1 A private conversation 1
2 Breakfast or lunch? 6
3 Please send me a card 12
4 An exciting trip 19
5 No wrong numbers 25
6 Percy Buttons 32
7 Too late 38
8 The best and the worst 45
9 A cold welcome 53
10 Not for jazz60
11 One good turn deserves another 67
12 Goodbye and good luck 73
13 The Greenwood Boys 80
14 Do you speak English? 86
15 Good news 94
16 A polite request 101
17 Always young 108
18 He often does this! 115
19 Sold out 120
20 One man in a boat 126
21 Mad or not? 134
22 A glass envelope 140
23 A new house 151
24 It could be worse 157
25 Do the English speak English? 161
26 The best art critics 167
27 A wet night 172
28 No parking! 179
29 Taxi! 190
30 Football or polo? 196
31 Success story 203
32 Shopping made easy 209
33 Out of the darkness 216
34 Quick work 224
35 Stop thief! 230
36 Across the Channel 235
37 The Olympic Games 243
38 Everything except the weather 250
39 Am I all right? 259
40 Food and talk 264
41 Do you call that a hat? 270
42 Not very musical 276
43 Over the South Pole 283
44 Through the forest 291
45 A clear conscience 299
46 Expensive and uncom fortable 306
47 A thirsty ghost 320
48 Did you want to tell me something? 327
49 The end of a dream 330
50 Taken for a ride 347
51 Reward for virtue 355
52 A pretty carpet 361
53 Hot snake 367
54 Sticky fingers 374
55 Not a gold mine 380
56 Faster than sound! 387
57 Can I help you, madam? 393
58 A blessing in disguise? 401
59 In or out? 409
60 The future 415
61 Trouble with the Hubble 420
62 After the fire 430
63 She was not amused 438
64 The Channel Tunnel 444
65 Jumbo versus the police 450
66 Sweet as honey! 459
67 Volcanoes 468
68 Persistent 475
69 But not murder! 483
70 Red for danger 490
71 A famous clock 503
72 A car called Bluebird 507
73 The recordholder 511
74 Out of the limelight 516
75 SOS 521
76 April Fools’ Day 526
77 A successful operation 533
78 The last one? 544
79 By air 550
80 The Crystal Palace 555
81 Escape 561
82 Monster or fish? 567
83 After the elections 574
84 On strike 580
85 Never too old to learn 586
86 Out of control 594
87 A perfect alibi 600
88 Trapped in a mine 607
89 A slip of the tongue 618
90 What’s for supper? 626
91 Three men in a basket 633
92 Asking for trouble 639
93 A noble gift 647
94 Future champions 655
95 A fantasy 662
96 The dead return 668
课文重点索引 674
语法索引 686