Unit 1 Greetings 1
Task Ⅰ Introducing Yourself to Strangers 1
Task Ⅱ Introducing People to One Another 2
Task Ⅲ Greeting People in Formal and Informal Ways 4
Unit 2 Invitation 7
Task Ⅰ Giving and Accepting an Invitation 7
Task Ⅱ Refusing an Invitation and Suggesting an Alternative Time 10
Unit 3 Talking on the Phone 14
Task Ⅰ Talking on the Phone 14
Task Ⅱ Taking a Message 16
Task Ⅲ Making a Call for Some Other Purposes 18
Unit 4 Finding the Way 22
Task Ⅰ Asking the Way and Giving Directions 22
Task Ⅱ Asking for Clarification 26
Unit 5 Family 29
Task Ⅰ Knowing about Family Members 29
Task Ⅱ Describing Your Family Members 31
Task Ⅲ Talking about Family 33
Unit 6 Restaurant English 36
Task Ⅰ Ordering Food in a Restaurant 36
Task Ⅱ Making a Reservation 41
Unit 7 Shopping 43
Task Ⅰ Shopping in a Department Store 43
Task Ⅱ Shopping Values 45
Task Ⅲ Giving Advice 47
Task Ⅳ Making Complaints 48
Unit 8 Describing Objects 51
Task Ⅰ Describing Basic Objects 51
Task Ⅱ Describing Clothes 54
Unit 9 Hometown 59
Task Ⅰ Describing the Weather in Your Hometown 60
Task Ⅱ Describing Something Special in Your Hometown 62
Task Ⅲ Your Feeling Towards Your Hometown 64
Unit 10 Books 66
Task Ⅰ Knowing Types of Books 66
Task Ⅱ Talking about Books 68
Task Ⅲ Talking about Writers 69
Task Ⅳ Talking about the Library 70
Unit 11 Movies 73
Task Ⅰ Getting to Know Movies 73
Task Ⅱ Making an Invitation to a Movie 74
Task Ⅲ Describing a Movie 75
Task Ⅳ Knowing about the Movie Industry 77
Unit 12 Music 80
Task Ⅰ Market Research 80
Task Ⅱ Talking about Music 83
Task Ⅲ Talking about Music and Life 87
Unit 13 Sports 90
Task Ⅰ Knowing Types of Sports 90
Task Ⅱ Sports Preferences 96
Task Ⅲ Talking about the Olympics 97
Unit 14 Sickness and Health 99
Task Ⅰ Talking about Getting Sick 99
Task Ⅱ Practicing the Related Language 101
Task Ⅲ Talking about Being Healthy 104
Unit 15 College Life 107
Task Ⅰ Talking about Your Major 107
Task Ⅱ Talking about Pressures in College 109
Task Ⅲ Relationship between Knowledge and Ability 113
Unit 16 Holidays 116
Task Ⅰ Talking about Holidays 116
Task Ⅱ The Origins of Some Special Days 119
Task Ⅲ How to Express Good Wishes 121
Unit 17 Travel 124
Task Ⅰ Talking about Where to Go 124
Task Ⅱ How to Get to the Place You Want 127
Task Ⅲ Planning a Trip 128
Task Ⅳ Making a Reservation 130
Unit 18 First Aid 132
Task Ⅰ Reporting an Emergency on the Telephone 132
Task Ⅱ Giving Instructions 135
Unit 19 Advertising 138
Task Ⅰ Talking about Advertisements in General 138
Task Ⅱ Designing an Advertisement 139
Unit 20 Friends 142
Task Ⅰ Giving Definition to the Word"Friend" 142
Task Ⅱ Making Friends 144
Task Ⅲ Keeping Friends 146
Unit 21 Animals and Pets 149
Task Ⅰ Describing Animals 149
Task Ⅱ Talking about Pets 153
Unit 22 Personalities 156
Task Ⅰ Describing Personalities 156
Task Ⅱ Describing Appearance 159
Task Ⅲ Making a Date 161
Unit 23 Computers 165
Task Ⅰ Describing a Computer 165
Task Ⅱ Talking about the Use of a Computer 169
Task Ⅲ Talking about the Internet 170
Task Ⅳ Ways Computers Change Our Way ofLife 172
Unit 24 Culture Shock 174
Task Ⅰ What is Culture Shock 174
Task Ⅱ Four Stages of Culture Shock 176
Task Ⅲ Ways to Overcome It 177
附录1 《英语口语教程》(上)教学建议 180
附录2 部分练习参考答案 181
附录3 口语评分标准 182
附录4 口语考试模式 183