1 GREETING AND INTRODUCINGPEOPLE
Section I Talking Face to Face 1
Section II Being All Ears 5
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 6
Passage I The Way Americans Greet 6
Passage Ⅱ A Little About Me 9
Section IV Trying Your Hand 11
Section V HavingSome Fun 13
2 GIVING THANKS AND EXPRESSING REGRET
Section I Talking Face to Face 14
Section II Being All Ears 18
Section IIl Maintaining aSharp Eye 19
Passage I Different Attitudes to Gifts Giving 19
Passage Ⅱ Thank-you Notes Are Heart-warming 22
Section IV TryingYour Hand 24
Section V HavingSome Fun 26
3 DIRECTIONS ANDSIGNS
Section I Talking Face to Face 27
Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 31
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 32
Passage I I HatePTying 32
Passage H Id Been Treated Like a Friend in Need 36
Section IV Trying Your Hand 37
Section V HavingSome Fun 41
CONTENTS
4STUDY
Section I Talking Face to Face 42
Section II Being All Ears 46
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 48
Passage I IAm a Bit Nervous About My English 48
Passage Ⅱ Oh Chinese, This TorturedLanguage 52
Section IV Trying Your Hand 54
Section V HavingSome Fun 56
Section I Talking Face to Face 57
Section II Being All Ears 61
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 62
Passage I The Triathlons Great Attraction 62
Passage Ⅱ Foreigners Also Love Chinese MaterialArts 66
Section IV Trying Your Hand 68
Section V HavingSome Fun 7o
6 SHOPPING
Section I Talking Face to Face 71
Section II Being All Ears 75
Section lII Maintaining aSharp Eye 76
Passage I Tangsaneai —— An Ideal TouristSouvenir 76
Passage II Ordering a Gift Online 79
Section IV Trying Your Hand 81
Section V HavingSome Fun 84
7 CELEBTATING HOLIDAYS AND MAKING FRIENDS
Section I Talking Face to Face 85
Section II Being All Ears 89
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye. 91
Passage I Thanksgiving Day and Christmas 91
Passage II When I was in America 95
Section IV Trying Your Hand 96
Section V HavingSome Fun 99
8 E-MAILS
Section I Talking Face to Face loo
Section II Being All Ears l04
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye lO5
Passage I Online Growth Conlfnues lO5
Passage II Pros and Cons of"Chatroom" zo9
Section IV Trying Your Hand H1
Section V HavingSome Fun 114
Section I Talking Face to Face 115
Section II Being All Ears 119
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 121
Passage I Toledo: AProblem of Menus 121
Passage lI Toast at a Wedding 124
Section IV Trying Your Hand 126
Section V HavingSome Fun 129
10 ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURIST ATTRACTION
Section I Talking Face to Face 13o
Section II Being All Ears 134
Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 135
Passage I LUCIANOPA VAROTTI Bringing Opera to the World
Passage II Visiting the Gatewag Arch 139
Section IV Trying Your Hand 141
Section V HavingSome Fun 144