Everyday mini-phrases 1600 English

作者：  [美][S.霍利]Shawn Holley，[美][M.霍利]Marilyn Holly著;陈朝晖等译

出版社：清华大学出版社,1998

简介：　　INTRODUCTION 　　Millions of foreigners come to America every year on business 　　and vacation. Unfortunately, most of them pay more attention 　　to packing their suitcases than to how they are going to com- 　　municate once they arrive. 　　In today's sophisticated world. a person can no longer consider 　　himself prepared to communicate in a foreign society by know- 　　ing just some basic "survival" phrases. A much broader, diver- 　　sified knowledge of the English language is now required to op- 　　erate smoothly in the modern, high-tech information society in 　　which we live. 　　Cultural differences can also further complicate communica- 　　tion. Would you be capable of speaking the necessary and ap- 　　propriate English in the following situations? 　　Reporting a car accident 　　having a problcm going through customs 　　describing a sickness to an American doctor 　　staying with an American family 　　reporting a crime to the police 　　making arrangements with a travel agent 　　talking to a telephone operator 　　requesting repair work on a car 　　asking for directions complimenting an American women 　　The ideal solution would be to have a personal traveling com- 　　panion who could always tell you exactly what to say in every 　　situation. 　　This book, "EVERYDAY (ENGLISH) MINI-PHRASES 　　1660," is designed to be just that - a constant ESL reference 　　companion to quickly give you the information you need - 　　when you need it. With over 100 quick-reference topics, 1660 　　mini-phrases, and 1500 vocabulary words, you'll be able to 　　find the right things to say for almost every situation you can 　　think of. 　　Even if you can speak English fairly well, the organization of 　　the information in this book makes it an indispensable reference 　　tool for studying the English language. Everything you need to 　　function competently in the U. S. is right here. 　　Shawn and Marilyn Holley