书名：English for Life: Speaking A2  生活英语口语中低级

作者：Rhona Snelling 

出版社名称：Collins

出版时间：2013

语种：英文

ISBN：9780007497775

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A2级及以上读者使用，相当于中小学、英语中低级程度的读者，同时也适合剑桥一级KET备考。
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；
5.附录的mini-dictionary注释每单元出现的重点词汇及表达，提供释义和例句，方便读者复习巩固；
6.在线下载音频，录音为每单元的对话和口语练习。
Develop key speaking skills and become more confident when speaking in English. 
To improve your speaking skills you need to learn how to get your message across in the right way and make sure people understand what you say. WithCollins Speaking (A2) you will learn what to say and how to say it, by practising the right words, phrases and pronunciation. 
Includes practice on: 
• meeting new people
• buying and ordering things
• speaking on the phone
• apologizing
• asking for and giving opinions
• making a complaint
• agreeing and disagreeing
Twenty units with a clear design in full colour.
• Recordings of both native and non-native speakers of English, covering a wide variety of accents from around the world.
• Appendices contain detailed advice targeting specific speaking skills.
• Mini-dictionary with definitions of the most difficult words in each unit, taken from theCollins COBUILD dictionary.
• Answer key
Collins Speaking (A2) is part of theEnglish for Life series. It is suitable for self-study and classroom use, and can help towards Cambridge ESOL KET preparation. Suitable for pre-intermediate learners of English (CEF level A2). 
The English for Life series uses authentic material from the Collins Corpus. The 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus is the world’s largest database of the English language and is updated every month. 

English for Life Speaking A2+《生活英语口语A2中低级》可以用作自学课程，也可作为普通英语课的补充材料。本书按主题分为20个单元，每单元基本都包括基本生活场景会话数篇（Conversations）、准确表达（Saying it accurately）、清楚表达（Saying it clearly）、恰当表达（Saying it appropriately）和口语练习（Get speaking）等板块，另含实用技巧（Useful tips）和语言注释（Language note），全方位帮助学习者在以下方面提高英语口语及沟通技巧：
·介绍新朋友，描述人物和地点
·预约和回应预约
·下订单和购买
·讲电话
·深化对话，检测理解
·提要求、抱怨、道歉
·聆听问题，表达同情
·表达感谢以及赞美
·同意和不同意，以及给出反馈

Collins English for Life: Speaking will help you to improve your spoken English in a variety of everyday situations and contexts.
Youcan useSpeaking 
·as a self-study course
·as supplementary material on a general English course.
Speaking will help you develop your speaking skills in different areas, including:
·introductions with new people and describing people, things and places
·making and responding to arrangements
·ordering and buying
·speaking on the phone
·developing conversations and checking for understanding
·making a request, a complaint and an apology
·listening to problems and showing sympathy
·saying ‘thank you’ and ‘well done!’
·agreeing and disagreeing, and giving feedback.
·The book has 20 units.
At the back of the book there is:
·a mini-dictionary taken from Collins COBUILD dictionaries
·an answer key
·the script for the audio recordings.

Rhona Snelling is a freelance ELT writer and editor, with extensive experience teaching exam courses in private language schools and universities in the UK and overseas. She has a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Oxford. Rhona is also the author ofGet Ready for IELTS: Speaking (Collins, 2012). 

Introduction
Section 1 — What’s your news?
Unit 1  Meeting people
Unit 2  Describing people
Unit 3  Talking about things
Unit 4  Talking about places

Section 2 — What do you fancy?
Unit 5  Making arrangements
Unit 6  Making requests
Unit 7  Ordering and buying
Unit 8  Speaking on the phone

Section 3 — What do you mean?
Unit 9  Showing interest in a conversation
Unit 10  Developing a conversation
Unit 11  Checking for understanding

Section 4 — What’s wrong?
Unit 12  Listening to problems
Unit 13  Making a complaint
Unit 14  Making an apology
Unit 15  Showing sympathy
Unit 16  Saying ‘thank you’ 

Section 5 — What do you think?
Unit 17  Agreeing and disagreeing
Unit 18  Stronger opinions
Unit 19  Giving feedback
Unit 20  Saying ‘Well done!’
Mini-dictionary (extracts fromCollins Primary Learner’s English Dictionary)
Answer key

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