1 INVITATIONS 1
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 1
Section 2 Being All Ears 4
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 6
Passage A Don t Arrive Too Late or Too Early 6
Passage B How to Decline Politely 8
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 10
Having Some Fun 15
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 16
2 EMALS 16
Section 2 Being All Ears 19
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 22
Passage A Web Users Privacy Threatened 22
Passage B The Great Engine of E-commerce 24
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 27
Having Some Fun 32
3 COMMUNICATION BY PHONE 33
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 33
Section 2 Being All Ears 37
Passage A A Cat with a Phone Number 38
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 38
Passage B Got a Cell Phone?Please Don t Call Me! 41
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 42
Having Some Fun 49
4 MAKING RESERVATIONS 50
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 50
Section 2 Being All Ears 53
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 55
Passage A Lost and Found Items Perplex the Hotel Trade 55
Passage B General Information of Reservations at Motel 6 58
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 60
Having Some Fun 65
5 AT A RESTAURANT 66
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 66
Section 2 Being All Ears 70
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 72
Passage A Eating Out 72
Passage B Toasts at Parties 75
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 77
Having Some Fun 82
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 83
6 SHOPPING 83
Section 2 Being All Ears 86
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 88
Passage A Home Shopping TV Networks:The Waveof the Future? 88
Passage B Ceramics,the Pearl Of Oriental Art 90
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 92
Having Some Fun 98
7 ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS 99
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 99
Section 2 Being All Ears 103
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 105
Passage A Summer in London 105
Passage B Love Him Tender—The King Elvis Presley 107
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 109
Having Some Fun 113
8 FAREWELL 114
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 114
Section 2 Being All Ears 118
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 120
Passage A Farewell to Our Chinese Friends 120
Passage B My First Time in China 122
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 124
Having Some Fun 130
9 APPLYING FOR A JOB 131
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 131
Section 2 Being All Ears 135
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 138
Passage A My First Job 138
Passage B Are You Having Fun at Work? 140
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 142
Having Some Fun 148
Section 1 Talking Face to Face 149
10 MANAGERS CEOS 149
Section 2 Being All Ears 152
Section 3 Maintaining a Sharp Eye 155
Passage A A Rags-to-riches CEO 155
Passage B She s the Boss 157
Section 4 Trying Your Hand 159
Having Some Fun 163
SELF-ASSESSMENT 164
KEYS TRANSLATIONS 182
VOCABULARY PHRASES 245