Lesson 1 Family Life 1
Dialogue 1 A Fair Exchange 1
Passage 1 Pets 2
Dialogue 2 Town Versus the Country 3
Passage 2 The Family 4
Dialogue 3 Watching TV 6
Tapescripts 157
Key/Suggested Answers 217
Lesson 2 Weather 8
Passage 1 The Weather 8
Dialogue 1 A Conversation about Weather 9
Passage 2 Getting Information 10
Dialogue 2 Complaining about the Weather 12
Passage 3 Ready for Anything 14
Tapescripts 159
Key/Suggested Answers 218
Lesson 3 Sports 17
Dialogue 1 Go to a Match 17
Passage 1 Outdoors and Sports 18
Dialogue 2 An Invitation to a Volleyball Match 19
Passage 2 The Early Games 20
Dialogue 3 Children in Sport 22
Tapescripts 161
Key/Suggested Answers 219
Lesson 4 School Life/Education 24
Dialogue 1 Phoning a Landlord 24
Passage 1 Educational System in America 26
Dialogue 2 Different Schools in an English Town 27
Passage 2 Education in Israel 30
Dialogue 3 Finding Out the House Rules 31
Tapescripts 164
Key/Suggested Answers 220
Lesson 5 Sightseeing 33
Dialogue 1 Travelling 33
Passage 1 By Coach or by...? 35
Dialogue 2 Where to Go? 35
Passage 2 Tours and Trips 36
Dialogue 3 Let's Stay at Home 37
Tapescripts 168
Key/Suggested Answers 221
Lesson 6 Talking about the Feeling 39
Dialogue 1 Uncertainty 39
Passage 1 An Obstinate Exile 40
Dialogue 2 Admiration 42
Passage 2 What about Heart Attacks? 44
Dialogue 3 Delight/Relief 46
Tapescripts 170
Key/Suggested Answers 222
Lesson 7 Pollution 48
Passage 1 Our Polluted Planet 48
Dialogue 1 One Man's Meat... 50
Passage 2 Noise Pollution 51
Dialogue 2 One Man's Meat...(continued) 52
Passage 3 A Housewife Speaks 54
Tapescripts 172
Key/Suggested Answers 223
Lesson 8 Au Pairs at Work 56
Passage 1 Au Pair 56
Dialogue 1 An Interview 58
Passage 2 Au Pair(continued) 61
Dialogue 2 A Debate on Au Pair 63
Passage 3 The Au Pair System 64
Tapescripts 175
Key/Suggested Answers 224
Lesson 9 National Differences 66
Dialogue 1 Americans in the Eyes of Japanese 66
Passage 1 Cultural Differences 67
Dialogue 2 England as Seen by Americans 68
Passage 2 I Don't Care for Their Food 70
Dialogue 3 America as Seen by Britons 71
Tapescripts 178
Key/Suggested Answers 225
Lesson 10 A World Language 73
Passage 1 English—a World Language? 73
Dialogue 1 The Case for English 74
Passage 2 English—a World Language(continued) 76
Dialogue 2 Parlez-moi D'amour 77
Passage 3 English as a Foreign Language 79
Tapescripts 182
Key/Suggested Answers 226
Lesson 11 The British Character 81
Dialogue 1 Different Ideas about British People 81
Passage 1 As Others See Us 83
Dialogue 2 The Students'Ideas about British People 84
Passage 2 English Reticence 85
Dialogue 3 Little Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard 86
Tapescripts 184
Key/Suggested Answers 228
Lesson 12 Shopping and Pries 88
Dialogue 1 A Shopping List 88
Passage 1 Shops and Shopping Areas 89
Dialogue 2 Finding the Right Place 91
Passage 2 Shops and Shopping Areas(continued) 92
Dialogue 3 Complaining about Prices 94
Tapescripts 188
Key/Suggested Answers 229
Lesson 13 Description 96
Dialogue 1 Who Owns the Wallet? 96
Passage 1 A Wedding 97
Dialogue 2 The Place I Am Going to 98
Passage 2 Describing the Weather 99
Dialogue 3 A Disastrous Holiday 100
Tapescripts 191
Key/Suggested Answers 230
Lesson 14 Recreation/Rock Music 102
Dialogue 1 Harry's Weekend 102
Passage 1 The Beginnings of Rock Music 104
Dialogue 2 Svetlana's Weekend 106
Passage 2 The Beginnings of Rock Music(continued) 108
Dialogue 3 Stamp Collecting:the World's Greatest Hobby 111
Tapescripts 194
Key/Suggested Answers 231
Lesson 15 Illusions 113
Dialogue 1 Voices from Nowhere 113
Passage 1 My Dream 114
Dialogue 2 Dangerous Illusions 115
Passage 2 A Strange Story 116
Dialogue 3 A Strange Phenomenon 117
Tapescripts 198
Key/Suggested Answers 232
Lesson 16 Job Interview 119
Dialogue 1 Jobs:Likes and Dislikes 119
Passage 1 The Successful Interview 121
Dialogue 2 Being a Writer 122
Passage 2 The Successful Interview(continued) 124
Dialogue 3 A Civil Engineer 125
Tapescripts 202
Key/Suggested Answers 233
Lesson 17 Social Problems(Ⅰ) 127
Dialogue 1 999 127
Passage 1 A Stolen Car 128
Dialogue 2 Sorry,My Mistake! 129
Passage 2 Shoplifting Boom 130
Dialogue 3 In the Manager's Office 131
Tapescripts 205
Key/Suggested Answers 234
Lesson 18 Social Problems(Ⅱ) 133
Dialogue 1 Sport and Violence 133
Passage 1 Prison 135
Dialogue 2 Questions of Honesty 136
Passage 2 I Am Leaving Him 137
Dialogue 3 The Lonely Old Man 138
Tapescripts 208
Key/Suggested Answers 235
Lesson 19 Traditions and Festivals 140
Passage 1 The British and Their Tradition 140
Dialogue 1 Halloween 142
Passage 2 Keep the Torch Burning 143
Dialogue 2 A Fireplace 146
Passage 3 The Christmas Morning 147
Tapescripts 211
Key/Suggested Answers 235
Lesson 20 Culture/Religion 150
Passage 1 The Ways We Act Together 150
Dialogue 1 The Churches and the Modern World 151
Passage 2 The Religions We Believe in 153
Dialogue 2 The Churches and the Modern World(continued) 154
Passage 3 The Catholic Church 155
Tapescripts 213
Key/Suggested Answers 236