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CONTENTS3

Section Ⅰ3

1 The Valuable Teeth3

2 The Magic Words6

3 Flight Insurance9

4 A Thief in the Bus12

5 The Biggest and the Gentlest15

6 Overhead Bridge18

7 The Ant22

8 A Letter to the Theatre Manager25

9 Page from a Notebook28

10 Oh,that Garden!32

11 The Man Who Never Put a Foot Wrong36

12 Boy Rescued from Drowning40

13 A Greek Scholar43

14 The Water Babies46

15 The Speed of Light49

16 Your Passport,Please53

17　Computer Boyfriends56

18　Cars and the United States59

19　Trees63

20 Planning Ahead67

21 Working Wives71

22 The Padre and the Lions75

23 Bus Services79

24 “Speaking?”83

25 Lost and Found87

26 Bike for a Better City91

27 Jokes and Doetors95

28 A Faithful Dog99

29 Great Inventions103

30 The Happy Family107

31 Bad Luck on Saturday113

Section Ⅱ113

32 Flextime116

33 Basketball119

34 Examination in English122

35 The Hero125

36 Who Saved the Baby s Life?129

37 Where Shall We Go?133

38 “Me-Books”137

39 Finger-Prints141

40 Population Control145

41 New Arrivals at the Zoo149

42 The Story without an End153

43 Growing Old with Dignity157

44 Crusades161

45 To Retire or Not to Retire165

46 Short News Items169

47 Running Away from Home173

48 How a Refrigerator Works177

49 The Truck Driver181

50 The Patient and the Doctor185

51 The Actor189

52 The Thousandth Goal193

53 One Foggy Day in London197

54 Umbrella to Kill201

55 Explosives for Peace205

56 Helen Keller209

57 The Poet s Chairs214

58 “SOLD”218

59 Firmest Rule in the Book222

60 My Skin227

“Words per Minute”Chart231

Key to Comprehension Exercises238

Words and Expressions241