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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Pronunciation Table
Unit 1
　Text A Half a Day
　Text B Making the Grade
Unit 2
　Text A The Boy and the Bank Officer
　Text B My Bank Account
Unit 3
　Text A Message of the Land
　Text B The Son from America
Unit 4
　Text A Midnight Visitor
　Text B Double Cross

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Pronunciation Table
Unit 1
　Text A Half a Day
　Text B Making the Grade
Unit 2
　Text A The Boy and the Bank Officer
　Text B My Bank Account
Unit 3
　Text A Message of the Land
　Text B The Son from America
Unit 4
　Text A Midnight Visitor
　Text B Double Cross
Unit 5
　Text A The Nightingale and the Rose
　Text B The Nightingale
Unit 6
　Text A The Green Banana
　Text B Cutting Across Cultures
Unit 7
　Inter-Lesson (I)
Unit 8
　Text A The Kindness of Strangers
　Text B Just a Little Scratch
Unit 9
　Text A After Twenty Years
　Text B Hearts and Hands
Unit 10
　Text A Mandela's Garden
　Text B The Road to Literacy
Unit 11
　Text A Maheegun My Brother
　Text B A Secret for Two
Unit 12
　Text A Christmas Day in the Morning
　Text B "Yes, Daddy, I Promise"
Unit 13
　Text A The Greatest Invention
　Text B Galileo, the Stargazer Who Defied the World
Unit 14
　Inter-Lesson (II)
Unit 15
　Text A Clearing in the Sky
　Text B The Clearing
Unit 16
　Text A The Monsters Are Due in Maple Street
　Text B Who Shall Dwell?
Glossary List
Language Items
Grammar Terms