CONTENTSUNIT ONEPart A Sound Recognition：Ⅰ Pronunciation of-ed and-s 1
Ⅱ Rising-Falling Intonation 2
Part B Congratulations and Worry：Ⅰ Too Old to Swim 4
Ⅱ Plain Talk 8
UNIT TWOPart A Sound Recognition：Rising Intonation 11
Part B Congratulations and Worry：Ⅰ A Place of Your Own 14
Ⅱ A Report on the SchoolAnniversary Day 16
UNIT THREEPart A Sound Recognition：Tag Questions 21
Part B Congratulations and Worry：Ⅰ Lost Keys 24
Ⅱ College Student 25
Ⅲ Useful Expressions：Congratulationsand Worry 28
UNIT FOURPart A Sound Recognition：Review 31
Part B Seeking Permission：Ⅰ At a Friend s Home 34
Ⅱ Permission to Work 36
Ⅲ Useful Expressions：SeekingPermission 38
UNIT FIVEPart A Sound Recognition：Degree ofCertainty 40
Part B Likes and Dislikes：Ⅰ A Nice Car 44
Ⅱ I Dislike Shopping 46
UNIT SIXPart A Dates 48
Part B Likes and Dislikes：Ⅰ The Food Is the Best Thing 51
Ⅱ Song：Things You Like 53
UNIT SEVENPart A Time（1） 55
Part B Agreement and Disagreement：Ⅰ Agreeing With People 57
Ⅱ More Nuclear Power Stations？ 59
Ⅲ Useful Expressions：Agreement andDisagreement 61
UNIT EIGHTPart A Time（2） 62
Part B Obligation，Command and Instruction：Ⅰ A New Tape Recorder 65
Ⅱ A Video Player 67
Ⅲ Useful Expressions：Instruction andObligation 69
UNIT NINEPart A Cardinal Numbers：Temperature 72
Part B Request：Ⅰ Leaving a Telephone Message 75
Ⅱ Making a Telephone Call 78
UNIT TENPart A Review 81
Pa rt B Obligation，Request and Command：Ⅰ Asking the Way 83
Ⅱ “Follow That Blue Car” 85
Ⅲ Useful Expressions：Request 88
UNIT ELEVENPart A Measurement 91
Part B Obligation，Request，Command andInstruction：Ⅰ Different Ways of Asking People toDo Things 95
Ⅱ What Happened to the Lights？ 97
UNIT TWELVEPart A Cardinal Numbers：Prices（1） 101
Part B Volition，Intention，Determination，Decision and Insistence：Ⅰ Atter the Interview 104
Ⅱ An Unusual Experience 107
UNIT THIRTEENPart A Cardinal Numbers：Prices（2） 109
Part B Volition，Intention，Determination，Decision and Insistence：Ⅰ Waiting for Visitors 112
Ⅱ Too Clever 114
UNIT FOURTEENPart A Ordinal Numbers 117
Part B Volition，Intention，Determination，Decision and Insistence：Ⅰ Where Was My Wallet？ 120
Ⅱ Stopping the Noises 123
UNIT FIFTEENPart A Cardinal Numbers：Age，Address，Telephone Number 126
Part B Volition，Intention，Determination，Decision and Insistence：Ⅰ In the Interview Room 129
Ⅱ A Radio Appeal 132
Ⅲ Useful Expressions：Willingness 135
UNIT SIXTEENPart A Review：Numbers 138
Part B I“You Can t Miss It.” 140
Ⅱ Evidence in Court 142