本书是一本全面训练学生听说能力的教材。本教材强调发音、听力和口语能力的平衡发展，即为听说教材，学习者应具有一定的词汇量和基础语法知识，考虑到学生的英语水平、语言结构和词汇部分都严格控制在上述两个级别的学生应该掌握的范围之内。发音练习中出现的一些不甚常见的词汇只是为练习发音而设置。

1. It's Not Miss.It's Ms.

2. Sam Zednick,Pledse.

3. My Daughter's a Lawyer.

4. I Think That's Wrong.

5. Is That Their Thesaurus?

6. Can I Leave on Tuesday?

7. Congratulations, Pedro!

8. It's Your Turn to Wash the Dishes!

9. Queensland's Not in Kuwait!

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11.Watch the Curve, Phil!

12.My Dog Was Chewing My New Shoe!

13.Help!It's an Emergency!

14.We Waited 12 Hours for Tickets.

15.Call the Police!

16.Excuse me, I'mConducting a Survey.

17.It's a Lorely Apartment

18.You Cheated on the

  Test?No,I studied!

19.Where Was Your Last Job?

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These are all children from very poor homes,children who would otherwise have no opportunity of participating in cultural and recreational activities.What are you going to do if they won't work with you?