交際英語

本書的編寫宗旨即在於最大程度上為學生提供聽說模仿的素材和更多練習的機會，激發學生學習的興趣，引導學生養成正確學習英語和用英語進行交際的習慣。本教材的內容全部取材於日常生活、工作和一些熱門話題，具有涉及面廣、內容新穎、有啟示意義以及篇章短小、生詞量小等特點。而且，本教材中的語言點復現率比較高，這就更加便於學生模仿和記憶。此外，本教材的五種練習項目均以提高學生的英語聽說寫譯能力為目標，每一項都要求學生通過動口、動筆、動腦，並在課外查找和閱讀相關資料來完成。

Book One

Lesson 1 A University Town

Lesson 2 A Lucky Customer

Lesson 3 Save the Library

Lesson 4 A Market Place for Toronto

Lesson 5 The Cost of Food

Lesson 6 Population

Lesson 7 The Neighborhood Luncheonette

Lesson 8 Farming in the City

Lesson 9 Mr. and Mrs. Trucker

Lesson 10 Women's Liberation. a Long Way to Go

Lesson 11 Chicago Unblocks Traffic

Lesson 12 Life in a New Country

Lesson 13 In a Bookshop

Lesson 14 Public Transport

Lesson 15 A Short Autobiography

Lesson 16 People and Oceans

Lesson 17 Changing Eating Habits

Lesson 18 Robots

Lesson 19 Air Pollution

Lesson 20 Categories of Education in the United States

Lesson 21 Cars That People Throw Away

Lesson 22 Aquaculture.. New Hope for Food

Lesson 23 Carry on a Proud Tradition

Lesson 24 Alternative Medicine -- Acupuncture.

Lesson 25 Cheaper and Better than Drugs

Book Two

Lesson 1 Background Music

Lesson 2 Rubbish Need Not Be Wasted

Lesson 3 The Only Thing People Are Interested in Today Is Earning More Money

Lesson 4 Millions of Oliver Twists Live in Streets

Lesson 5 How New York Became America's Largest City

Lesson 6 Americans Rediscover Fitness in Their Feet

Lesson 7 Family -- For and Against

Lesson 8 The Language of Advertising

Lesson 9 The Motor Car-- a Boom or a Menace

Lesson 10 Does Tobacco Make Economic Sense?

Lesson 11 The Sale of Council Houses

Lesson 12 Self-Medication

Lesson 13 What do Parents Owe Their Children?

Lesson 14 Japan's Education System

Lesson 15 How to Handle Criticism

Lesson 16 Students Urged to Play Their Part

Lesson 17 Village Thinks Small and Shines

Lesson 18 You Can Speak in Public

Lesson 19 The Importance of Economics

Lesson 20 Why Japanese Cars Still Sell

Lesson 21 Putting an End to Putting Things Off