本书是赖世雄“美语从学学”系列丛书之一，是专为稍具英语基础的读者精心编排的实用性自学教材。《初级美语》分为上下两册，共148课，短文和对话穿插安排，短文均为100字左右的实用性文章，每段对话均由3到5个回合，但内容较《美语入门》复杂。课文内容涉及日常生活的各个方面，包括日常见面用语、电话用语、购物、旅游、求职以及社会性、历史性、哲理性文章等。

Lesson 1 Self Introduction

 自我介绍

Lesson 2 Nice to Meet You

 幸会

Lesson 3 My Family

 我的家人

Lesson 4 What Do You D0？

 你是做什么的？

Lesson 5 Tony and His Family

 托尼和他的家人

Lesson 6 Is ThisYour Dog？

 这是你的狗吗？

Lesson 7 Tony and Tina

 托尼和蒂娜

Lesson 8 Do You Speak Spanish？

 你会说西班牙语吗？

Lesson 9 A Busy Family

 忙碌的家庭

Lesson 10 What Are You Doing？

 你在做什么？

Lesson 11 My Foreign Classmates

 我的外籍同学

Lesson 12 Where's Chen from？

 小陈是哪一国人？

Lesson 13 Nobody Is at Home

 没人在家

Lesson 14 Why Are You Smiling？

 你为什么在微笑？

Lesson 15 MrsLee's Kitchen

 李太太的厨房

Lesson 16 Where Are My Keys？

 我的钥匙在哪里？

Lesson 17 My Hometown

 我的家乡

Lesson 18 Is It near the Post Office？

 就在邮局附近吗？

怀念老歌园地

 Dreamin'

 梦想

Lesson 19 I Have Two Friends

 我有两个朋友

Lesson 20 She Is Beautiful

 她很漂亮

Lesson 21 I Don't Know Anyone

 我谁都不认识

Lesson 22 Do You Want to Dance？

 你想跳舞吗？

Lesson 23 The Book Is Mine

 这本书是我的

Lesson 24 It's Mine

 它是我的

Lesson 25 My Father

 我的父亲

Lesson 26 He Usually Plays Tennis

 他通常打网球

Lesson 27 Jack and His Dog

 杰克和他的狗

Lesson 28 I Always Walk

 我都是走路去

Lesson 29 Poor Dick

 可怜的迪克

Lesson 30 Money Doesn't Grow on Trees

 挣钱是很辛苦的

Lesson 31 PoorAmy

 可怜的艾米

Lesson 32 Coins for the Phone

 打投币电话

Lesson 33 She Wants to Wear Something Formal

 她想穿正式的衣服

Lesson 34 Let's Go to a Disco

 咱们到迪斯科舞厅去

Lesson 35 There's Little Food

 菜很少

Lesson 36 A L0t Of Bills

 许多帐单

怀念老歌园地

 All I Have to Do Is Dream

 我只能梦想

Lesson 37 A Wonderful Time

 美好时光

Lesson 38 Nobody Answered the Phone

 没人接电话

Lesson 39 Homesickness

 乡愁

Lesson 40 Everybody Spoke English

 大家都说英语

Lesson 41 Going Camping

 露营

Lesson 42 Are You Having Fun？

 你玩得愉快吗？

Lesson 43 Killing Two Birds with One Stone

 两全其美

Lesson 44 She Had a Bad Cold

 她患了重感冒

Lesson 45 What a Nightmare！

 真是恶梦一场啊！

Lesson 46 A Terrible Headache

 头痛得很厉害

Lesson 47 Be Polite

 要有礼貌

Lesson 48 Don't Mention It

 别客气

Lesson 49 Never Talk to Strangers

 千万别跟陌生人说话

Lesson 50 You're Sally,Aren't You？

 你是萨莉，对不对？

Lesson 51 My Girlfriend

 我的女友

Lesson 52 Sam's CIK

 山姆不错

Lesson 53 Country Life

 乡间生活

Lesson 54 I Like Brighter Colors

 我喜欢较明亮的颜色

怀念老歌园地

 Stoney

 史东妮

Lesson 55 More Is Not Always Better

 多未必佳

Lesson 56 IWantthe CheaperOne

 我要买那只便宜的手表

Lesson 5 7 The Elephant and the Whale

 大象与鲸鱼

Lesson 58 The Smartest Teacher

 最聪明的老师

Lesson 59 My Best Friend

 我最好的朋友

Lesson 60 The Longest River in the World

 世界上最长的河流

Lesson 61 The Hare and the Turtle

 兔子与乌龟

Lesson 62 Practice Makes Perfect

 熟能生巧

Lesson 63 Saving a Drowning Boy

 救难记

Lesson 64 Dan's a Good Swimmer

 丹很会游泳

Lesson 65 The Fortuneteller

 算命师

Lesson 66 Will It Leave on Time？

 它会准时开吗？

Lesson 67 Getting Married

 结婚

Lesson 68 AreYou Going to Come？

 你会来吗？

Lesson 69 Running a Bookstore

 经营书店

Lesson 70 When Will You Be Moving？

 你什么时候搬家？

Lesson 71 Working Hard

 努力用功

Lesson 72 Remember to Wash

 别忘了漱洗

Lesson 73 Joe's Restaurant

 乔的餐厅

Lesson 74 You Ought to Learn to Swim

 你应当学习游泳

Lesson 75 Michael's Dream

 迈克的梦想

Lesson 76 I Want to Be aDoctor

 我想当医生

Lesson 77 Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

 罗马不是一天建成的

Lesson 78 Don't Be Discouraged

 不要泄气

Lesson 79 Showing Off

 炫耀

Lesson 80 I'm Good at Cooking

 我擅长烹饪

怀念老歌园地

 Tennessee WaltZ

 田纳西华尔兹

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