《中级实用英语教程 第2册》

CONTENTS1

Lesson One1

The Professions1

Structure and Pattern Practice The Use of the Adjectives7

Reading Materials9

A．Who Invented Roller Skates？9

B．The Origin of Words11

C．Casiotone CT-360（Part Ⅰ）13

Lesson Two17

Government17

Structure and Pattern Practice The Degrees of the Adjective24

Reading Ma terials26

A．Winston Churchill26

B．Crossword Puzzles29

．Casiotone CT-360（Part Ⅱ）31

Lesson Three35

Medicine and Health Care35

Structure and Pattern Practice Common Adverbs42

Reading Materials45

A．A Suitable Statue45

B．The Lorelei47

C．Casiotone CT-360（Part Ⅲ）49

Lesson Four53

Education53

Structure and Pattern Practice The Use of Indefini te Pronoun60

Reading Materials64

A．How Britain's Parliament Makes New Laws64

B．Honor among Thieves67

C．HAZELINE SNOW69

Lesson Five73

Agriculture73

Structure and Pat tern Practice Mul tiple-word Verbs80

Reading Materials82

A．Sweden82

B．The Golden Voice84

C．Computer and Business Profe ssionals85

Lesson Six88

Art88

Structure and Pattern Practice The Use of Some Auxil iary Verbs and Adverbs96

Reading Materials100

A．English——a World Language ？100

B．AMatter of Priorities104

C．Installation Instructions for New Water Pump106

Lesson Seven109

Space Travel（Part Ⅰ）109

Structure and Pattern Practice The Use of the Auxiliary Verb"to do"119

Reading Materials124

A．Space Travel124

B．Taxi,Mister？126

C．35mm Auto Focus Camera（Part Ⅰ）127

Lesson Eight132

Space Travel（Part Ⅱ）132

Structure and PatternPractice The Use of the Verb"to be"144

Reading Materials148

A．Isambard Kingdom Brunel148

B．Crime in the Streets149

C．35mm Auto Focus Camera（Part Ⅱ）151

Lesson Nine154

Sam Gogarty's Last Case（Part Ⅰ）154

Structure and Pattern Practice The Use of the Auxiliary Verb"to haue"165

Reading Materials169

A．Education in Britain169

B．Just a Simple Question171

C．35mm Auto Focus Camera（Part Ⅲ）173

Lesson Ten176

Sam Gogarty's Last Case（Part Ⅱ）176

Structure and Pattern Practice The Modal Verbs185

Reading Materials192

A．How Colour Pictures Get to Our Screens192

B．The Presents196

C．Room Air Conditioner CW-701JH200

Lesson Eleven206

Man of Courage（Part Ⅰ）206

Structure and Pattern Practice Some Idiomatic Verb Phrases217

Reading Materials222

A．The Loch Ness Monster222

B．Where Is the Missing Dollar？225

C．Video Cassette Recorder（Part Ⅰ）228

Lesson Twelve233

Man of Courage（Part Ⅱ）233

Structure and Pattern Practice The Passive Voice242

Reading Materials246

A．Yes/No Signals246

B．Never Before in My Life Had Such a Thing Happened250

C．Video Cassette Recorder（Part Ⅱ）254

Lesson Thirteen259

Man of Courage（Part Ⅲ）259

Structure and Pattern Practice The Adjective Clause268

Reading Materials273

A．Eyeglasses and Contact Lenses273

B．A Humor Story276

C．Multi-Purpose Iron（Part Ⅰ）278

Lesson Fourteen284

The Time Warp284

Structure and Pattern Practice The Adverbial Clause（Part Ⅰ）293

Reading Materials298

A．Trayel in Space（Part Ⅰ）298

B．Caught Red Handed302

C．Multi-Purpose Iron（Part Ⅱ）303

Lesson Fifteen307

The World of Computers（Part Ⅰ）307

Structure and Pattern Practice The Adverbial Clause（Part Ⅱ）317

Reading Materials323

A．Travel in Space（Part Ⅱ）323

B．Funny or Not？326

C．Sanyo Electric Oven328

Lesson Sixteen333

The World of Computers（part Ⅱ）333

Structure and Pattern Practice The If-Clause343

Reading Materials347

A．Summer Time347

B．The Wrong Time351

C．ARKON-14 Quality Electronic Flash353

Lesson Seventeen358

Our Friends in the Sea（Part Ⅰ）358

Structure and Pattern Practice The Object Clause370

Reading Materials374

A．The World Cup374

B．Mr Baker in Trouble379

C．Toshiba Refrigerator Operating Instructions382

Lesson Eighteen390

Our Friends in the Sea（Part Ⅱ）390

Structure and Pattern Practice The Use of Some Sentence Connectors401

Reading Materials406

A．Alaska406

B．A Fish Story408

CPortable Typewriter Operating Instructions412