Lesson One 1
Communicative Functions: 1
Announcing newsExpressing strong emotionsPatterns: 8
Ⅰ.How marvellous!What a relief!Ⅱ.Congratulations!That's absolutely amazing/fantastic!Text A:The King's Broadcast Address on Outbreak of War with Germany 13
Phonology:Meaning and use of the rising tone(1) 21
Grammar:Exclamatory sentences and exclamations 22
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 25
Lesson Two 30
Communicative Functions: 30
Narrating a sequence of eventsPatterns: 38
Ⅰ.(Pattern with)so...(Pattern with)and...(Pattern with)as soon as...Ⅱ.(Pattern with)before/after...(Pattern with)when...Text A:An American Tragedy 43
Phonology:Meaning and use of the rising tone(2) 52
Grammar:Coordination and subordination 54
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 59
Lesson Three 63
Communicative Functions: 63
Making comments and giving opinionsPatterns: 72
Ⅰ.If you ask me,...In my opinion,...Ⅱ.I must say I don't think...I see what you mean,but I'm afraid...Text A:This Was My Mother 76
Phonology:The rising tone(3) 87
Grammar:Subordinate clauses 89
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 92
Lesson Four 97
Communicative Functions: 97
Pointing out the defects of something you've boughtPoint out the features,and consequences of a projectPointing out details in picturesPatterns: 106
Ⅰ.(Pattern with)too...to...Ⅱ.What's the matter with...?What's wrong with...?Text A:With the Photographer 110
Phonology:The rising tone(4) 124
Grammar:Using clause to express'cause'and'result' 125
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 130
Lesson Five 135
Communicative Funcions: 135
Asking for explanation and explaining by illustrationPatterns: 144
Ⅰ.For example...that is...Ⅱ.namely,...to be exact,...Text A:Companionship of Books 148
Phonology:The falling and rising tone(5) 158
Grammar:Ways of expressing of'addition'and'contrast'in communication 160
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 164
Lesson Six 170
Communicative Functions: 170
Asking for and providing clarificationPatterns: 179
Ⅰ....,I supposeⅡ.What do you mean(by...)?...,what I mean is...Text A:A Bird in Hand—What's It Worth? 184
Phonology:The rising tone(6) 193
Grammar:The subject clause and the predicative clause 195
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 198
Lesson Seven 204
Communicative Functions: 204
Asking for and giving information:reinforcing an item of informationPatterns: 214
Ⅰ.As a matter of fact,...Ⅱ.I have to admit that...Text A:How to Read Body Language 220
Phonology:The rising tone(7) 232
Grammar:Using clauses to express'concession' 234
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 238
Lesson Eight 1
Communicative Functions:Correcting a misunderstanding 1
Patterns: 9
Ⅰ.Please don't misunderstand meⅡ.No,I didn't mean/say thatText A:This Year It's Going To Be Different 14
Phonology:The Rising Tone(8) 25
Grammar:Using Clauses to Express"Condition" 26
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 31
Lesson Nine 38
Communicative Functions: 38
Stating a cause or a resultPatterns: 50
Ⅰ.Why did you do it/that?Ⅱ.When you do/did...,youText A:Antonio's First Day of School 55
Phonology:The Rising Tone(9) 66
Grammar:Some More Ways of Expressing"Cause"and"Result" 68
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 71
Lesson Ten 75
Communicative Functions: 75
PersuadingPatterns: 81
Ⅰ.Think of X.She's just...Why don't you...?Ⅱ.Have you ever thought of...ing?If I were in your position,I'dText A:It's Never Too Late for Success 87
Phonology:The Falling-Rising Tone(10) 100
Grammar:Clauses Functioning as Modification in a Sentence 102
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 106
Lesson Eleven 114
Communicative Functions: 114
Making generalizationsPatterns: 122
Ⅰ....generally/always/usually/normally...I generally think of them to be/as...Ⅱ.Generally speaking/Generally then...So we might say(that)Text A:The Personal Qualities of a Teacher 127
Phonology:The Rising-Falling Tone(11) 138
Grammar:A Summary of the Adverbial Clauses 140
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 145
Lesson Twelve 153
Communicative Functions: 153
Speculating and hypothesizingPatterns: 162
Ⅰ.If I have time,I'll call him.If I had time,I'd call him.Ⅱ.He/She/It looks like...He/She/It looks/sounds as ifText A:If I Were a Freshman Again 165
Phonology:The Falling-Rising Tone(12) 173
Grammar:Ways of Expressing Hypothetical M?aning 174
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 177
Lesson Thirteen 184
Communicative Functions: 184
Adding to and ReinforcingPatterns: 191
Ⅰ.What's more...Ⅱ.In addition,...Text A:What Are the Dolphins Saying 194
Phonology:The Falling-Rising Tone(13) 204
Grammar:Addition and Reinforcement 205
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 208
Lesson Fourteen 214
Communicative Functions: 214
Saing Aims and PurposesPatterns: 222
Ⅰ.What are you planning to do today?I was thinking of doing...Ⅱ....so as to/in order to......so that/in order that...Text A:In Praise of Teachers 226
Phonology:The Falling-Rising Tone(14) 236
Grammar:Ways of Stating Purposes and Aims 238
Text B:Ⅰ—Ⅱ 242
VOCABULARY LIST 249