由诸允孟和谢福之主编的《成人英语》每课均涉及同一主题，两篇文章各有侧重。围绕这些与学生生活和工作息息相关的热门话题，学生可以在教师的指导下充分发挥其学习的主动性，进行一定的语言活动，提高语言的应用能力。由于话题相同，词汇复现率大大提高，有助于学生提高单词记忆效果。

Unit 1 The Pleasure of Reading（读书的乐趣）

 Section A：Text A：On Reading

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：Reading Brings New Companions

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Noun

 Section E：Reading for Delight：Quick Thinking

Unit2 Solving the Puzzles（揭秘）

 Section A：Text A：Winter Sleep

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：Why We Walk in Circles

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Article

 Section E：Reading for Delight：The New Doctor

Unit 3 Roman and Greek Myths（罗马、希腊神话）

 Section A：Text A：The Gift of Fire

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：The Vanished City

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Pronoun

 Section E：Reading for Delight：A Cheap Meal

Unit 4 Famous People's Anecdotes（名人轶事）

 Section A：Text A. Around Today's World with Jules Vrne

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：Dr. johnson and His Father

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Numeral

 Section E：Reading for Delight：Not a Small Proplem

Unit 5 Romantic and Moving Stories （浪漫感人）

 Section A：Text A：The Silver Elephant

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：The Letter

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Adjective and Adverb

 Section E：Reading for Delight：The Package

Test Paper 1

Unit 6 Things Happening around You（身边趣事）

 Section A：Text A- Water

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：The Rose

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Tense

 Section E：Reading for Delight：A Sad StorY

Unit 7 Elephants（大象）

 Section A：Text A：Elephants

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：Taming the Elephant

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Passive Voice

 Section E：Reading for Delight：The Best Salesman in the World

Unit 8 Popular Science （科普常识）

 Section A：Text A- Light

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：Gravity

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Infinitive and Participles

 Section E：Reading for Delight：Your Need Is Greater Than Mine

Unit 9 Western Cultures（西方文化）

 Section A：Text A：Legends of Love

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：Dating Patterns in U．S．A．

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Subj unctive Mood

 Section E：Reading for Delight：Violin lessons

Unit 10 War and Peace（战争与和平）

 Section A：Text A：From the Jaws of Death

 Section B：Exercises

 Section C：Text B：The Mysterious Warship

 Section D：Grammar Focus：Emphasis and Inversion

 Section E：Reading for Delight：Not So Stupid

Test Paper 2

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