1 INVITATIONS 1
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 1
Section 2 Being All Ears 4
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 6
Passage A Don't Arrive Too Late or Too Early 6
Passage B How to Decline Politely 8
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 10
Having Some Fun 19
2 COMMUNICATION BY PHONE 20
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 20
Section 2 Being All Ears 24
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 25
Passage A A Cat with a Phone Number 25
Passage B Got a Cell Phone?Please Don't Call Me! 28
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 29
Having Some Fun 36
3 MAKING RESERVATIONS 37
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 37
Section 2 Being All Ears 40
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 42
Passage A Lost and Found Items Perplex the Hotel Trade 42
Passage B General Information of Reservations at Motel 6 45
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 47
Having Some Fun 52
4 AT A RESTAURANT 53
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 53
Section 2 Being All Ears 57
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 59
Passage A Eating Out 59
Passage B Toasts at Parties 62
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 64
Having Some Fun 70
5 SHOPPING 71
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 71
Section 2 Being All Ears 74
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 76
Passage A Home Shopping TV Networks:The Wave of the Future? 76
Passage B Ceramics,the Pearl of Oriental Art 78
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 80
Having Some Fun 86
6 ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS 87
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 87
Section 2 Being All Ears 91
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 93
Passage A Summer in London 93
Passage B Love Him Tender—The King Elvis Presley 95
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 97
Having Some Fun 101
7 FAREWELL 102
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 102
Section 2 Being All Ears 106
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 108
Passage A Farewell to Our Chinese Friends 108
Passage B My First Time in China 110
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 112
Having Some Fun 118
8 APPLYING FOR A JOB 119
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 119
Section 2 Being All Ears 123
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 126
Passage A My First Job 126
Passage B Are You Having Fun at Work? 128
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 130
Having Some Fun 138
SELF-ASSESSMENT 139
KEYS ＆ TRANSLATIONS 157
VOCABULARY ＆ PHRASES 210