实用英语

　　本教材根据教育部五年制高职教育公共课开发指导委员会“公共课课程基本要求”，在总结现行五年制教材经验的基础上，从当前的教育实际出发，编写了本套教材。

　　教材着重突出了内容的先进性和教学适用性，遵循“少而精”、“必须”、“够用”的原则，深入浅出，浅显易懂。课后练习形式多样。^[1]

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　　本教材根据教育部五年制高职教育公共课开发指导委员会“公共课课程基本要求”，在总结现行五年制教材经验的基础上，从当前的教育实际出发，编写了本套教材。 

　　教材着重突出了内容的先进性和教学适用性，遵循“少而精”、“必须”、“够用”的原则，深入浅出，浅显易懂。课后练习形式多样。 

　　全套书由一线教师和专家联合编著，并与证书考试接轨。免费为教师提供电子教程。

　　1.1 Understanding Vowels & Consonants for Linking

　　1.2 Linking Consonant to Vowel

　　1.3 Linking Vowel to Vowel

　　1.4 Linking Consonant and Consonant

　　1.5 Combinging T,D,S,or Z+Y

　　1.6 Read for Fun

　　1.7 Songs and Poems

　　Unit 2 Rhythm and Intonation

　　2.1 Rhythm of English Speech

　　2.2 Types of Intonation in English

　　2.3 Tone in English

　　2.4 Read for Fun

　　2.5 Songs and Poems

　　Unit 3 Childhood and Grown up

　　3.1 Conversation

　　3.2 Listen and Talk

　　3.3 Read and Explore

　　3.4 Write and Produce

　　Unit 4 Transportation

　　4.1 Conversation

　　4.2 Listen and Talk

　　4.3 Read and Explore

　　4.4 Write and Produce

　　Review I（Unit 1—Unit 4）

　　Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension

　　Part Ⅱ Structure and vocabulary

　　Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension

　　Unit 5 Housing

　　5.1 Conversation

　　5.2 Listen and Talk

　　5.3 Read and Explore

　　5.4 Write and Produce

　　Unit 6 Environment

　　6.1 Conversation

　　6.2 Listen and Talk

　　6.3 Read and Explore

　　6.4 Write and Produce

　　Unit 7 Enterainment

　　Unit 8 Fashion

　　Review Ⅱ（Unit 5—Unit 8）

　　Unit 9 Science

　　Unit 10 Friendship

　　Unit 11 Disease

　　Unit 12 Shopping

　　Review Ⅲ（Unit 9—Unit 12）

　　Unit 13 History and Stories

　　Unit 14 Music and Art

　　Unit 15 Communication

　　Unit 16 All Around the World

　　Review Ⅳ（Unit 13—Unit 16）

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Pre．discussion
1．What do people usually do at St．Valentine Day，especially for lovers？
2．What’s your ideal husband or wife？Talk about someone you love．
There are varying opinions as to the origin ofValentine’S Day．Some experts state that it originated from St．Valentine，a Roman who wasmartyred for refusing to give up Christianity．He（1ied on February 14．269 A．D．，the same daytllat had been devoted to love．Legend also saysthat St．Valentine left a farewell note for thejailer’S daughter，who had become his girl-friend，and signed it“From Your Val-entine”．
Now，Let’S enjoy the St．Valentine’S Story．
Let me introduce myself．My name is Valentine．I lived in Rome during thethird century．That was long long ago！At that time，Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius．I didn’t like Emperor Claudius．and 1 wasn’t the only one！A lot of people shared my feelings． Claudius wanted to have a big army．He expected men to volunteer to join．Many men just did not want to fight in WarS．They did not want to leave their wives and families．As you might have guessed，not many men signed up．This made Claudius furious．So what happened？He had a crazy idea．He thought thatif men were not married，they would not mind joining the army．So Claudius de。cided not to allow any more marriages．Young people thought his new law was cruel．I thought it was preposterous！I certainly wasn’t going to support that law！
Did I mention that 1 was a priest？One of my favorite activities was to malty couples．Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law，I kept on performing marriage ceremonies——secretly，of course．It was really quite exciting．Imagine a small candlelit room with only the bride and groom and myself．We would whisper the words of the ceremony．1istening all the while flor the steps of soldiers．