canada46

Passage 2 New Zealand49

Passage 3 Australia52

Unit Seven Clever Persons（Ⅰ）55

Passage 1 A Clever Boy55

Passage 2 The Longest word in English58

Passage 3 A Wise Grandfather60

Passage 4 A Clever Businessman62

Unit Eight Clever Persons（Ⅱ）65

Passage 1 Whose Child?65

Passage 2 The Stolen Horse67

Passage 3 A Thinking Beggar69

Passage 4 A Pot of Gold72

Unit Nine Silly Persons（Ⅰ）75

Passage 1 The Easiest Question in the Word75

Passage 2 An Eleetric Heater77

Passage 3 The Lost Ring79

Passage 4 Nasreddin and His Donkeys81

Unit Ten Silly Persons（Ⅱ）83

Passage 1 Save Money83

Passage 2 A Watch85

Passage 3 A Foolish Young Man87

Passage 4 Silly Saburo89

Unit Eleven Forgetful Men92

Passage 1 Mr.Forgetful（Ⅰ）92

Passage 2 Mr.Forgetful（Ⅱ）95

Passage 3 Mr.Forgetful（Ⅲ）97

Passage 4 A Forgetful Couple99

Unit Twelve Friendship102

Passage 1 Between"Good"Neighbours102

Passage 2 The Dove and the Ant104

Passage 3 A Friendly Neighbour106

Passage 4 A Faithful Dog108

Unit Thirteen Greediness111

Passage 1 A Greedy Dog111

Passage 2 A Goose That Laid Golden Eggs113

Passage 3 Whose Purse115

Passage 4 Never Work After Supper117

Uint Fourteen Manners119

Passage 1 Brother and Sister119

Passage 2 A Boy or A Girl121

Passage 3 Good Manners or Bad Manners123

Passage 4 Always Taking,Never Giving125

Unit Fifteen Thomas Edison128

Passage 1 The Life of Thomas Edison（Ⅰ）128

Passage 2 The Life of Thomas Edison（Ⅱ）131

Passage 3 A way to Show Respect134

Passage 4 The Making of a Great Man136

Unit Sixteen Albert Einstein139

Passage 1 Young Albert Einstein139

Passage 2 Albert Einstein's Overcoat142

Passage 3 Einstein and Chaplin144

Passage 4 A Wonderful Explanation about"Relativity"145

Unit Seventeen Other Great Men（Ⅰ）147

Passage 1 The Modesty of Issac Newton147

Passage 2 Abraham Lincoln150

Passage 3 Florence Nightingale153

Passage 4 Young James W156

Unit Eighteen Other Great Men（Ⅱ）160

Passage 1 A Story About Rockefeller160

Passage 2 A Writer for Children162

Passage 3 Benjamin Franklin164

Passage 4 William Shakespeare167

Unit Nineteen Other Great Man（Ⅲ）171

Passage 1 The First Money Mark Twain Earned171

Passage 2 The Fairy Tales of the Grimm Brother173

Passage 3 Leonardo da Vinci175

Passage 4 Ludwig Van Beethoven178

Unit Twenty The Earth181

Passage 1 Our Beautiful World181

Passage 2 Many Kinds of Land Water184

Passage 3 The Earth and Gravity186

Passage 4 Oil in the Earth188

Unit Twenty-one The Mountains190

Passage 1 The Legendary Roof of the World190

Passage 2 The Moving Hill192

Passage 3 Fish on the Mountain194

Passage 4 Rocks Standing Like Men196

Unit Twenty-two Rivers198

Passage 1 River at Work198

Passage 2 A River of Ice201

Passage 3 The River That Dug a Canyon202

Passage 4 The River in the Ocean204

Unit Twenty-three Deserts206

Passage 1 Deserts206

Passage 2 Water and Plants in the Desert209

Passage 3 Farming the Desert212

Passage 4 The Sahara214

Unit Twenty-four Islands216

Passage 1 Islands216

Passage 2 Plants and Animals on Islands219

Passage 3 Island Reserves and Island Travels221

Passage 4 Some Famous Islands223

Unit Twenty-five The Polar Regions226

Passage 1 The Polar Regions（Ⅰ）226

Passage 2 The Polar Regions（Ⅱ）228

Passage 3 Overland Travel on Polar Regions230

Passage 4 Plants and Animals on Polar Regions232

Unit Twenty-six People in the World235

Passage 1 The World Population235

Passage 2 The Rich and the Poor237

Passage 3 The Indians Who Breathe Thin Air239

Passage 4 Different People241

Unit Twenty-seven Cities and Suburbs244

Passage 1 Cities and Suburss244

Passage 2 Cities:Past and Present247

Passage 3 How Cities Began249

Passage 4 City Food and City Water251

Unit Twenty-eight Problems with City254

Passage 1 Noise Pollution（Ⅰ）254

Passage 2 Noise Pollution（Ⅱ）257

Passage 3 Traffic and Pollution259

Unit Twenty-nine Big Cities in the World262

Passage 1 Sydney262

Passage 2 New York City265

Passage 3 Hong Kong267

Passage 4 Paris270

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