ContentsPart 1:Understanding and Speaking SectionUnit 1 About you 1
The identification of self personal history 1
educational history 2
interests 3
work 4
health 5
intelligence 5
beliefs 6
attitudes to current and past events 6
experiences 7
Unit 2 Yourself and others 8
The identification of other people reported facts 8
reported information（uncertain） 10
speculative information:external appearance:the present 12
speculative information:external appearance:the past 14
speculative information:general:past and present 15
opinion，agreement，disagreement 16
Unit 3 Please... 17
Requests，Offers，Intentions，Suggestions，Plans to do things requests，offers and intentions 17
suggestions 19
making plans:sequences 20
Unit 4 Getting about 21
Directions and modes of transport modes oftransport 1:on foot 21
modes of transport 2:by train 21
modes of transport 3:by bus 22
modes of transport 4:by air 23
modes of transport 5:by sea/across water 25
modes of transport 6:by car 26
general travel 27
advice 29
Unit 5 Yon should... 29
Warninwg，Advice，Instructions，Invitations to do things warning 29
instructions 31
invitations 32
Unit 6 Where...？ 33
Location general information about places:at-locations 33
general information about places（precise needs）:at-locations 34
specific information about places:at-locations+suggestions/recommendations 34
reporting and interpreting requests for information 37
specific information about places:in-locations 38
specific information about places:precise locations 39
specific information about places:various locations 39
Unit 7 When？ 4lTimetime references in itineraries，diaries of events，etc． 41
time references in biography，history，etc． 42
periods of time 45
when=during the time when/that 46
when=on the occasion when/that 48
when=at the time when/that 49
Unit 8 Describe it！ 50
Information about things，substances and conditionsspecific objects:appearance and reality:comparisons 50
specific aspects of life 51
specific places 54
specific events 55
general aspects of life 56
Unit 9 I like... 58
Likes，Dislikes and Preferences people and their qualities 58
things and their qualities 60
specific experiences in the past（people） 63
specific experiences in the past（events，etc．） 64
Unit 10 I want... 66
Wants and Needs:People，Things and Substances fulfillingneeds:people and things 66
wants and needs:people and things:general specifications 67
wants and needs:things:detailed specifications 69
detailed specifications:hotel and private accommodation 70
detailed specifications:clothing 71
detailed specifications:miscellaneous itemns 73
Unit 11 Doing things 75
Actionsdescribing what was going on in the past 75
narrating past（completed）actions:sequences 76
reporting what was happening 79
reporting what happened/had happened 80
prediction and intention:future actions:sequences 81
reporting what will/can/may/must happen 82
predictions and intentions based on conditions 82
Unit 12 Getting things done 83
Requesting/persuading others to act circumstances requiring immediate attention 83
emergencies 84
the causative:present，past and future 85
Part 2:Grammar and Writing Section 86
Part 3:Reader:Help！（A Farce） 118
Active appendix 134
Peference appendix 138
Song appendix 139
Reference appendix on intonation 141