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 Western Holidays （西方节日）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：Taxi and Getting a Haircut

 Section B：Text A：A Gift for Mother's Day

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：April Fools' Day

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Degrees of Adjectives and Adverbs

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：Who Is George Washington？

Unit 2 Scientific Discovery （科学发现）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：At the Airport and on the Plane

 Section B：Text A：Why Don't Girls Think Like Boys？

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：The Critical Period for Learning

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Tense

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：Strange Things Were Happening in This World

Unit 3 Reveal the Secrets （揭秘）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：At the Dost Office and at the Bank

 Section B：Text A：Freud and Dreams

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：How Hurricanes Get Their Names

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Modal Verbs

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：Birthday's Rose

Unit 4 Science and Scientists （科学与科学家）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：At the Bar and Going to the Parties

 Section B：Text A：Science and Scientists

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：Why Study Math？

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Passive Voice

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：Conversation between the Teacher and the Student

Unit 5 Isaac Newton （牛顿）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：Travel and Sightseeing

 Section B：Text A：Isaac Newton （Ⅰ）

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：Isaac Newton （Ⅱ）

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Subjunctive Mood

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：Napoleon Was Ⅲ

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Unit 6 Things on Other Land （海外风情）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：Movies, Televisions ＆ Getting Lost

 Section B：Text A：How Americans Celebrate Christmas

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：English Meals

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Infinitive, Present Participle, Past Participle

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：Love Letters

Unit 7 Animal World（动物世界）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：Sports and Holidays

 Section B：Text A：Cats

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：Monkeys

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Complex Sentences

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：A Difficult Question

Unit 8 Fairy Tales（童话故事）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：At a Restaurant and Booking a Hotel Room

 Section B：Text A. The Hasty Fisherman

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：The King's Banquet

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Attributive Clause

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：The Hotel in the Ground

Unit 9 Natural Beauty（自然风光）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：Hobbies and Offering Compliments

 Section B：Text A：Caves

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：Lakes

 Section E：Grammar Focus：Inverted Sentences

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading：Interview

Unit 10 Mysterious Nature（神秘自然界）

 Section A：Listening and Speaking：Congratulations and Making a Complaint

 Section B：Text A：Mysteries of Migration

 Section C：Exercises

 Section D：Text B：Surprises in Ice

 Section E：Grammar Focus： Word Formation

 Section F：Easy English for Fast Reading. An Unexpected Answer

Test Paper 2

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