本教材以《高等院校英语专业学习大纲》和交际话题的难易为依据，以功能意念为线索，融功能意念于交际之中。以日常生活中经常使用的话题为重点。全套教材共分4册，一、二册目标在于帮助学员打好口语基础，三、四册则侧重于培养学员的交流技巧，如公共演讲技巧、研讨谈判技巧等。每册16单元，配有录音带。本书为第一册，各单元涉及日常生活有关话题，例如学校、家庭、旅游、娱乐等。

本教材可供高等院校英语专业学生使用，也适合成人教育学院、民办院校、广播电视大学、远程教育英语专业学生及自考生和广大英语自学者使用。

本教材为了适应时代的发展和英语教学的需要而编写，供高等院校英语专业学生使用，也适合成人教育学院、民办院校、广播电视大学、远程教育英语专业学生及白考生和广大英语自学者使用。

本教材以《高等院校英语专业学习大纲》和交际话题的难易为依据，以功能意念为线索，融功能意念于交际之中。以日常生活中经常使用的话题为重点。本教材在编写中努力体现听说结合，难度阶梯化的方式，选材注重实用性和趣味性相结合，贴近生活，体现时代特色。本教材在编写过程中借鉴了许多国外最新的口语资料，结合中国口语教学的实际情况，在编写练习的过程中，注重引导和启发，力求形式多样，内容充实，引导学生从模仿练习开始逐渐过渡到自己能够自然流畅地表达。全套教材共分4册，一、二册目标在于帮助学员打好口语基础，三、四册则侧重于培养学员的交流技巧，如公共演讲技巧、研讨谈判技巧等。每册16单元，配有录音带。

1. University Life

1.1 Meeting with People

1.2 Fun University

1.3 About Campus Life

1.4 Campus Facilities

2. A Good Day in Your Life

2.1 Seeing New Things in Life

2.2 Building Others through Advice

2.3 Be Friends with Yourself

3. Family

3.1 Families Past and Present

3.2 Family Life and Relationship

3.3 Family Responsibilities

3.4 Describing Your Own Living Condition

4. Having a Party

4.1 Birthday Party I

4.2 Birthday Party II

4.3 Hosting Gatherings

4.4 Hosting Dinner Parties

5. Hobbies and Interests

5.1 Knowing More about Your Classmates

5.2 An Interview

5.3 Astronomy Fans Club

5.4 A Journey to Yunnan

6. Gifts

6.1 Gift-giving Codes

6.2 At the Souvenirs Shop

6.3 Tri-colored Tang

6.4 Paper-cutting

7. Shopping

7.1 Attending the Customers and Recommending

7.2 Bargaining

7.3 Exchanging and Returning Things 

7,4 Ways of Payment

8. Food and Drink

8.1 Chinese Catering Culture

8.2 Having Westem-style Food

8.3 Dining Culture in the West

8.4 Food Preference and Cooking

9. The Weekend

9,1 What do People Do during the Weekend？

9.2 Eating Out

9.3 In the Supermarket

9.4 About Movies

10. Traveling on Vacation

10.1 Transportation

10.2 Try to Be the Stars

10.3 Make Arrangement for Travel

11. Hotels and Restaurants

11.1 Chinese Cuisine

11.2 Checking In 

11.3 Hotel Facilities

11.4 Ordering Dishes

12. Your Favorite Holiday

12.1 New Year

12.2 Other Holidays in China

12.3 More Information on Holidays

13. Describing a Person

13.1 How to Describe a Person

13.2 Describing Yourself

13.3 Describing Your Father

13.4 Describing the People around You

14. Telling Stories

14.1 A Brief Introduction to Chinese Mythology

14.2 Double Happiness

14.3 Fish for the Moon in the Well

14.4 Pangu Separates the Earth from the Sky

15. Music and Sports

15.1 Sports in the Unites States: for Play and Fitness

15.2 Music

15.3 The Olympic Games

15.4 Grammies and Pop Music Stars

16. Dealing with Illness

16.1 Public Health

16.2 Mental Health

16.3 Hospital Facilities

16.4 Seeing a Doctor

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