環球天下英語：3招1步開口說英語．初級段(附光碟)（簡體書）

《3招1步開口說英語》處處彰顯了編者的獨具匠心。閱讀和學習這套教材，練習口語的錦囊妙計會向讀者招手致意；篇篇情景對話義理充實，創意斐然，定會使讀者受益頗深；自由表達深邃又不乏風趣，仿佛為讀者打開了一個全新的英語世界。同時，《3招1步開口說英語》邀請經驗豐富的外籍專家錄音，發音純正地道，實為提高口語不可多得的學習寶典。

《環球天下英語:3招1步開口說英語(初級段)》介紹：當今社會競爭激烈，英語口語能力也因此顯得尤為重要。然而，大多數人在學過幾年甚至十幾年的英語之后，發現英語中最難克服的困難仍然是口語。這也是我們一直談到的中國式“啞巴英語”。造成“啞巴英語”的原因主要有三點：第一，總覺得自己的英語發音不準，說得不夠地道，不敢開口。第二，不了解句子結構。不知該如何組織句子，因此吞吞吐吐，說不出一個正確、完整的句子。第三，缺乏練習的機會。沒有說英語的氛圍，固然口語能力差。為解決上述三大問題，我們編寫了這套書。全套書共三本，按照循序漸進的原則，分為預備段、初級段和中級段，共18個單元，包括入門篇、基礎篇和提高篇。張淑芳和牛慧霞的《環球天下英語:3招1步開口說英語(初級段)》為初級階段。

入門篇
UnIt 1 Festivals 節日盛典
Unit 2 Enterta'inment-娛樂無極限
Unit 3 Mea ofTraportation 交通方式
Unit 4 Celebratio重大或特殊的活動
Unit 5 Music音樂之聲
Unit 6 What Have You Been Doing Recently近期經歷

基礎篇
Unit 7 Travel旅行
Unit 8 Learning a Foreign Language學習外語
Unit 9 Money 金錢
Unit 1 0 Health and Fitness 健康與健身
Unit 11 Rules and Regulatio規章制度
Unit 12 Fashion時尚

提高篇
Unit 13 Education教育
Unit 14 National Customs民族習俗
Unit 15 Village and City Life城市與鄉村生活
Unit 16 National and Local Produce and Products全國和地方性的物產和產品
Unit 17 Early Memories個人早年的記憶
Unit 18 Pollution and Recycling污染與資源再生利用

Spring Festival and Christmas are both important festivals, one for Chinese people and the other for western people. Different cultures have developed different ways to celebrate these festivals.
Time:
Spring Festival falls on the 1st day of the 1st lunar month. Strictly speaking, Spring Festival starts every year at the end of the twelfth lunar month and last till the middle of the first lunar month of the next year. During this time, the most important days are Spring Festival Eve and the first three days of the New Year. Today, everyone in China has seven days off for the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Spring Festival then comes to an end when the Lantern Festival is finished.
Christmas Day is on December 25. People usually have two weeks for this holiday, beginning shortly before Christmas and ending soon after New Year.
History:
Spring Festival originated in the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1100 BC), based on people's sacrificing to gods and ancestors at the end of an old year and the beginning of a new one.
Although no one knows exactly when Jesus was born, Christians throughout the world celebrate his birthday on December 25. This date was selected in the fourth century so that Christmas would replace the pagan celebration of the winter solstice.
Home Decorations:
In China, before the New Year comes, people clean their homes completely, both indoors and outdoors, as well as their clothes, bedclothes and all their utensils. Then people begin decorating their clean rooms to create an atmosphere of happiness and harmony. Every door will have Spring Festival couplets pasted up on each side.
Western people decorate their home with evergreens. The winter custom of decorating homes and churches with evergreens began in ancient times. Now at Christmas time decorated trees stand in about two-thirds of American homes. The modern American tree is usually covered with coloured balls and strings of coloured lights.The star on top represents the star in the east which quided the three Wise Men to find Jesus.