Unit 1 On the Way to China 2
Dialogue 1 Checking in at the Airport 2
Dialogue 2 On the Airplane 5
Dialogue 3 Arriving in Beijing 8
Further Reading:Tower Bridge 13
Unit 2 Communications 18
Dialogue 1 At the Front Desk of Minzu Hotel 18
Dialogue 2 Making a Telephone Call 21
Dialogue 3 At the Post Office 25
Further Reading:Guilin 30
Unit 3 At a Hotel 36
Dialogue 1 Making a Hotel Reservation 36
Dialogue 2 Booking into a Hotel 38
Dialogue 3 Hotel Services 41
Further Reading:Yellowstone National Park 46
Unit 4 Recreation and Entertainment 52
Dialogue 1 Enjoying Beijing Opera in the Theatre 52
Dialogue 2 During the Intermission 56
Dialogue 3 Dancing in the Ballroom 58
Further Reading:The Leaning Tower 62
Unit 5 At Restaurants 68
Dialogue 1 At a Restaurant 68
Dialogue 2 A Chinese Banquet 72
Dialogue 3 An American Dinner 75
Further Reading:Great Barrier Reef—A Natural World Wonder 81
Unit 6 At the Travel Agency 88
Dialogue 1 Telephoning the Travel Agency 88
Dialogue 2 Booking an Air Ticket 93
Dialogue 3 Booking a Passage 95
Further Reading:History of Taj Mahal 98
Unit 7 Visiting Qufu 104
Dialogue 1 Visiting the Temple of Confucius 104
Dialogue 2 Visiting the Mansion of Confucius 107
Dialogue 3 Visiting the Forest of Confucius 109
Further Reading:Rome 114
Unit 8 Shopping 120
Dialogue 1 At the Shop near the Forbidden City 120
Dialogue 2 At a Handicraft Store 122
Dialogue 3 In a Souvenir Store 126
Further Reading:The Summer Palace 130
Unit 9 Chinese Festivals 136
Dialogue 1 Talking about the Spring Festival 136
Dialogue 2 Talking about the Lantern Festival 138
Dialogue 3 Talking about the Mid-Autumn Festival 141
Further Reading:New Zealand 146
Unit 10 Emergencies and Troubles 154
Dialogue 1 At the Lost Property Counter 154
Dialogue 2 Getting Sick 156
Dialogue 3 In a Branch of Bank of China 160
Further Reading:Go Diving in the Gulf of Thailand 165
Key to the Exercises 170