1. 一冊（First Things First）：學習英語的敲門磚。經典示例：

　　ASSISTANT: Do you like this dress, madam?

　　LADY: I like the colour very much.

　　It's a lovely dress, but it's too small for me.

　　ASSISTANT: What about this one?

　　It's a lovely dress.

　　It's very smart.

　　Short skirts are in fashion now.

　　Would you like to try it？

　　2. 二冊（Practice and Progress）:構建英語的基石。

　　經典示例：

　　l No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found.

　　Lesson 68 Persistent

　　I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me . it was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.

　　'Hello. Nigel.' I said. 'Fancy meeting you here?'

　　'Hi. Elizabeth.' Nigel answered. 'I was just wondering how to spend the morning---until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you?'

　　'No, not at all.' I answered. 'I'm going to …'

　　'Would you mind my coming with you?' he asked, before I had finished speaking. 'Not at all,' I lied, 'but I'm going to the dentist.'

　　'Then I'll come with you.' He answered. 'There's always plenty to read in the waiting room!'

　　3. 三冊（Developing Skills）：掌握英語的關鍵。

　　經典示例：

　　Lesson 26 Wanted: A Large Biscuit Tin

　　No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.