本书以培养、提高读者的语言能力为宗旨，立足于中学英语教材，紧扣教学大纲和考试大纲，将课本中较为零散的交际用语以归纳，整合成具有系统性、梯次性、包容性和拓展性，且和课本内容相衔接的，适合教学、训练与测试的完整体系。本套读物充分体现了强化口语训练的设计思想，围绕中学生关心和感兴趣的话题，以情景和专题对话为主线，营造语境，将口语技能的训练和文化背景知识有机地结合起来，使学生在培养口语技能的同时，在潜意识里加深对平时所学的词汇、语言点、知识点的印象，掌握功能意念的表达方法，为更深层次的英语学习打下坚实的基础。

Unit 1 A New student
Unit 2 What can I do for you?
Unit 3 Saying goodbye
Unit 4 What a fine day!
Unit 5 Planting trees
Unit 6 Something wrong
Unit 7 Talking ablut the weather
Unit 8 Shopping
Unit 9 Australian English and British English
Unit 10 Hobbies and pastimes
Unit 11 At a restaurant
Unit 12 Making an apology
Unit 13 In the post office
Unit 14 A package tour
Unit 15 Seeing a doctor
Unit 16 What''s the matter with the lights?
Unit 17 Where are you planning to go?
Unit 18 A lost camera
Unit 19 Looking for a job
Unit 20 What''s your opinion?
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Key to the Practice and Exercises