sUnit 1
Getting Acquainted 2
The New Co-Worker 2
Unit 2
Tenant Talk 3
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Waiting for the Bus 6
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Language Notes:Use of To Get 9
Unit 9
Culture Note 10
Unit 10
Unit 11
Unit 12
Unit 13
Unit 14
Unit 15
Winter Wear 16
Unit 16
Weather Watch 16
Weather Reports 18
Language Notes:Use of To Take 24
Stress of Auxiliary Verbs 25
Culture Note 26
The Workplace 30
Nine to Five 30
The Job Interview 32
Language Notes:Formal and Informal English 37
Talent Idioms 38
Subject-Verb Agreement 38
Culture Note 39
Mystery Buffs 44
Leisure Time 44
Weekend Hobbies 46
Language Notes:Noun Compounds 50
Declarative Intonation 51
Qualifiers 52
Culture Note 53
Dining Out 60
Food for Thought 60
The Dinner Party 62
Language Notes:Question Intonation 67
Expressions with In and Out 68
Culture Note 68
Survival of the Fittest 74
The Fitness Craze 74
Heath Food!? 77
Language Notes:Nicknames and Terms of Address 81
GivingAdvice 82
Stress Differences 84
Culture Note 84
A Letter to the Advice Column 88
Customs 88
A Housewarming 90
Canadian Holidays 92
Language Notes:Invitations 102
Offers and Requests 103
Culture Note 104
Courtship and Marriage 108
Love and Marriage 108
Going Out 111
The Perfect Couple 113
Language Notes:French Words in English 117
Culture Note 118
Verbs with Up 118
The Working Mother 124
The Generation Gap 124
Family Ties 124
Language Notes:Use of To Make 126
Culture Note 133
House Hunting 138
Home Swee tHome 138
Moving Out 140
Language Notes:Stress in Sentences 144
Comparisous 145
Use of House/Home 146
Culture Note 147
Hitting the Books 152
Continuing Education 152
ESL Class 154
Reductin of Sounds 156
Culture Note 156
Language Notes:You as an Indefinite Pronoun 156
A Broadcast Interview 164
Language 164
Learning by Experience 167
Language Notes:Narrative Techniques 171
Culture Note 173
Travel and Tourism 178
Sightseeing 178
A Trip to the West Coast 180
Language Notes:Tag Questions 184
Word Stress 185
Culture Note 186
RedTape 192
Running The Country 192
Meet the Mayor 194
News Broadcasts 196
Language Notes:Use of To Put 199
Swearing 200
Culture Note 201
The Marketplace 206
Customer Service 206
Redecorating 207
Commercial Breaks 209
Language Notes:Stress for Emphasis and Contast 213
Use of To Burn 214
Culture Note 215
on the Phone 220
Phone Calls 220
Language Notes:Telephone Expression 227
Letters and Numbers 227
Culture Notes 227
参考译文 232