日期：2007-11-17 88. Bon Voyage！ P.99 Joe is standing in the check-in line at the airport. He has two bags to check in and one carry-on. A： Hello， sir. May I have your passport and ticket， please？ J： Here you are， I'd like to have an aisle seat in the smoking... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 89. AIDS P.104 Each day， more than 6，000 people around the world fall victim to HIV. That's how serious the problem is. The World Health Organization has estimated that about 17 million people have already been infected with this disease. The news... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 90. What an Idiot！ P.114 Lucy is talking to her boyfriend， Vic， about their friend， Randy. L： Did you hear that Randy's got AIDS？ V： Oh my God！ Really？ How come？ L： He became infected after having sex with a call girl. V： What an idiot！... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 91. Kayaking p. 118 If you are a little adventurous， like water sports， and enjoy being around nature， then kayaking is definitely for you. Floating， drifting and speeding down rivers is all part of kayaking. What better way is there to spend a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 92. Only the Good Die Young p.128 Diana bumps into her friend， Steve. D： Hi， Steve！ It's awful hot today， isn't it？ S： You can say that again！ D： Let's go kayaking later. S： Are you kidding？ I can't even swim. D： So what？ You'll be safe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 93. One Good Turn Deserves Another p.133 One good turn deserves another. That's the lesson five store clerks learned recently. Every day a strange old man came to their supermarket to buy groceries. Once he came in wearing only one shoe， recalled o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 94. As Poor AS a Church Mouse p.142 Anna and Eric are talking about the previous lesson. E： Wow！ Those store clerks really got lucky. A： You can say that again. Some people are born lucky. E： There must be thousands of old men just like that doc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 95. The Poor Man's Cure-all p. 146 Having one of the world's largest garlic crops， Gilroy， California is known as the garlic capital of the world. On a hot summer day， a pungent odor rises from this farming town which can be smelled miles away. A... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 96. What's the Point of Chewing Gum？ P.155 Being an American， Donna wants to learn more about the Chinese. She's talking to her Chinese friend， Jeff. D： Hi， Jeff！ What's up？ J： Nothing much. What about you？ D： Same as usual. Here， have a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 97. The Bronze Age p.161 While on an expedition in western China twenty years ago， some explorers discovered the mummies of a tall， red-haired people. Though estimated to be nearly 4，000 years old， the corpses were quite well preserved. Scientis... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 98. Speaking from the Grave p.171 Two students， Beth and Carl， are talking about the red-haired mummies. B： Can you imagine what it was like 4，000 years ago？ C： That's hard to imagine. But if the mummies could speak， they could certainly tell... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 99. Stop Swearing！ p.176 Everywhere in the world you can hear people swearing or using foul language. Even when learning a second language， many people know how to swear before they can speak the language properly. Indeed， it is a disease. Recent... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 100. Stop Bullshitting！ p.183 Candy is asking her friend， Rudy， why guys swear so much. C： Why do guys swear so much？ R： It adds color and emphasis to language. C： Bullshit！ People who swear don't have class. R： See？ You just said bullshit... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 101.A Red-hot Cure p.188. Have you ever had an operation？ If you have， you'll know that surgical scars can leave you with a burning pain for months and sometimes even years. Frankly speaking， the pain is sometimes so unbearable it's hard to even... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 102.Old Wives' Tales p.198 Connie and Willy are talking about the previous lesson. C： Do you believe what they say about chili peppers？ W： Frankly speaking， I don't. The last time I got hurt playing soccer， my mom told me not to eat anything sp... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 103.The Tallest Building in the World p.203 Recently Kuala Lumper beat Chicago in a battle of skyscrapers when experts had the country's Petronas Twin Towers measured and declared it the world's tallest building. The title was formerly held by Chica... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 104. Who Cares Anyway？ P.214 One student is testing another student's common knowledge. A： What's the tallest building in the world？ B： The Shanghai World Financial Center. Of course. A： What's the longest river in the world？ B： In fact， the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 105. Catch-22 p.218 Nobody likes war and Joseph Heller is no exception. In 1961 he published an antiwar novel entitled Catch-22. The book is about a soldier who hated war and didn't want to do military service. To prevent soldiers from quitting， th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 106. What a Dilemma！ p.228 Hoping to persuade her boyfriend to quit smoking， Jenny makes him an offer. J： If you quit smoking， I'll marry you. B： I don't want to make a promise I can't keep. J： Is it that hard to quit smoking？ B： Well. You k... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-11-17 107. Seeing Is Believing p.233 Wearing glasses can be a real day-to-day hassle， not to mention using contact lenses which have to be cleaned， rinsed and disinfected every so often. Fortunately， however， for those millions of contact lens users，... 阅读全文>>