本书是大学生学英语和自学英语的读者用来提高学习能力和技巧的参考书，培养读者的宏观理解能力同时也注重提高阅读理解能力。还有疑难详解和语篇赏析，通过各种练习，提高英语水平，本书内容丰富，是广大读者学习英语的一本很好的参考书。

Unit One Big Bucks the Easy Way

Unit Two Deer and the Energy Cycle

Unit Three Why do We Believe that the Earth is Round?

Unit Four Jim Thorpe

Unit Five To Lie or Not to Lie-the Doctor's Dilemma

Unit Six How to Mark a Book

Unit Seven The Luncheon

Unit Eight The New Cares

Unit Nine Journey West

Unit Ten Why People Work

Therefore, it's urgent to solve these problems, for they will hinder the development of children and the society.