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1 GREETING AND INTRODUCINGPEOPLESection I Talking Face to Face 1Section II Being All Ears 5Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 6Passage I The Way Americans Greet 6Passage ¢ò A Little About Me 9Section IV Trying Your Hand 11Section V HavingSome Fun 132 GIVING THANKS AND EXPRESSING REGRETSection I Talking Face to Face 14Section II Being All Ears 18Section IIl Maintaining aSharp Eye 19Passage I Different Attitudes to Gifts Giving 19Passage ¢ò Thank-you Notes Are Heart-warming 22Section IV TryingYour Hand 24Section V HavingSome Fun 263 DIRECTIONS ANDSIGNSSection I Talking Face to Face 27Section ¢ò Being All Ears 31Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 32Passage I I HatePTying 32Passage H I'd Been Treated Like a Friend in Need 36Section IV Trying Your Hand 37Section V HavingSome Fun 41CONTENTS4STUDYSection I Talking Face to Face 42Section II Being All Ears 46Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 48Passage I IAm a Bit Nervous About My English 48Passage ¢ò Oh Chinese, This TorturedLanguage 52Section IV Trying Your Hand 54Section V HavingSome Fun 56Section I Talking Face to Face 57Section II Being All Ears 61Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 62Passage I The Triathlon's Great Attraction 62Passage ¢ò Foreigners Also Love Chinese MaterialArts 66Section IV Trying Your Hand 68Section V HavingSome Fun 7o6 SHOPPINGSection I Talking Face to Face 71Section II Being All Ears 75Section lII Maintaining aSharp Eye 76Passage I Tangsaneai ¡ª¡ª An Ideal TouristSouvenir 76Passage II Ordering a Gift Online 79Section IV Trying Your Hand 81Section V HavingSome Fun 847 CELEBTATING HOLIDAYS AND MAKING FRIENDS Section I Talking Face to Face 85Section II Being All Ears 89Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye. 91Passage I Thanksgiving Day and Christmas 91Passage II When I was in America 95Section IV Trying Your Hand 96Section V HavingSome Fun 998 E-MAILSSection I Talking Face to Face looSection II Being All Ears l04Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye lO5Passage I Online Growth Conlfnues lO5Passage II Pros and Cons of"Chatroom" zo9Section IV Trying Your Hand H1Section V HavingSome Fun 114Section I Talking Face to Face 115Section II Being All Ears 119Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 121Passage I Toledo: AProblem of Menus 121Passage lI Toast at a Wedding 124Section IV Trying Your Hand 126Section V HavingSome Fun 12910 ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONSection I Talking Face to Face 13oSection II Being All Ears 134Section III Maintaining aSharp Eye 135Passage I LUCIANOPA VAROTTI Bringing Opera to the WorldPassage II Visiting the Gatewag Arch 139Section IV Trying Your Hand 141Section V HavingSome Fun 144