Contents 1
Preface 1
To the Reader 1
Unit 1 Greeting，Introduction，and Farewell 1
（1）Meeting a Friend on the Campus 1
（2）Meeting a Teacher on the Campus 1
（3）Introducing a Friend to a Foreign Teacher 2
（4）Joining a Conversation 3
（5）Saying Good-bye 4
（6）Seeing a Friend Off at the Railway Station 5
（7）A conversation on the Campus 6
Unit 2 Showing Someone around the School 16
（1）Helping a New Student 16
（2）Showing the Way 17
（3）Finding a Fellow Townsman 18
（4）Talking about the University 19
（5）Showing the Teaching Area 20
（6）Visiting Living Quarters 21
（7）A Big University 22
（1）Borrowing Things 32
Unit 3 In the Dormitory 32
（2）Who’s it？ 33
（3）After a Nap 33
（4）Stand a Treat！ 35
（5）In the Girl Students Dormitory 36
（6）A General Gleaning 37
（7）Time for Bed 38
Unit 4 In the Dining-hall 48
（1）I Could Eat a Horse！ 48
（2）What Would You Like to Have？ 49
（3）Don’t Jump the Queue！ 50
（4）It’s Very Expensive！ 51
（5）One Man’s Meat Is Another Man’s Poison． 52
（6）I Like Fast Food． 53
（7）Chinese Food or Western Food？ 54
Unit 5 In the Classroom 64
（1）Before the Class 64
（2）The Sweetest Music 65
（3）In Class 66
（4）A Quiz 67
（5）Questions and Answers 68
（6）During the Break 69
（7）A Seminar 71
Unit 6 In the Library 81
（1）A Professor of Library Science 81
（2）A Tour of the Li-brary 82
（3）The Card Catalogue 84
（4）In the Micro-form Reading Room 85
（5）At the Circulation Desk 86
（6）In the Periodical Reading Room 87
（7）A Modern Library 89
Unit 7 In the Laboratory 98
（1）Talking about Experiments 98
（2）In a Language Lab 99
（3）In the Physics Lab 100
（4）In the Chemistry Lab 102
（5）In the Computer Room 103
（6）Working at the School-run Factory 104
（7）Summer Job 105
（1）Talking about Studies 115
Unit 8 Studies and Courses 115
（2）Getting Advice 116
（3）Course Work 117
（4）Homework Assignment 119
（5）Papers 120
（6）Examinations 121
（7）Talking about Degrees 122
Unit 9 Sports 132
（1）Favourite Sports 132
（2）Basketball Championship 133
（3）Swimming 134
（4）Soccer Match 135
（5）Sports Club 136
（6）Sports Meet 137
（7）Olympic Games 139
Unit 10 Entertainment 149
（1）Movies 149
（2）Radio 150
（3）Concert 151
（4）Theater 152
（5）TV 153
（6）Hobby 154
（7）Extra-curricular Activities on the Campus 155
Unit 11 Seeing the Doctor 165
（1）Under the Weather 165
（2）In the Consulting Room 166
（3）Broken Leg 167
（4）Wrong Tooth 168
（5）Visiting a Friend in the Hospital 169
（6）Medical Check-up 170
（7）Healthy Habit 172
（1）Using the Mailbox 181
Unit 12 At the Post Office 181
（2）Buying Stamps 182
（3）Sending Parcels 183
（4）Cashing a Money Order 184
（5）Sending a Telegram 186
（6）Making a Phone Call 187
（7）Subscribing Newspapers and Periodicals 188
Unit 13 At the Barber’s/Hairdresser’s/Cleaner’s/Tailor’s 198
（1）Talking about Haircuts 198
（2）Talking about Hair Style 199
（3）Giving Each Other Haircuts 200
（4）At the Barber’s 201
（5）At the Hairdresser’s 203
（6）At the Cleaner’s 204
（7）At the Tailor’s 205
Unit 14 Shopping 215
（1）Buying Books 215
（2）Buying Stationery 216
（3）Buy-ing Shoes 217
（4）At a Department Store 218
（5）At a Grocery 220
（6）At a Farmers Market 221
（7）At a Supermarket 222
Unit 15 Going Downtown 231
（1）Planning to Go Downtown 231
（2）On a Bus 232
（3）Asking the Way 233
（4）Sightseeing in Beijing 234
（5）Visiting an Industrial Exhibition 236
（6）Visiting a Museum 237
（7）Downtown or Suburb 239
Unit 16 A t a Party 248
（1）An English Evening 248
（2）A Get-together 249
（3）A Dance 250
（4）A Gala Party 251
（5）A Birthday Party 253
（6）A Christmas Party 254
（7）A New Year’s Day Party 256
（1）Planning a Trip 265
Unit 17 On an Outing 265
（2）Strolling around a Park 266
（3）On a Bike Ride 267
（4）On a Picnic 269
（5）At the Seaside 270
（6）In a Camp 271
（7）Mountain-climbing 273
Unit 18 Relations with Other People 283
（1）Paying a New Year Call 283
（2）Visiting a Teacher 284
（3）Invitation 285
（4）Entertaining a Visitor 287
（5）Dinner at Smiths’Home 288
（6）Doing Something Diffi-cult 289
（7）Looking for a Pen-friend 291
Unit 19 Talking about the Future 301
（1）Transforming One’s Hometown 301
（2）Becoming a Man-ager or a Factory Director 302
（3）Becoming a Businessman 304
（4）Becoming a Professor 305
（5）Becoming an Astronaut 307
（6）Becoming a Mathematician 308
（7）Twenty Years from Now 310
Unit 20 Going Abroad to Study 319
（1）Applying to an American University 319
（2）Flying to America 320
（3）Getting Information from the Interna-tional Genter 322
（4）Planning a College Schedule 323
（5）Banking 326
（6）Finding a Place to Live 328
（7）Shopping and Transportation 330