This handbook was written on the basis of the exercises.gained in using Advanced English Book I at the English Department,Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Here,we would particularly like to acknowledge our special indebtedness to Professor zhang Hanxi of Beijing Foreign Studies University,chief compiler of Advanced English.This book was written under his guidance and the final manuscripts were read and approved by him.

1.The Middle Eastern Bazaar
2.Hiroshima
3.Ships in the Desert
4.Everyday Use
5.Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R.
6.Blackmail
7.The Age of Miracle Chips
8.An Interactive Life
9.Mark Twain-Mirror of America
10.The Trial That Rocked the World
11.But What's a Dictionary For?
12.The Loons
13.Britannia Rues the Waves
14.Argentia Bay
15.No Signposts in the Sea
16.1776
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