课程概况
语言最重要的功能就是交流。在交流中我们要知道如何开始一个对方感兴趣的话题，回答别人的提问，自然、流畅地完成一个对话。本课程选取了8个主题，由50多位来自美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、哥伦比亚、中国的老师及各个年龄段的学生，在真实的场景中，用最地道的表达和最纯正的英语，带你谈论日常生活、学习的方方面面。本课程分为八个单元，每个单元有一个主题，分别是：个人信息的介绍与交换、我们的家人和朋友、饮食与用餐、英语学习的目的和方法、假日活动和难忘的经历、兴趣爱好、情感表达、保持健康。每个主题由十余组对话和小组讨论，外籍老师的中西方文化差异介绍，中国老师的重点词汇、句型讲解，听力理解练习和口语测试构成。通过学习和练习，你将可以和讲英语的朋友们自如地交谈、讨论与主题相关的任何问题。本课程的学习方法有很多。英语学习者可以在反复地听和跟读对话的过程中，不断积累语言素材，和你身边的朋友或同课程的学习者进行对话练习；英语教师可以选用本课程中适合的主题，组织学生进行听说训练，组织高效课堂。也许你不能理解每段对话的全部内容，只需听懂大意，随着课程的进展，你听懂的内容会越来越多。让我们一起实现一次英语听说的飞跃吧。
本门课程在制作过程中得到了香港伟新教育基金和Google公司的资助，特此鸣谢。
课程大纲
Unit 1 You Say, I Say
1. Introduction
2. Text: Greeting in Different Cultures
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Greeting
5.First Impression
6. Personal Information
7. Cultural Focus: Meeting Someone New
8. Office hour
9. Summary
10. Exercise
Unit 2 The People in Your Life
1. Introduction
2. Text: My Mother is My Best Friend
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Families, Friends and Idols
5. Describe People’s Appearance and Character
6.How to Communicate with Other People
7. Friend Relationships
8. Cultural Focus: Family and Friend Relationships
9.Office hour
10.Summary
11.Exercise
Unit 3 Eating in and Eating out
1. Introduction
2.Text:Food in Different Cultures
3.Useful Words and Expressions
4.Food in Different Cultures
5.Chinese Meals
6.Cultural Focus: Different Customs Related to Food in Different Countries
7.Eating out
8. Office Hour
9.Summary
10.Exercise
Unit 4 Why Do You Want to Learn English
1. Introduction
2. Text: Why Do You Learn English?
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4.Reasons for Learning English
5. How to Learn English
6. Cultural Focus: the United Kingdom
7. British and American English
8. Office Hour
9.Summary
10. Exercise
Unit 5 Good Times and Bad Times
1. Introduction
2. Text: Good Times, Hard Times, but Never Bad Times
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Good and Bad Experiences
5. Free-time Activities
6. Cultural Focus: Popular Travel Spots in North America
7. Festival
8. Office Hour
9. Talk Show (Glenn and David)
10. Summary
11. Exercise
Unit 6 Hobbies
1. Introduction
2. Text: Hobbies of My Family Members
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. What Are Your hobbies
5. What Do You Get from Hobbies
6. How to Cultivate Your Hobbies
7. Cultural Focus
8. Summary
9. Exercise
Unit 7 Feeling
1. Introduction
2. Text: Sharing Your Feelings
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Explore and Discuss Feelings and Emotions
5. Letting off Steam
6. Emotion Management
7. Cultural Focus: Students’ Stress
8. Summary
9. Exercise
Unit 8 Staying Healthy
1. Introduction
2. Text: Keep Healthy
3. Useful Words and Expressions
4. Talking about One's Health
5. A Healthy Lifestyle
6. How to Stay Healthy
7. Cultural Focus: Ways of Keeping Healthy
8. Summary
9. Exercise
期末复习（期中考试试题）
Mid-term Examination Paper
Final Exam
Final Exam- Listening
Final Exam- Speaking
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