UNIT1StudyingEnglish PartA 1 GreetingsandIntroductionsPeoplegreeteachotherwhentheymeet Andinmeetingnewpeopleitiscommontointroduceoneselfandbeintroducedbyothers Thisexercisefocusesondifferentwaystogreetpeopleandtomakeintroductions Listentotherecordingandcompletethefollowingconversations CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 1 Conversation1Bill Hi Mary Mary Hi Bill Howareyoudoing Bill Good thanks Andyou Mary Justfine Bill I dlikeyoutomeetmyclassmate BobSmith Bob thisismyfriend BillJones Bill Hello nicetomeetyou Bob Nicetomeetyou too CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 1 p2 Conversation2Linda Excuseme areyouPaulJohnsonfromLondon I mLindaBlakefromSmithandWells Paul Yes IamPaulJohnson Howdoyoudo MissBlake Linda Howdoyoudo Mr Johnson MayIintroduceCharlesGreentoyou He soursalesmanager Paul Pleasedtomeetyou Mr Green Mr Green It sapleasuretomeetyou CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 1 p3 Conversation3Jack Mum I vebroughtoneofmyfriends Mother Askhimin Jack Jack Comeandmeetmyfamily Tom Mum thisisTom myroommate Mother Hello Tom It sgoodtoknowyou Tom Howdoyoudo Mrs Brown Jack Andthisismysister Jane CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 2 1 Conversation1ismoreinformalasitisbetweenyoungfriends Conversation2ismoreformalasitisbetweenstrangersand possibly businesspartners Conversation3isinformalwhenJackistalkingtohismotherbutformalwhenTomisaddressingJack smother CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 2 2 Inintroducingsomeonetoothers itiscustomarytoaddafewwordsaboutthatperson sbackground InConversation2 forexample LindaintroducesCharlesGreentoPaulandaddsthattheformeristhesalesmanager 3 SmithandWells thenameofacompany CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 3 DetectingIncompletePlosionInconnectedspeechwhenaplosiveconsonantlike k g t d p b isfollowedbyanotherconsonant itisnotfullypronounced Thisiscalledincompleteplosion Listenandreadaftertherecording payingattentiontothelettersinitalics CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 3 LauraisoneofthetopstudentsinGradeOne TedlikestosingEnglishpopsongs Listeningisnotabigproblemforme Frankcanspeaksixlanguagesfluently I dliketoreadnovelsandshortstoriesinEnglish Bob sstronglocalaccentmakesitdifficultforustounderstandhim CommunicativeFunction Notes ListeningStrategy UsefulExpressions PartA 4 CommunicativeFunction Notes UsefulExpressions UsefulExpressionsforGreetingsandIntroductionsGreetingsHello Howareyoudoing How severything What snew How sitgoing Goodmorning Jack Howareyou Hello Paul I veheardsomuchaboutyou ListeningStrategy PartA 4 Youlookgreattoday Howarethings Hi Howhaveyoubeen Hey greattoseeyou Fancymeetingyouhere Hi I vebeenlookingforwardtomeetingyou Hownicetoseeyou It sgoodtoseeyou CommunicativeFunction Notes UsefulExpressions ListeningStrategy PartA 4 MakingIntroductionsMayIintroduce Mr Wang toyou I dliketointroduce Mr Wang toyou Comeandmeet Mr Wang oursoftwareengineer Thisis Mr Wang mycousin Hello I m WangLing from Beijing Mynameis WangLing CommunicativeFunction Notes UsefulExpressions ListeningStrategy PartA 4 I dlikeyoutomeetthepresidentofourcompany Mr WangLing Goodafternoon I m WangLing Verypleasedtomeetyou CommunicativeFunction Notes UsefulExpressions ListeningStrategy PartB 1 HerearesomeusefulsentencesandstructuresthatyoumightfindhandyindiscussingthequestionsinPairWork I vestudiedEnglishforabout morethannineyears IstartedlearningEnglishfive severalyearsago inprimary highschool IfindEnglishratherdifficult interesting useful quitedifferentfromChinese IfindEnglishgrammarratherconfusing difficulttounderstand beyondme Pre listeningTasks ListeningTasks SpeakingTasks PairWork LanguageFocus PartB 1 IpreferanAmericanaccenttoaBritishaccent IliketheBritishaccentbetter Englishisaninternationallanguage oneofthemostwidelyusedlanguagesintheworld AgoodcommandofEnglishwillhelpmegreatlyinmystudyandwork GoodEnglishmeansmorechancesandopportunitiesinthejobmarket WithEnglishIcangetaccesstoahugeamountofusefulinformation Pre listeningTasks ListeningTasks SpeakingTasks PairWork LanguageFocus PartB 2 QuestionsforDiscussionWhendidyoustartlearningEnglish Howlonghaveyoustudiedit DoyoulikeEnglish Whyorwhynot WhatdoyouthinkofstudyingEnglish Isitinterestingorboring Difficultoreasy Givereasons Whichaccentdoyouprefer AmericanorBritish WhatisyourpurposeofstudyingEnglish PairWork LanguageFocus Pre listeningTasks ListeningTasks SpeakingTasks PartB 2 demo PairWork LanguageFocus Pre listeningTasks ListeningTasks SpeakingTasks PartB 2 demo2 PairWork LanguageFocus Pre listeningTasks ListeningTasks SpeakingTasks PartB 2 1 freshmann astudentinhisfirstyearatauniversityorcollege大学一年级学生2 majorv tospecialize in 主修n astudentspecializinginacertainsubject主修某科目的学生3 nervousa worriedorslightlyfrightened紧张的4 overcomev togetover克服 Pre listeningTasks ListeningTasks SpeakingTasks Exercise1 Exercise2 WordBank Lan