《中级英语教材》

PREPARATORY LESSONS3

Part One：Phonetics3

1．Symbols3

2．The Comparison of Vowels4

3．The Comparison of Consonants9

4．Incomplete Plosives11

5．Liaison12

Part Two：Grammar13

1．The Noun13

2．The Article15

3．The Numeral17

4．The Degrees of Adjectives19

5．The Tenses of Verbs22

6．The Passive Voice of Verbs28

7．The Sentence Pattern and Word Order31

8．The Interrogative Sentence33

Part Three：Readings37

1．A Day of My Life37

2．Mr Knott and Mr Watt39

3．A Very Special Kind of Teacher43

4．A Story about Rockefeller45

5．The Biggest and the Gentlest49

6．Collecting Things52

7．Fire Making55

8．Marie Curie58

9．The Beginning of Horsepower63

10．The Sun and the Wind66

11．Speed68

12．The Longest Wall in the World71

BOOK 177

UNIT ONE77

Text：Good Manners77

Grammar：The Infinitive80

Reading Materials：91

1．Visiting a Japanese House91

2．Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right94

3．Mind Your Manners96

UNIT TWO100

Text：On Learning English100

Grammar：The Gerund103

Reading Materials：109

1．Mr, Mrs, Miss, and Ms109

2．English Is Tough111

3．Is Learning Languages Easy?114

UNIT THREE117

Text：Have You Ever Seen a Flying Saucer?117

Grammar：The Participle122

1．The Puzzle of the Pyramids131

Reading Materials：131

2．The Abominable Snowman135

3．Cities of Tomorrow140

UNIT FOUR145

Text：The Wrong Answers145

Grammar：The Summary of Non-finite Verbs150

Reading Materials：160

1．A Good Lunch160

2．The Three Wishes162

3．Magic Man164

Text：What Do You Know about These Words?169

UNIT FIVE169

Grammar：The Types of Sentences174

The Subordinate Clauses175

The Adverbial Clauses（I）175

Reading Materials：184

1．Some Compounds184

2．Scientists Language188

3．Some English Proverbs191

UNIT SIX196

Text：The Long Straw196

Grammar：The Adverbial Clauses（II）202

1．The Perfect Pearl212

Reading Materials：212

2．Do You Think You Are Clever?215

3．The Prince and the Judge219

UNIT SEVEN226

Text：New Year Celebrations around the World226

Grammar：The Attributive Clauses（I）231

Reading Materials：239

1．Chinese New Year239

2．Christmas242

3．Birthday Celebrations245

Text：Radar249

UNIT EIGHT249

Grammar：The Attributive Clauses（II）254

Reading Materials：264

1．The Radio264

2．Science Tells Us266

3．Future Communications271

APPENDIX277

1．Punctuation Marks277

2．Some Rules of Pronunciation278

3．Irregular Verbs281

4．Vocabulary285

5．Phrases and Expressions309

6．Proper Nouns314