“英语口语”是高职高专英语专业必修的专业基础课，为了能使学生通过大量的基础口语练习，全面提高英语口语表达能力，为以后的“专业英语口语”打下良好的基础，编者特编写了本书。本书共分为四个板块，第一板块为语音，训练的重点是中国学生英语口语中普遍存在的问题，第二、三、四板块为生活中的常用功能和常见情景，特别强调难度的阶段性提高。

Unit 1 Stress and Rhythm

Unit 2 Intonation

Unit 3 Focus in Discourse

Unit 4 Pauses by Sense Groups

Unit 5 Meeting and Greeting People

Unit 6 Talking About Directions and Locations

Unit 7 Making Telephone Calls

Unit 8 Expressing and Responding to Compliments

Unit 9 Making and Responding to Invitations

Unit 10 Making and Responding to Requests

Unit 11 Making Complaints

Unit 12 Agreeing and Disagreeing

Unit 13 Seeing a Doctor

Unit 14 Dining Out

Unit 15 Going Shopping

Unit 16 Going to the Bank

Key to Exercises ＆ Scripts