书    名：Speak English Like An American
作    者：Amy Gillett, Manny Jose
出 版 社：Language Success Press
出版日期：2004年4月

内容简介：
本书是一部关于英语教学的畅销书，本书不同于传统教材，极力避免枯燥冗长的语法描述，以鲜活生动的习语和常用表达法为核心，通过一幅幅常见的生活场景，将“活着的英语”教授给读者，让读者在轻松幽默的氛围中掌握地道的美式英语。
本书提供了25段对话，涵盖了美国市井生活的方方面面，有益于读者提高对英语及英语文化的感性认识。

ABOUT THE BOOK
Speak English Like an American: Learn the Idioms & Expressions That Will Help You Speak Like a Native!

FROM THE PUBLISHER
What's the secret to speaking English fluently? It's mastery of those tricky idioms and phrases that are so common in English. And learning these idioms and phrases will not only help you speak English better, it'll help you understand Americans better! Idioms are presented in 25 lively dialogues which tell the entertaining story of an American family, complete with illustrations. The book comes with an audio CD of all of the dialogues. Contains dozens of helpful exercises & six crossword puzzles to reinforce the material, with convenient answer key for self-study.

About the Author
Amy Gillett has taught ESL (English as a Second Language) in both the United States and Europe. She holds a BA degree in literature from Stanford University, an MA from Stanford in Russian & East European Studies, and an MBA from Cornell. She speaks several foreign languages. Her writing has appeared in many national magazines and newspapers, including MAD Magazine, Family Circle, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

目录：
LESSON 1: Bob's Day at Work
LESSON 2: Bob Returns Home with Bad News
LESSON 3: Ted's Day at School
LESSON 4: Nicole's Day at School
LESSON 5: Ted Goes Out for the Evening
LESSON 6: Susan Stays Home and Bakes Cookies
LESSON 7: Susan Hires Bob to Run Her Business
LESSON 8: Ted Forms a Rock Band 
LESSON 9: Nicole For President! 
LESSON 10: Bob Visits the Village Market
LESSON 11: Bob Drives a Hard Bargain
LESSON 12: Bob's Big Cookie Order 
LESSON 13: Amber Comes Over to Bake Cookies
LESSON 14: Amber and Ted Heat Up the Kitchen
LESSON 15: Nicole Practices Her Election Speech
LESSON 16: Bob Brings the Cookies to the Village Market
LESSON 17: Carol Tells Bob the Good News
LESSON 18: Everyone Bakes Cookies
LESSON 19: Nicole's Close Election
LESSON 20: Bob Gets an Angry Call from Carol
LESSON 21: Susan Gets a Surprise Call
LESSON 22: Susan Shares the Good News
LESSON 23: Bob Has a Surprise Visitor
LESSON 24: Amber Writes a Song
LESSON 25: Ted Brings Home More Good News