1 GREETING AND INTRODUCINGPEOPLE Section I Talking Face to Face 1 Section II Being All Ears 5 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 6 Passage I The Way Americans Greet 6 Passage Ⅱ A Little About Me 9 Section IV Trying Your Hand 11 Section V HavingSome Fun 13 2 GIVING THANKS AND EXPRESSING REGRET Section I Talking Face to Face 14 Section II Being All Ears 18 Section IIl Maintaining aSharp Eye 19 Passage I Different Attitudes to Gifts Giving 19 Passage Ⅱ Thank-you Notes Are Heart-warming 22 Section IV TryingYour Hand 24 Section V HavingSome Fun 26 3 DIRECTIONS ANDSIGNS Section I Talking Face to Face 27 Section Ⅱ Being All Ears 31 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 32 Passage I I HatePTying 32 Passage H Id Been Treated Like a Friend in Need 36 Section IV Trying Your Hand 37 Section V HavingSome Fun 41 CONTENTS 4STUDY Section I Talking Face to Face 42 Section II Being All Ears 46 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 48 Passage I IAm a Bit Nervous About My English 48 Passage Ⅱ Oh Chinese, This TorturedLanguage 52 Section IV Trying Your Hand 54 Section V HavingSome Fun 56 Section I Talking Face to Face 57 Section II Being All Ears 61 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 62 Passage I The Triathlons Great Attraction 62 Passage Ⅱ Foreigners Also Love Chinese MaterialArts 66 Section IV Trying Your Hand 68 Section V HavingSome Fun 7o 6 SHOPPING Section I Talking Face to Face 71 Section II Being All Ears 75 Section lII Maintaining aSharp Eye 76 Passage I Tangsaneai —— An Ideal TouristSouvenir 76 Passage II Ordering a Gift Online 79 Section IV Trying Your Hand 81 Section V HavingSome Fun 84 7 CELEBTATING HOLIDAYS AND MAKING FRIENDS Section I Talking Face to Face 85 Section II Being All Ears 89 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye. 91 Passage I Thanksgiving Day and Christmas 91 Passage II When I was in America 95 Section IV Trying Your Hand 96 Section V HavingSome Fun 99 8 E-MAILS Section I Talking Face to Face loo Section II Being All Ears l04 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye lO5 Passage I Online Growth Conlfnues lO5 Passage II Pros and Cons of"Chatroom" zo9 Section IV Trying Your Hand H1 Section V HavingSome Fun 114 Section I Talking Face to Face 115 Section II Being All Ears 119 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 121 Passage I Toledo: AProblem of Menus 121 Passage lI Toast at a Wedding 124 Section IV Trying Your Hand 126 Section V HavingSome Fun 129 10 ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURIST ATTRACTION Section I Talking Face to Face 13o Section II Being All Ears 134 Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 135 Passage I LUCIANOPA VAROTTI Bringing Opera to the World Passage II Visiting the Gatewag Arch 139 Section IV Trying Your Hand 141 Section V HavingSome Fun 144