1 INVITATIONS 1
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 1
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 4
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 7
Passage Ⅰ Don't Arrive Too Late or Too Early 7
Passage Ⅱ How to Decline Politely 9
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 11
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 17
2 E-MAILS 18
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 18
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 22
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 25
Passage Ⅰ Web Users'Privacy Threatened 25
Passage Ⅱ The Great Engine of E-Commerce 27
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 30
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 35
3 COMMUNICATION BY PHONE 36
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 36
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 40
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 42
Passage Ⅰ A Cat with a Phone Number 42
Passage Ⅱ Got a Cell Phone?Please Don't Call Me! 45
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 47
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 55
4 MAKING RESERVATIONS 56
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 56
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 60
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 62
Passage Ⅰ Lost and Found Items Perplex the Hotel Trade 62
Passage Ⅱ General Information of Reservations at Motel 6 65
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 68
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 73
5 AT A RESTAURANT 74
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 74
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 79
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 81
Passage Ⅰ Eating Out 81
Passage Ⅱ Toasts at Parties 84
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 86
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 92
6 SHOPPING AND SIGHTSEEING 93
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 93
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 97
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 99
Passage Ⅰ Home Shopping TV Networks:the Wave of the Future? 99
Passage Ⅱ Summer in London 102
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 105
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 109
7 FAREWELL 110
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 110
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 114
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 117
Passage Ⅰ Farewell to Our Chinese Friends 117
Passage Ⅱ My First Time in China 119
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 121
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 128
8 APPLYING FOR A JOB 129
Section Ⅰ Talking Face to Face 129
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 134
Section Ⅲ Maintaining a Sharp Eye 136
Passage Ⅰ My First Job 136
Passage Ⅱ Are You Having Fun at Work? 139
Section Ⅳ Trying Your Hand 141
Section Ⅴ Having Some Fun 148
SELF-ASSESSMENT 149
KEYS & TRANSLATIONS 167
VOCABULARY & PHRASES 222