文档介绍：星火贯通英语15篇文章贯通六级词汇
Preface 前言
Directions 使用说明
Unit 1 In Another Worm 另一个世界
Unit 2 Let's Dress Up-It's Halloween 万圣节——让我们盛装打扮起来
Unit 3 Gardening 园艺
Unit 4 A Canadian Family Story 一个加拿大家庭的故事
Unit 5 The Fraud 这个骗子
Unit 6 The Pasture 牧场
Unit 7 The Decision 决定
Unit 8 Chinese-American Relations：A History（Ⅰ） 中美关系史（一）
Unit 9 Chinese-American Relations：A History（Ⅱ） 中美关系史（二）
Unit 10 A Solitary Quest 独自寻访
Unit 11 Acting Today for Tomorrow 为了明天，今天就行动吧
Unit 12 The American Dream 美国梦
Unit 13 Sex Role Stereotypes 性别成规
Unit 14 Dr．Sun Yat-sen：Father of the Chinese Revolution 中国革命之父孙中山先生
Unit l5 The World Trade Organization（WTO） and China WTO与中国
Appendix 附录
Index 索引
UNIT 1
In Another World
Here I am, in China, half way around the world from home. As I look at my clock and calculate（计算） the time back home I realize that half a world away, people are busy getting ready for a wedding. The bride is my niece（侄女）, a person I first met when she was three days old.
I think back to the first time I had the opportunity to become acquainted with（开始了解；知道 熟悉） my niece. As my sister cradled（n 摇篮 vt 抚育） her in her arms, the infant（adj婴儿的 幼稚的 未成年的 ） girl clasped（紧抱） her mother's outstretched（伸开的） finger. My intuition（直觉） told me that her temperament（气质 性格 急躁） would be a sunny disposition（ 性情 部署 倾向）, a joy to people around her.
As she grew, the cute little girl had an infectious（） laugh that started as a small grin（n. ）, then became a giggle（n. ） and grew louder and louder until it triggered（触发 引起） a response from all the people around her and they joined in.
As an adolescent （未成年 青春期）, she studied hard and enjoyed well deserved success in secondary （中等的 第二的 次要的）school as she interacted（互相影响 互相作用） with（与….相互作用）her peer（贵族，同等的人） group（同辈群体）. After receiving her high school diploma（高中文凭）, she chose nursing as her career.
From the beginning of the young couple’s romance it was evident（明显的 明白的） that they were compatible（兼容的 能共处的） and were completel