Communicative English

目次
Part I : Social English Conversations (1)
Unit 01　Caring for a friend who is sick　13
Unit 02　Introduction about a new colleague　14
Unit 03　Talks about pets　15
Unit 04　Showing off your novel electronic device to a friend　16
Unit 05　Talks about a chattering colleague　17
Unit 06　Health Tips　18
Unit 07　Shopping for winter things　19
Unit 08　Vacation plan　20
Unit 09　How to make a fruit smoothie at ho me　21
Unit 10　Recommend a good restaurant to your friend　22
Unit 11　Talks about music　23
Unit 12　Traveling pre-departure briefing　24
Unit 13　The details of raising pets　25
Unit 14　Collecting interesting travel stories　26
Unit 15　Talks about Baseball　27
Unit 16　Ideal winter tourist attractions　28
Unit 17　Reason for being late: too much trivia in the morning　29
Unit 18　In many situations, it is necessary to know the time　30
Unit 19　Various fruits　31
Unit 20　NBA game, the great teams and players　32
Unit 21　Easter tradition　33
Unit 22　Searching somebody on Facebook　34
Unit 23　Conversation with a positive and hardworking colleague　35
Unit 24　Many people like to listen to music while working, driving　36
Unit 25　Crafts　37
Unit 26　Joining a baseball team　38
Unit 27　Taking a trip to Los Angeles　39
Unit 28　Rules of a dance contest　40
Unit 29　Which one do you prefer? Online news or news papers　41
Unit 30　Putting important dates in the calendar?　42
Unit 31　Spring is great! Pretty flowers, nice weather　43
Unit 32　Super Bowl events: the game, food, and party　44
Unit 33　Which is the best to download and store music? CDs, MP3s,or music apps.　45
Unit 34　Be careful when walking on the street　46
Unit 35　Celebrating Lunar New Year in Asian countries　47
Unit 36　A trip to Taiwan　48
Unit 37　Online photo album　49
Unit 38　Valentines Day gift　50
Unit 39　Picking up a visitor from China　51
Unit 40　Gifts for baby shower. 52
Unit 41　Do you like plane trips? Or car trips?　53
Unit 42　Looking for an apartment　54
Unit 43　Good wedding gifts　55

Part II : Social English Conversations (2)
Unit 01　Some unspoken rules for tipping　59
Unit 02　Friendly talk with a new colleague from a warm place　60
Unit 03　Roommates bad habit　61
Unit 04　MP3 players can do many things　62
Unit 05　Interviewing a famous reporter about his job　63
Unit 06　Ask a friend to recommend a good restaurant and find out about its menu and prices　64
Unit 07　Plan ahead for everything　65
Unit 08　Planning to get a dog　66
Unit 09　A one-week trip to LA　67
Unit 10　Catching a cold　68
Unit 11　Playing basketball is really fun　69
Unit 12　A talkative colleague　70
Unit 13　A good sale for winter clothes　71
Unit 14　Describing a persons appearance　72
Unit 15　A hardworking co-worker wishes to do more work　73
Unit 16　The environment friendly green building　74
Unit 17　How to correct people politely　75
Unit 18　Both electric cars and gas cars can hurt the environment　76
Unit 19　What can people do to look good?　77
Unit 20　What to do on vacation　78
Unit 21　Regular exercise is good for health　79
Unit 22　Taking visitors out to dinner　80
Unit 23　Things to consider when planning a trip　81
Unit 24　What do you want to eat?　82
Unit 25　What kind of exercise do you do?　83
Unit 26　Activities for winter travel　84
Unit 27　Exercise is an important part of a healthy life　85
Unit 28　Learn to sew　86
Unit 29　Get some furniture for living room　87
Unit 30　Looking forward to a snowy day to go skiing　88
Unit 31　Looking for an apartment for rent in a quiet and safe area　89
Unit 32　Reading the newspaper online　90
Unit 33　Entertaining a visitor　91
Unit 34　Some rules of the freestyle dance contest　92
Unit 35　T king a picture and then sharing it right away with a smart phone　93
Unit 36　The great novel "The Hobbit"　94
Unit 37　Get inexpensive and great furniture in discount stores or warehouse stores　95
Unit 38　There a e too many differences from country to country,it must be hard to adapt to another countrys customs　96
Unit39　Conceive a program that introduces various careers and helps children learn about them　97
Unit 40　Red envelope is a traditional gift at Chinese New Year　98
Unit 41　Some things to think about before you rent an apartment　99
Unit 42　Choose the best weather reporter from the candidates video clips　100
Unit43　Getting some ideas for a new childrens program　101

Part Ill : Hotel English
Section 1 Reservations of a Hotel Room
1.1　Reservation from overseas 105
1.2　Reservation from a domestic source 105
1.3　The hotel is full 106
1.4　Desired room being unavailable 106
1.5　Inquiries about the room type and room view 107
1.6　A confirmation call 107
1.7　Changing and cancelling reservations 108
1.8　Dealing with booking inquiries 109
Section 2 Front Desk Service
2.1　Check-in procedure 112
2.2　Confirmation of the way of payment 113
2.3　Tour group check-in 113
2.4　Problems at check-in 114
Section 3 Service for Information
3.1　Room number information 116
3.2　Paging 116
3.3　Picking up a room key 117
3.4　Giving advice about local travel 117
3.5　For nearby locations 118
3.6　For faraway locations 119
3.7　Giving directions to places outside the hotel 119
3.8　Showing the way 120
3.9　About Shopping & Sightseeing 121
Section 4 Food Ordering
4.1　Taking an order 122
4.2　Recommending dishes 122
4.3　Explaining the menu 123
4.4　Service during the meal 123
Section 5 More Food Services
5.1　Taking a breakfast order 124
5.2　Taking a lunch order 124
5.3　Delivering of food 125
5.4　Serving the guest 125
Section 6 Check-Out Procedure
6.1　Settling hotel bills 126
6.2　Explaining credit limits 127
Section 7 Dealing Calls from Outside
7.1　Outside calls 128
7.2　Paging a guest 129
7.3　The morning call 129
Section 8 Facing Complaints
8.1　Complaints about food 130
8.2　Complaints about the late (wrong) order 130

Part IV : Flight English
Section 1 Services at a Check-in Counter
1.1　Purchasing a ticket at the airport 135
1.2　Reservation date change 135
1.3　Overselling flight tickets 136
1.4　Talking about prices 136
Section 2 Works before-Boarding
2.1　A manifest 138
2.2　A briefing 138
2.3　Discussing passenger seating 139
2.4　Class downgrade 139
Section 3 Arrival of Passengers
3.1　Checking in 141
3.2　Job training 141
3.3　An earlier flight 142
Section 4 Transfer between Flights
4.1　Missing a flight 143
4.2　A transit hotel 143
4.3　To a transfer gate 144
Section 5 Cancellation of Flights
5.1　Changing an airplane 145
5.2　Being delayed 146
5.3　A bad weather 146

曾貴祺
助理教授，目前任教於國立臺北科技大學、國立臺北護理健康大學、國立空中大學。二○一○年成立阿貴編輯工作室，並擔任負責人，主要進行中英文專業翻譯、英文教材編輯出版。官方網站：https://www.ahkue.com/。