Unit 4 Text A Listening First Listening Before listen to the tape, have a quick look at the following words. wrinkled 有皱纹的 laundry 付洗衣物 bundle 捆，包 complain 抱怨 respond 回答...
Unit 3 Text A Listening First Listening Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following word. amaze 使惊羡 drum 鼓 harmonica 口琴 rock and roll music 摇滚乐 porch 门廊 audi...
Unit 2 Text A Listening First Listening Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following words. conversation 谈话 comment on 评论 bowling 保龄球 lane 球道 connect 联系 conve...
Unit 1 Text A Listening First Listening Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following words. grade 分数 concentrate 全神贯注 schedule 时间表 pressure 压力 selectively 有选...
Unit Eight Text Science fiction is definitely not pure science, but neither is it pure fiction. This literary genre, argues science fiction writer Ben Bova, stands as a bridge between science and fict...
Unit Seven Text It is often said that cats have nine lives, that they are lucky enough to escape from danger again and again. Here is a science fiction tale about how one such lucky escape by a cat le...
Unit Six Text This essay on a famous man, whose name is not revealed until almost the end of the piece, is a study of monstrous conceit. Filled with biographical details that keep the reader guessing...
Unit Five Text If modern life is so wonderful, why do we feel so unhappy? In the following article, the author suggests that though living standards have improved, we, rather than feeling content, nev...
Unit Four Text As a black boy growing up in America in the early 1900s, Richard Wright knew well the meaning of racial prejudice. He was not allowed to play in a park or borrow books from a library. W...
Unit Three Text Are we humans alone in the universe? Or is there intelligent life on other planets? These questions are not new. What is new, however, is the scientific attempt to discover whether or...
