本书为《美语路路通》系列教材《交际通》第三册。通过学习本教材，学生可进一步提高英语水平和交际能力，全书最突出的一点是每一章都是通过大众所感兴趣的主题对某一种句子结构进行讲解和练习。由于主题突出，模拟现实生活中的情景，学生不是单纯地进行机械训练，而是把语言运用支实际的生活情景中。通过使用本教科书，学生不仅掌握语言而且还会学到知识。有了知识与语言的有机结合，学生就有了交流思想所需的‘结构“和内容。

CHAPTER ONE

NEW CHALLENGES

CHAPTER TWO

LOOKING AT LEARNING

CHAPTER THREE

RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER FOUR

HEALTH

CHAPTER FIVE

HIGH TECH,LOW TECH

CHAPTER SIX

Money Matters

CHAPTER SERVEN

Leisure Time

CHAPTER EIGHT

Creativity

CHAPTER NINE

Human Behavior

CHAPTER TEN

Crime and Punishment

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The Physical World

CHAPTER TWELVE

Together on a Small Planet

Appendixes

The laws of order are those regularities that govern changes in meaning when order changes."The cat caught the mouse"means something obviously different from"The mouse caught the cat."Order is used differently in different languages and cultures.