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LIVING LANGUAGE

FLUENT

English

Written by

Barbara Raifsnider

Edited by

Christopher A. Warnasch

Scan and OCR by maillo

Contents

Introduction

LESSON 3

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? 21

3 A Say It Clearly!: Reductions 21

3 B English At Work: Dialogue -Would You

Mind if I Looked at Your Resume? 21

3 C Build Your Vocabulary 22

3 D English Under the Hood:

1. Questions and Negatives in the Simple

Past Tense 24

2. The Past Habitual: Used to, Didn't Use

to, and Would Always 24

3. Making Polite Requests 26

3 E Phrasal Verbs with work 27

3 F Real English: Put Your Nose to the

Grindstone 28

3 G Bring it All Together 28

3 H Listen Up! 30

3 I Why Do They Do That? Shaking

Hands 30

LESSON 1

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? 1

1 A Say It Clearly!: Pronunciation of- ed Ending

1 B English At Work: Dialogue – Making

SmallTalk 1

1 C Build Your Vocabulary 2

1 D English Under the Hood:

1.The Present Perfect Tense vs. The

Simple Past Tense 3

2.Verbs with Irregular Forms in the Past

and Present Perfect Tenses 4

3.Using/or and since with the Present

Perfect and Simple Past Tenses 5

1 E Phrasal Verbs with pick 6

1 F Real English: See You Later! 6

1 G Bring it All Together 7

1 H Listen Up! 9

1 I Why Do They Do That? Greetings and

SmallTalk 9

LESSON 4

LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE

BANK 32

4 A Say It Clearly!: Y-Vowel Link 32

4 B English At Work: Reading - Banks in the

U.S. 32

4 C Build Your Vocabulary 33

4 D English Under the Hood:

1.Simple Future vs. Immediate Future 34

2.The Present Continuous and Simple

Present to Express the Future 35

3.The Simple Present Tense with

Prepositions of Time 35

4 E Phrasal Verbs with pay 36

4 F Real English: In the Black 36

4 G Bring it All Together 37

4 H Listen Up! 39

4 I Why Do They Do That? Debt 39

LESSON 2

DON'T GO AWAYI 11

2 A Say It Clearly!:-s Endings 11

2 B English At Work: Recorded Message— The

Hotel Royale 11

2 C Build Your Vocabulary 11

2 D English Under the Hood:

1. - s Endings in the Third Person

Singular 14

2. The Negative Simple Present Tense 14

3. Questions in the Present Tense 15

2 E Phrasal Verbs with turn 16

2 F Real English: Hold On! 17

2 G Bring it All Together 17

2 H Listen Up! 19

2 I Why Do They Do That? Americans on the

Move 19

LESSON 5

THE CUSTOMER'S ALWAYS RIGHT! 41

5 A Say It Clearly!: W-Vowel Link 41

5 B English At Work: Dialogue - Did You

Need Some Help? 4

5 C Build Your Vocabulary 42

5 D English Under the Hood:

1. Prepositions of Time, Motion, and

Location 43

2. Adjectives Followed by

Prepositions 44

3. Verbs Followed by Prepositions 45

5 E Phrasal Verbs for Shopping 46

5 F Real English: Shop Till You Drop! 47

5 G Bring it All Together 47

5 H Listen Up! 49

5 I Why Do They Do That? Service with a

Smile 50

2. Degrees of Certainty in the Past

Tense 64

3. Degrees of Certainty in the Future

Tense 65

Phrasal Verbs for Giving and Getting 66

Real English: Keeping in Touch with

Friendly Advice 67 Bring it All

7 G Together 68 Listen Up! 70

7 H Why Do They Do That? Benjamin Franklin

and the American Work Ethic 70

LESSON 8

YOUR RIGHTS AND

RESPONSIBILITIES 72

8 A Say It Clearly!: Consonant-Consonant

Linking 2 72

8 B English At Work: Dialogue - Do You Know

Why I Pulled You Over? 72

8 C Build Your Vocabulary 73

8 D English Under the Hood:

1.The Passive Voice in the Simple Present

and Present Continuous Tenses 75

2.The Passive Voice in the Present Perfect

and Simple Past Tenses 75

3.The Passive Voice in the Simple Future

and Immediate Future Tenses 76

Phrasal Verbs for Criminal Acts 76

8 F Real English: You're Busted! 77

8 G Bring it All Together 78

8 H Listen Up! 80

8 I Why Do They Do That? Some Important

Driver's Responsibilities 80

LESSON 6

I HAVE GOT TO HAVE A NEW CAR! 51

6 A Say It Clearly!: Consonant-Vowel Link 51

6 B English At Work: Dialogue - Let's Go

Look at My New Car. 51

6 C Build Your Vocabulary 52

6 D English Under the Hood:

1. Modals of Necessity 53

2. Modals of Advisability 54

3. Negative Modals 54

6 E Phrasal Verbs with come 55

6 F Real English: I Need Some

New iWheels! 57

6 G Bring it All Together 57

6 H Listen Up! 59

6 I Why Do They Do That? Americans and

Their Cars 59

LESSON 9

THIS IS PARADISE, ISN'T IT? 8

9 A Say It Clearly!: Intonation in Tag

Questions 82

9 B English At Work: Reading - Aloha from

Hawaii! 82

9 C Build Your Vocabulary 83

9 D English Under the Hood:

1.Tag Questions 84

2.Negative Questions 86

3.Beginning Sentences with Negative

Adverbs 86

9 E Phrasal Verbs with look 87

9 F Real English: Your Island Getaway 88

LESSON 7

PUSHING THE ENVELOPE 61

7 A Say It Clearly!: Consonant-Consonant

Linking 61

7 B English At Work: Reading - A Brief

History of Mail Delivery in the U.S.A. 61

7 C Build Your Vocabulary 62

7 D English Under the Hood:

1. Degrees of Certainty in the Present

Tense 63

9 G Bring it All Together 88

9 H Listen Up! 90

9 I Why Do They Do That? Travel in

America 91

LESSON 12

SHE'LL WIN BY A LANDSLIDE! 114

12 A Say It Clearly!: Consonant Clusters 114

12 B English At Work: Reading-America Divided,

But Always United 114

12 C Build Your Vocabulary 115

12 D English Under the Hood:

1.The Progressive Form of Modals 116

2.The Use of would rather 117

3.Past Ability 118

12 E Phrasal Verbs for Winning and Losing

118

12 F Real English: Does She Have What it

Takes? 119

12 G Bring it All Together 119

12 H Listen Up! 122

12 I Why Do They Do That? Religion in the

U.S. 122

LESSON 10

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME! 92

10 A Say It Clearly!: Intonation in Questions in

Statement Form 92

10 B English At Work: Dialogue-It's a Great

Day for Baseball! 92

10 C Build Your Vocabulary 93

10 D English Under the Hood:

1. Reported Speech: Past, Present, and

Future 94

2.Using Modals in Reported Speech 95

3.Questions in Statement Form 96

10 E Phrasal Verbs with keep 97

10 F Real English: A Day at the Races 97

10 G Bring it All Together 98

10 H Listen Up! 100

10 I Why Do They Do That? The Super

Bowl 100

LESSON 13

PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP 124

13 A Say I t Clearly!: Reductions with should,

could, and would 124

13 B English At Work: Dialogue — Who Needs

Buyer's Remorse? 124

13 C Build Your Vocabulary 125

13 D English Under the Hood:

1.Past Forms of should and shouldn't 126

2. Be supposed to and be to 127

3.Making Suggestions with could 127

13 E Phrasal Verbs for Buying and Selling a

House 128

13 F Real English: Real Estate 129

13 G Bring it All Together 129

13 H Listen Up! 131

13 I Why Do They Do That? The American

Dream of Home Ownership 132

LESSON 11

SNAIL MAIL JUST WON'T CUT IT! 103

11 A Say It Clearly!: The Vowels in seat and

sit 103

11 B English At Work: Reading — A Brief

History of the Internet 103

11 C Build Your Vocabulary 104

11 D English Under the Hood:

1.The Present Perfect Tense vs. The

Present Perfect Progressive Tense 105

2.The Present Perfect Progressive

Tense vs. The Past Perfect

Progressive Tense 107

3.The Future Progressive Tense 107

11 E Phrasal Verbs for the Computer 108

11 F Real English: Life Online 109

11 G Bring it All Together no

11 H Listen Up! 112

11 I Why Do They Do That? The Internet

Generation 112

LESSON 14

HIT THE BOOKS! 134

14 A Say It Clearly!: The Preposition to 134

14 B English At Work: Dialogue - He's Always

Been a Good Student! 134

14 C Build Your Vocabulary 135

14 D English Under the Hood:

1. Verbs Followed by Infinitives 137

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