日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 2 Au Pair Girl Text A Gretel comes from Austria. She is eighteen years old. She is going to stay with the Clark family for a year. Gretel has come to England because she wants to improve her English. She works as an au pair girl. She helps Mrs... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 3 Who Took the Money？ Text A Mr Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday-ten pretty pound notes. So the day after her birthday, Mrs Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus, got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson4 Musical Half-Notes Text A A musician who played Pop Music in a CLub lived in boardinghouse in the centre of london. He always used to get back to his room very late at night and sometimes inthe carly hours of the morning. He was so tired when... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 5 Is He a Hero？ Text A Fire！ Fire！ What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night！ It was a large, old, wooden house-the sort that burns beautifullyand my room was on the top floor. I jumped out... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 6 How It Feels When Parents Divorce Text A Ari, age fourteen When my parents were married, I hardly ever saw my Dad becausc he was always busy working. Now that they're divorced , I've gotten to know him more because I'm with him everu weckend... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 7 Going Shopping Text A Gretel and Mrs Clark went shopping in the centre of London yesterday.I'd like to know which store you like best in London, Mrs Clark , Gretel said.Now that's a difficult question, Mrs Clark replied. I just haven't any... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 8 What to Do About Grandma Text A Hal Bohlman, his wife Judy, and their three children live in a small apartment. Hal works in the income tax division of the government where he is a public information officer. Their children are now 12, 10 a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 9 Why Is the World So Tough to Her？ Text A David： What's the matter？ Sue： Oh , I don't know. David： Oh, come on . it's something. What is it？ Sue： It's just life. . . it's so boring. David： Oh , it's not so bad. . . you've got Daniel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 10 How to Describe Yourself Text A All about me I'm twelve years old. I'm large for my age and have big feet which I am self-conscious about. I look like both my mum and my dad but in different ways. I have fair hair and blue eyes like my dad... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 11 Is He a Good Neighbour？ Text A You and your family have been living in the same six-family apartment building for eight years. The landlord's family also lives there, and, generally speaking,all the tenants get along fairly well with each... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 12 Seeing the World Text A If someone offered to pay all my expenses for a month's holiday anywhere in the world, I would feel very surprised and very excited. It would be difficult to decide where I wanted to go. Should I go to one place or t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 13 What's Wrong with Them？ Text A I'm forty and married with two children. My trouble is that I haven't got enough to do. The kids are at school all day and the house is empty. So I eat chocolates, mostly. I've put on a lot of weight , but I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 14 What Sports Do They Enjoy？ Text A Not all people like to wnrk but everyone likes to play. All over the world men and women and boys and girls enjoy sports. iends the days of long ago, adults and children have called their friends together... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 15 Remembering My Grandparents Text A When memory began for me, my grandfather was past sixty-a great tall man with thick hair becoming gray. He had black eyes and a straight nose which ended in a slightly flattened tip. Once he explained seri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 16 How to Improve Your Study Habits Text A Maybe you are an average student with an average intellect.You pass most of your subjects. You occasionally get good grades, but they are usually just average. You are more interested in hiking than i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 17 Juvenile Delinquency Text A Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two other students. On her way she had to buy some food and stopped in one of the shops in the street. It was run by... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 18 How to Keep Fit Text A Ten years ago I used to be very fit. T cycled to work and I got a lot of exercise at the weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn't earn very much. I had a job in an office. It... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 19 Why Go to School？ Text A MATTHEW： Lesley, you're a teacher. How does the English school system work？ LESLEY： Um, well, first of all most children start school at the age of five and they can't leave school until the age of sixteen , whi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 20 What Does Friendship Mean to You？ Text A Mr Brooks, Martin, Robert and Jean are being interviewed on subject of friendship. Mr BROOKS： I consider friendship to be one of the most important things in life-whatever your status, married or s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-04 Lesson 21 Why Are They So Unlucky？ Text A I wonder why so many shop-assistants are so foultempered？ Inspite of so many campaigns to improve the services in the past years, we see no appreciable change so far. If Dad and Mum are to be believed, the... 阅读全文>>