本书侧重培养学生日常生活方面的英语听说能力（配磁带1盘），通过听力训练、语言重点分析、针对性练习等方式为学生提供相关背景下的实用性训练，书中还包括练习参考答案，听力文字材料及其参考译文。本书适用于具有初级或初级以上英语水平，需要学习社交英语并提高在实际生活环境中英语运用能力的学习者。

UNIT 1 First meetings 1 (Greeting,introduction and acknowledging)

UNIT 2 First meetings 2 (Presenting yourself)

UNIT 3 Things in common (Establishing contact)

UNIT 4 Origins 1 (Describing where you come from;comparisons)

UNIT 5 Origins 2 (Describing your home,place of work;prepositions of place)

UNIT 6 The day (Describing routines;present simple/frequency)

UNIT 7 The date (Making and confirming arrangements)

UNIT 8 Interests (Expressing likes,indifference,dislikes)

UNIT 9 Entertainment 1 (Offering,refusing and accepting)

UNIT 10 Travel 1 (Requesting information)

UNIT 11 Travel 2 (Expressing permission and obligation)

UNIT 12 Health (Describing your symptoms;sequencing)

UNIT 13 Shopping (Finding out about availability)

UNIT 14 Food and drink 1 (Booking,ordering,complaining)

UNIT 15 Food and drink 2 (Courtesies at dinner;inviting,appreciating,apologising)

UNIT 16 Entertainment 2 (Time and money)

UNIT 17 Telephoning (Phone language)

UNIT 18 Handling the language (Clarifying,checking and monitoring)

UNIT 19 Weather (Scale of likelihood)

UNIT 20 Public announcements (Passive forms)

Key section (Units 1-20)

Translations

In the United Kingdom,people usually don't know the size of their properties.They measure them in terms of number of bedrooms.