Contents
Lesson one
The English Alphabet
Exercises
Lesson Two
Dialogue How do you do?
Phonetics Vowels
Consonants
Exercises
Lesson Three
Dialogue Greetings
Phonetics Vowels
Consonants
Grammar Sentence Elements
Demonstrative Pronouns
Exercises
Lesson Four
Dialogues 1 Good Night
1 How's everything with you?
Phonetics Vowels
Consonants
Grammar Personal Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Exercises
Lesson Five
Dialogues 1 A Present
1 Seeing Somebody off
Phonetics Vowels
Consonants
Grammar Parts of Speech
Exercises
Lesson Six
Phonetics A Summary of Vowels
A Surnmary of Consonants
Grammar Nouns
Articles
Exercises
Lesson Seven
Text Our Shop
Dialogue What can 1 do for you?
Pattern Drills
Grammar Verb Be
Some,Any,No
Exercises
Lesson Eight
Text What 1 Do Every Day
Dialogue Helping a Customer in Shopping
Pattern Drills
Phonetics Syllables
Word Stress
Grammar The Simple Present Tense 1
Numerals
Exercises
Lesson Nine
Text1 Am a Young Shop Assistant
Dialogue At a Jewelry Countre
Pattern Drills
Phonetics The Classification Of Stressed
Syllables
Grammar The Simple Present Tense 1
Exercises
Lesson Ten
Text The Bagui Department Store
Dialogue At a Department Store
Pattern Drills
Phonetics The Division of Syllables
Grammar Special Questions
Exercises
Lesson Eleven
Text A Synthesis Store
Dialogue Asking for Goods
Pattern Drills
Phonetics Sentence Stress
Intonation
Liaison
Grammar The Future Tense
Exercises
Lesson Twelve
Text At the Friendship Store
Dialogue At a Florist Counter
Pattern Drills
Phonetics Consonant Cluster
Grammar The Present Progressive Tense 1
Exercises
Lesson Thirteen
Text A Part-time Waitress
Dialogue At a Butcher's Shop
Phonetics Incomplete Explosion
Meaning Groups and Pause
Grammar The Present Progressive Tense 1
Modal Verbs:Can:May,Must
Exercises
Lesson Fourteen
Text A Parrot
Dialogues 1 At the Shoe Counter
1 At the Hat Counter
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Simple Past Tense 1
Exercises
Lesson Fifteen
Text A Letter
Dialogue At a Watchmaker's
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Simple Past Tense 1
Exercises
Lesson Sixteen
Text Do the English Speak English?
Dialogue At a Leather Goods Counter
Pattern Drills
Phonetics The Difference Between British
English and American English
Grammar Infinitive
Exercises
Lesson Seventeen
Text Two Coins
Dialogue At a Grocery Store
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Past Progressive Tense
The Adverbial Clause
Exercises
Lesson Eighteen
Texts 1 The Stolen Horse
1 Two Notices
Dialogue At the Silk and Satin Counter
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Present Perfect Tense 1
The Prepositional Phrases
Exercises
Lesson Nineteen
Text The Sun and the Wind
Dialogue At the Picture Counter
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Comparative and Superlative Degrees
of Adjectives and Adverbs.
Exercises
Lesson Twenty
Text What is a Supermarket?
Dialogue China is the Home of Cloisonne
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Present Perfect Tense 1
Exercises
Lesson Twenty-One
Text Christmas
Dialogues 1 At a Clothing Store
1 At a Fur Goods Counter
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Classification of Sentences
Exercises
Lesson Twenty-Two
Text What We Eat and Drink
Dialogue Looking for Some Articles of
Chinese Handicraft
Pattern Drills
Grammar The Subjunctive Mood
Exercises
Lesson Twenty-Three
Text The Credit Card Economy
Dialogue At the Drugs Counter
Pattern Drills
Grammar Simple Sentences,Goordinate
Sentences,Compler Sentences
Exercises
Lesson Twenty-Four
Text Chinese Export Commodities Fair
Dialogues 1 At the Photographic Supplies Store
1 At a Toy Counter
Pattern Drills
Grammar Object Clause
Exercises
Appendices
Appendix 1 Common Commodities Vocabulary
Appendix 1 The Names of Shops and Stores
Vocabulary