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书名：English for Life: Speaking B2+ 生活英语口语中高级
作者：Nicola Prentis
出版社名称：Collins
出版时间：2014
语种：英文
ISBN：9780007542697
商品尺寸：19 x 0.8 x 24.3 cm
包装：平装
页数：128（以实物为准）

英语在这个全球化的社会中越来越重要，尤其对于需要跟老外联系的商务人士、外企员工或者出国留学、旅游、生活的人。而英语口语是与人接触时必然要用到的。Collins出版的这套English for Life: Speaking《生活英语口语》帮助学习者在实际生活中更好地用地道、简洁的英语沟通。全套共三本，这本适合CEFR欧洲共同语言标准英语B2级及以上读者使用，相当于英语专业低年级学生或雅思5.5-6.5分、英语中级及以上程度的读者，同时也适合剑桥三级FCE考试。
推荐理由：
1.材料和表达从45亿词语料库精选，体现英语实际用法，真实地道；
2.从实际生活场景对话中总结句型和表达，用较简单词达到准确沟通的目的，是真正意义上的“口语”；
3.重视语调和重音对口语交流的影响，这是不同于一般英语口语书的地方；
4.全书按单元分主题学习，练习丰富，附答案，每单元的生词在附录部分提供注释；
5.附录汇总每单元出现的日常用语及表达，方便读者复习巩固；
6.英文原版，纯正英式发音。

Real English for life beyond the classroom
English in the real world is constantly evolving, and learners need to move with it. But sometimes the English you can learn from your coursebook just isn’t enough for real life. Using real everyday language, English for Life: Speaking B2+ will help you to sound natural, clear and confident.
·Hear the language people really use when they are speaking
·Useful tips to increase your understanding of tone, slang and social context
Includes practice of:
• Dealing with difficult conversations
• Expressing annoyance and anger
• Showing sympathy
• Convincing
• Being tactful
About the series:
What is it? Collins’ innovative English for Life series adds the extra bit of authenticity to your studies that traditional coursebooks often lack. The series includes helpful up-to-date and relevant topics needed to get by in English and uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus, the world’s largest database of the English language. 
How can the series be used? The series can be used for independent study (self-study) and extra assignments, it’s a great supplement to existing coursebooks, and the books can also be used as stand-alone coursebooks for short courses. All books have accompanying teacher resources available online. 

English for Life Speaking B2+《生活英语口语B2中高级》按主题分为20个单元，每单元包括生活场景会话数篇（conversations）、文化注释（cultural note）、训练题等板块，全面帮助学习者在以下方面提高英语口语及沟通技巧：
·表达机智、 兴趣、 信心，支持、兴奋、 烦恼、 怀疑和讽刺等
·应对谈判、 尴尬的对话和沟通问题
·沟通复杂信息
·承认和否认
·说服人们
·让别人听你说
·谈论金钱，抱怨糟糕的一天，以及闲谈琐事等
English for Life Speaking B2+ will improve your spoken English in a variety of everyday situations and contexts. You can useSpeaking B2+ in the classroom as supplementary material for a general English course, or it is also suitable for self-study. 
Speaking B2+ will help you develop your communication skills in different areas, including: 
·showing tact, interest, confidence, support, excitement, annoyance, scepticism and sarcasm
·handling negotiations, awkward conversations and communication problems
·exchanging complex information
·admitting and denying things
·persuading people
·making yourself heard
·talking about money, complaining about a bad day, and sharing gossip

Speaking B2+ has 20 units. At the back of the book there is：
·an appendix expanding on the Everyday language phrases from the units, offering examples of real-life usage taken from the Collins COBUILD Corpus
·a mini-dictionary taken from Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary
·a comprehensive answer key
·a full transcript of the audio material

After six years teaching in Europe, Australia and Asia, Nicola Prentis did an MA in ELT in York, England. Nicola then continued teaching abroad but took a new interest in designing materials. In 2010, she started writing graded readers and contributed to coursebooks and digital content for various publishers. She finds it difficult to stay in one place and has lived in 12 cities in 12 years. At present she’s happily living in Madrid but is very tempted by Burlington, Vermont, USA.

Introduction
Unit 1  Bumping into people
Unit 2  Talking about yourself
Unit 3  Telephone and communication problems
Unit 4  Exchanging information
Unit 5  Negotiating
Unit 6  Interrupting and letting others speak
Unit 7  Showing interest
Unit 8  Being supportive
Unit 9  Persuasion
Unit 10  Being tactful
Unit 11  Admitting and denying
Unit 12  Gossiping
Unit 13  Handling difficult conversations
Unit 14  Talking about money
Unit 15  Talking about stress
Unit 16  Showing that you’re sceptical
Unit 17  Sounding confident or hesitant
Unit 18  Sounding excited
Unit 19  Showing annoyance and anger
Unit 20  Using sarcasm

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