根据我国基础教育阶段英语课程改革的精神，我们编写了这套中学英语教材。 本套教材具有以下一些特点：
1.本套教材注重听说训练，着重培养学习的语感和初步用英语进行简单日常交流的能力；并通过听、说、读、写、唱、游、演、画、做等活动激发学生的学习兴趣，帮助学习养成良好的学习习惯，形成有效的学习方法，发展自主学习的能力，为进一步学习打下基础。
2.按“话题--功能--结构--任务”相结合的原则编写，并力求使话题、功能、结构和任务四个方面在比较真实的情景中紧密联系，融为一体。
3.内容贴近学生的生活和学习实际，并配有大量生动活泼、富有情趣的插图，以利于学生比较接近于实际的情景中进行听说训练，也为教师组织教学活动提供方便。
CHAPTER ONE [00:03.29]READING [00:05.85]Page 3 [00:09.20]A letter from a pen-friend [00:13.92] Middle Street Walker Newcastle upon Tyne [00:19.10] NE6 4BY [00:23.25]Dear May [00:25.89]Hi!I saw your name and address in'Pen-friends' magazine [00:31.95]...
CHAPTER TWO [00:03.29]READING [00:05.85]Page 19 [00:09.20]A day in the life of.. [00:13.32]WHIZ-KID WENDY [00:17.19]Wendy Wang,15,must be one of the top students in Shanghai. [00:23.72]She's already written several successful computer games. [00:28.4...
Dealing with trouble [00:05.49]Here is a page from Paul's diary. [00:11.15]Paul is writing about an exciting thing which happened to him one day. [00:19.51]Thursday,28th June Today my father and I were waiting for the ferry. [00:29.47]People usually...
Numbers: Everyone's language [00:08.70]How many languages do you know? [00:13.45]Everyone knows at least two his or her own language [00:22.52]and the international language of numbers. [00:28.45]Ancient numbers [00:32.21]In ancient times, [00:36.15]...
CHAPTER FIVE READING [00:04.70] Page 63 Look it up! [00:10.06]May's father bought her an encyclopaedia. [00:16.30]Here are three of the articles she found in it. [00:22.96]DINOSAURS [00:26.02]Dinosaurs lived on earth more than sixty million years ago...
CHAPTER SIX READING Page 79 [00:07.99]Nobody wins (Part 1) [00:12.43]Captain King, Master Spaceman,has been all over space. [00:21.19]He often tells his friends stories of his adventures. [00:28.03]This is one of them. [00:32.08]Peters,our navigator,...
Chapter 7 READING Page 93 [00:06.19]Nobody wins [00:09.43](Part 2) [00:12.17]After his supper of kangaroo soup, [00:17.01]Gork lay down on his bed and almost immediately fell asleep. [00:24.74]He was snoring. [00:32.91]The noise shook the cave. [00:4...
CHAPTER ONE Reading [00:33.31]TRAVEL France is calling [00:40.36]Now that winter is behind us,many people are starting to think [00:47.49]about going abroad for the summer holidays. [00:52.48]This year,why not spread your wings and visit France? [00:...
CHAPTER TWO Reading POLLUTUO FIGHTERS [00:09.90]Judy is collecting some facts for a class project on pollution. [00:18.44]She is interviewing Doctor Ray,a scientist,about trees. [00:27.51]Judy:Why are you so interested in trees,Doctor Ray? [00:38.16]...
CHAPTER THREE READING [00:04.49]Blind man and eyes in fire drama [00:14.34]John F Dancer's troubles [00:19.70]began as soon as he walked into the Dragon's Head Hotel with his friend,Charlie. [00:29.15]Together they went to the reception desk. [00:34....
CHAPTER FOUR READING [00:04.18]A dangerous sevant. [00:10.74]One evening,Daisy said 'I'm going to the shop to buy a packet of sweets. [00:19.10]Does anyone want anything? 'Benny,Daisy's brother said,'Yes. [00:28.24]Can you get me a packet of electric...
CHAPTER FIVE READING Some Days [00:10.68]I didn't find it interesting,listening, I didn't find it interesting,talking, [00:23.07]so I lelf the house-I went miles and miles- [00:31.32]And I didn't find it interesting,walking, [00:36.96]I didn't find i...
CHAPTER SIX READING Water talk [00:06.58]Daisy was in the bathroom of her flat. [00:11.44]She was brushing her teeth and the tap was on. [00:17.32]Water was pouring into the sink and vanishing down the drain. [00:24.69]Turn that tap off,'a voice said...
CHAPTER SEVEN READING [00:07.78]A new newspaper [00:11.86]Soon after the term started,some Grade Eight students at May field School [00:20.32]wanted to publish a newspaper. They held a meeting. [00:26.80]Later,Arthur wrote this report about their mee...
