Sparkling English 900 Sentences (Book + Tape)

Author: ChristianNeeds, Editor-in-Chief
Publisher: Twenty-first Century Publishing House
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is meticulously arranged with 60 lessons, divided into three parts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Part 1 is the Functional Section, consisting of 12 lessons. Function refers to the use of language to achieve a communicative purpose. The content of the Functional Section includes: Greetings and Farewells, Likes and Dislikes, Gratitude and Apologies, Suggestions and Advice, Wishes and Congratulations, Agreement and Disagreement, Praise and Encouragement, Worry and Fear, Intentions and Plans, Reprimands and Complaints, Permission and Refusal, Confirmation and Questions. Mastering the 12 functional expression packages provided in this book will enable you to handle various aspects of English oral communication with ease, allowing you to express yourself confidently and articulate your views effortlessly.
Part 2 is the Scenario Section. This part selects 48 of the most common and popular scenarios in daily life, covering all aspects of daily communication, travel and transportation, food and health, work and business, culture and leisure, education and technology, etc. It simulates specific daily scenarios, offering classic and practical sentence patterns and dialogues. This allows you to practice and memorize from easy to difficult, from simple to complex, unlocking your oral potential and challenging your listening limits.
This book focuses on practical scenarios while also incorporating functional elements. Each unit mainly consists of six sections: Keyword Index, Introduction, Idiomatic Expressions, Classic Dialogues, Core CET Vocabulary (Level 4 and 6), and Cultural Background. For more challenging sentence structures, concise annotations or extensions (notes) are provided and placed after the dialogues. When studying, you can use the keyword index and introduction to understand the basic information of each lesson; by learning various related sentence patterns and expanding on them, you can derive countless sentences of your own; through situational dialogues, you can practice with targeted goals, combined with CET listening exercises in Part 3, to gain a deeper understanding of each lesson’s dialogue; the cultural background section helps you truly understand the cultural customs of the UK and the US, enriching your English with authentic depth and adding profound substance, enabling you to speak fluent and natural English.
The target readers of this book are those with intermediate to advanced English proficiency. If you have been learning English for a long time but still struggle to speak; if you want to master fluent oral English to enhance your career prospects, study abroad, secure higher pay, or pursue further education; if you want to pass the CET and postgraduate entrance exams in English with ease, this book is an excellent choice.