●1. The School Bully
2. Saturday Adventure
3. A Farming Family
4. Ambitious Uncle, Loyal Father
5. Fifty Years of Love
6. Appreciating Art
7. The Little Green-eyed Monster
8. Beach Bathing
9. The Worst Punishment
10. Birthday Blues
11. Big Boss Bully
12. The All-girls Tree-climbing Club
13. A Funeral for Brownies
14. Oliver Goes Shopping
15. The Strange Case of the Strange Man
16. The Cave
17. A Cheating Student
18. A Chinese Christmas
19. A Closed Door but an Open Window
20. A Common Mistake
21. A Tale of Two Conductors
22. An Unexpected Visit
23. The Bad Man and the Hero
24. A Date at Dawn
25. Deadly Rivals
26. Dinner Engagement
27. What's up, rry?
28. A Cold Dream
29. The Early Bird
30. Edison Lights up My Life
31. A Decision Too Late!
32. Having the Right Chemistry
33. Fan Club
34. Being Cruel to Be Kind
35. First Love
36. The Flight Home
37. Four Friends
38. Where Did You Find Charlie?
39. A 4th-generation German
40. Watch Your Back!
41. Great Days on the Farm
42. One Thing I Hate More Than a Haircut
43. Heart Attack
44. Mother Knows Best
45. A Woman's Work Is Never Done
46. Hospital Visitor
47. Last Minute Nerves
48. Going to Japan
49. The Lonely Liar
50. Could You Give Me a Hand Here?
51. How Could I Forget My Birthday?
52. Little White Rabbit
53. Losing My Temper and My Luggage.
54. School Dropout
55. Meeting His Match
56. So Many Things to Do
57. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
58. A Bird's Eye View
59. How I Found My Best Friend
60. The Paper Pilferer
61. The Nose Nurse
62. All in a Day's Work
63. Starting Afresh
64. As Dumb as an Ox
65. Strolling Around Paris
66. The Long Pause
67. Memories of My Grandfather
68. A Charming Young Actress
69. The Poisoned Well
70. The Perfect Politician's Wife
71. A Perfect Score
72. The Homecoming
73. Glamour Star
74. Such a Bad Son
75. How I Met Your Mother
76. An Angel's Feather
77. I Want It Back!
78. All Afloat at Sea
79. The Secret Filmstar
80. The Shadow of "Her" Shape ..
81. Hide and Seek
82. Beware of Wolves
83. Mother's Little Helper
84. Mom Solves the Problem
85. Spanish Soup for the Soul
86. Returning Home
87. My Statue Left Me
88. Further Education
89. Do You Remember Me?
90. Back at School
91. Silence Isn't Golden
92. As Perfect as a Statue
93. A Ticket for the Show
94. Man Overboard
95. Lost in Wonder
96. Buried Treasure
97. Too Shy to Talk
98. Gone Missing!
99. A Drunk Wages War
100. Welcome to the Beach
101. Stormy Weather
102. Winter Wishes
103. Window Shopping
104. Beware of the Elephant!
105. The Slacker
106. Movie Mania
107. Expanding Your Horizons
108. To Make the World a Better Place
109. Helping a Friend
110. Strawberry Pie
111. Dinosaur Teeth
112. The Real Jewel
113. The Rash
114. Spring Break

本書包含114則短篇英文故事，均由英美權威語言教學專家精心編寫。故事內容十分豐富，如課堂趣事、山洞探險、人物小傳、工作經歷等，幾乎涵蓋了西方生活和文化的方方面面。這些故事情節曲折入勝，人物活靈活現，語言簡潔地道，立意深入淺出，讓你在輕松愉快的閱讀環境中順利掌握核心詞彙。 本書收錄了3500個單詞，都是根據歷年高考真題精心篩選而來，緊扣高考考試大綱，凸顯核心釋義。每篇故事的“記單詞”部分是對故事核心詞彙的注解，包含單詞在文中的核心釋義、單詞的基本詞義及相關短語等，從而讓你對高考詞彙能有一個準確而全面的把握。 本書布局巧妙獨特、科學合理。每一篇故事正文都配有卡通手繪漫畫，旨在凸顯對單詞和故事的關聯記憶。每背完一組單詞可對照單詞表自查，結合書中的漫畫插圖復述故事，邊講邊回憶：每一處情節都出現了什麼核心詞彙。你還可以結合漫畫展開聯想，用這些單詞續寫故事，不僅能強化記憶，還能等