Communicative Functions 1
Making a contrast 1
Lesson One 1
Text A:Japan and the U.S.A.:Different but Alike 8
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 15
Lesson Two 21
Communicative Functions 21
Reporting 21
Text A:What Was That He Said? 30
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 42
Communicative Functions 50
Constructing a definition 50
Lesson Three 50
Text A:Zeroing in on Science Fiction 58
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 68
Lesson Four 74
Communicative Functions 74
Inferring 74
Text A:You Are Only As Old As You Feel 82
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 94
Lesson Five 99
Communicative Functions 99
Proposing and supporting an argument 99
Text A:How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading 109
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 124
Interviewing and being interviewed 129
Lesson Six 129
Communicative Functions 129
Text A:Here Am I,a Worker 137
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 150
Lesson Seven 155
Communicative Functions 155
Showing hospitality 155
Text A:Learning to Communicate Across Culture 164
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 176
Lesson Eight 183
Communicative Functions 183
Assuring and reassuring 183
Text A:The Piece of String 191
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 203
Lesson Nine 210
Communicative Functions 210
Criticising 210
Text A:A Police Sergeant 217
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 229
Lesson Ten 237
Communicative Functions 237
Summarizing 237
Text A:The Story of an Hour 244
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 257
Vocabulary List 263