ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ 1
ESSENTIAL COURSE 3
UNIT ONE 3
TEXT. ANNE MEETS HER GLASS 4
TOPIC: CHOOSING А CAREES 11
UNIT TWO 18
TEXT. A DAY'S WAIT by Ernest Hemingway 19
TOPIC: ILLNESSES AND THEIR TREATMENT 27
UNIT THREE 34
TEXT. INTRODUCING LONDON 35
TOPIC: CITY 42
UNIT FOUR 48
TEXT. HOW WE KEPT MOTHER'S DAY
by Stephen Leacock 49
TOPIC: MEALS 55
UNIT FIVE 63
TEXT. A FRESHMAN'S EXPERIENCE
From "Daddy Long-Legs"
by Jean Webster 65
TOPIC: EDUCATION 70
UNIT SIX 77
TEXT. A FRIEND IN NEED
by William Somerset Maugham
(abridged) 78
TOPIC: SPORTS AND GAMES 86
UNIT SEVEN 94
TEXT. THE BRITISH ISLES 94
TOPIC: GEOGRAPHY 102
UNIT EIGHT 108
TEXT. SEEING PEOPLE OFF
By Max Beerbohm 110
TOPIC: TRAVELLING 117
UNIT NINE 125
TEXT. ROSE AT THE MUSIC-HALL
From "They Walk in the City"
by J. B. Priestley 127
TOPIC: THEATRE 133
SUPPLEMENT 140
A. CLASSROOM ENGLISH 140
B. CONVERSATIONAL PHRASES 143
EXERCISES IN INTONATION 144
SECTION ONE. Review of Fundamental Intonation Patterns and Their Use 144
SECTION TWO. Intonation Pattern IX.
High fall 147
SECTION THREE. Intonation Pattern X (LOW PRE-HEAD+) RISING HEAD + HIGH FALL (+ TAIL) 150
SECTION FOUR. Intonation Pattern XI (LOW PRE-HEAD + ) FALLING HEAD+ HIGH FALL (+ TAIL) 154
SECTION FIVE Compound Tunes FALL + RISE 159
SECTION SIX Compound Tunes TWO OR MORE FALLS WITHIN ONE SENSE-GROUP 163
SECTION SEVEN Intonation pattern XII I. (LOW PRE-HEAD + ) HIGH RISE (+TAIL) II. (LOW PRE-HEAD + ) (HIGH HEAD+) HIGH RISE ( + TAIL) 168
SECTION EIGHT. HIGH PRE-HEAD 172
SUPPLEMENT 176
