Contents 1
Part 1 Greetings 1
1.How Are You? 2
2.How Is Your English? 3
3.How Are You Doing? 6
4.What’s the Matter With You? 9
Part 12
I Haven’t Seen You for a Long Time. 14
5.Hi,Dennis! 14
How’ve You Been? 14
6.Where Did You Go? 17
7.Hello? 19
8.I Have a Cold. 21
I Have the Flu. 21
I Have a Fever 21
9.Can I Take a Message? 24
Can You Hold On for a Minute? 24
Part 2 Saying Good-bye 29
1.Good-bye 30
2.Say Hello to Carol 31
3.Have a Nice Trip! 33
4.It Was Fun Talking to You! 36
It Was So Nice to See You! 36
5.Why Don’t You Stay for a While? 40
Can’t You Stay for a Little Bit Longer? 40
Part 3 Where Is It?I Can’t Find It 45
1.Where Is My Checkbook? 46
2.Where Is My Credit Card? 49
3.Where Is My Book? 50
4.Where Are Your Things? 52
5.I Can’t Find Them Anywhere! 54
6.Where Can I Find a Job? 57
7.Where Is Sue?What’s She Doing? 60
Part 4 How to Identify Yourself 67
1.What’s Your Name? 68
2.Where Are You From? 69
3.Who,What,When,Where,Why,How,How Long 71
4.Who Is That Young Lady Sitting by the Window? 73
Part 5 Weather 79
1.Too Cold! 80
I Can’t Stand the Cold 84
2.I’m Shivering With Cold. 84
3.Too Hot! 87
4.It’s Too Hot to Study Today 90
5.It’s a Nice Day Today! 93
6.It’s Raining 95
7.It Looks Like 97
8.Four Seasons 99
9.Which City Is the Windiest City in the United States? 101
Part 6 Invitation 107
1.Dinner 108
2.Welcome Back Party 110
3.It’s My Turn 111
4.Air Show 114
Part 7 Languages 121
1.Can You Speak English? 122
2.Your English Sounds Great! 124
3.I’m Afraid I Can’t Learn Chinese! 127
4.I’m Afraid My Spanish Sounds Awful 129
Part 8 Compliments 133
1.You Look Lovely Today. 134
So Do You 134
2.What a NiceT-shirt! 136
I Love Your Panda T-shirt. 136
It Looks Nice on You 136
3.It’s a Man-killer Skirt! 138
4.You Did a Good Job! 140
Part 9 Hurry Up! 143
It’s Time for Breakfast. 144
It’s Time to Go to School 144
1.Get Up.It’s Time to Get Up. 144
2.Are You Ready? 146
3.Hurry Up!Be Quick! 148
Let’s Get Rolling! 148
Get Your Butt in Gear! 148
4.You’ve Got to Walk Faster 150
Part 10 Apology 155
1.Excuse Me.I Just Burped 156
2.I’m Sorry I Messed Up Your Computer 158
3.I’m Sorry I Was Crabby 160
4.Don’t be a Hog! 161
Part 11 Argument 165
1.You Shouldn’t Have Messed Up My Computer 166
2.You Shouldn’t Have Done It That Way. 168
You Should Have Done It My Way 168
3.You Never Listen to Me 170
4.Give Me a Break 173
5.You Owe Me an Apology 174
Love and Marriage 179
1.I Love You 180
2.I’m in Love With Sue 184
3.Are You Married? 186
4.He Is Still Single 190
5.Tom Is Divorced 191
6.Do You Want to Marry Jane? 193
Don’t Chicken Out at the Last Minute 193
7.To Be Honest With You,Our Honeymoon Is Over 196
8.Slightly Lost 199
Part 13 Habit 207
1.Do You Like to Travel? 208
2.Do You Usually Go to Bed Late? 209
3.What Would You Like to Have for Lunch? 211
4.When Do You Usually Go to School? 212
Part 14 Warning 215
1.Be Careful! 216
2.Watch Out! 218