《开放英语1》为该系列教材第一册的文字主教材，主要供已具有初级英语水平的成人自学者使用，教材的起点为600词。本着以学生为中心的教学原则，充分考虑成人学习的特点，编者对教学内容进行了全面的设计、精心的选取、合理的编排，力求从低起点开始，通过大量的口头、笔头练习和反复的实践，引导学习者一步一个脚印地迈向学习目标。《开放英语1》的主要特点是： 1 内容实用，趣味性强：教材内容紧密联系学习者的社会生活与工作实际，内容实用、时代感强，集知识性与趣味性为一体。教学函盖不同场合的英语交际活动，既包括科技进步给人们日常生活与工作带来的影响，也涉及世界的发展与全球化及人类在社会发展进程中挑战自然、挑战自我的社会性话题。在语言教学的同时，注意提高学习者的人文素养。新颖、独特的编排形式在为学习者提供真实地道的语言材料的同时，还营造了轻松愉快的学习氛围。 2 “以学生为中心”组织、编排学习任务：学习任务的组织编热电厂是本着“方便学生自主学习”的原则，每单元的学习密度和节奏设计合理，任务短小，方便学习者利用零散时间自主学习；学习内容以“螺旋式逐步加强”的模式呈现，学习重点与难点均匀公布，有利于激发关保持学习者学习英语的自信心，从学习的成效中获得成就感。 3 边学边练，做中得学：每单元中都设计了从易到难，多种形式的练习，使学习者能做到边学边练，做中得学。各项练习的设计都以方便自主学习、强调基本功、突出实用性为出发点。基本中，口语练习及写作练习紧密结合实际需要，贴近日常生活内容，认真完成这些练习可以使学习者具备并提高在实际生活中运用英语的能力。此外，在要求学习者动口、动笔处均提供示例，以使学习者的有所参照，能清楚地知识如何去做该项练习。 4 学习目标的一目了然：在单元开始和节首均配有学习目标和中英文提示，而学习的各种环节（学习准备、感知语言、技能训练、复习巩固）和各个学习步骤前也都有明确的标识，使学习者对学习任务心中有数。在单元末提供学习小结专栏，目的是方便学习者了解学习重点，提高学习者的目标意识。 5 “虚拟导师”伴随学习过程：穿插在各个学习活动中的“虚拟导师”，为个别化学习创造了有教师相随的学习环境，这种模拟面授教学的设计，不仅拉近了学习者与学习材料之间的心理距离，而且通过“虚拟导师”的导学，为学习者营造一种能够获得反馈，并能感受到教学互动的适宜的学习氛围和环境，因此有利于自主学习。
[00:01.85]Extract 1 [00:03.62]Answer the questions with short answers. [00:07.04]Has Andrew ever played tennis? No,he hasn't. [00:13.33]1.Has Stephen ever played tennis?Yes,he has. [00:24.38]2.Has Andrew ever had a tennis lesson? No,he hasn't. [00:37...
[00:01.64]Extract 1 [00:04.41]Listen to the questons and follow the instructions in your book. [00:09.10]1.Who's going to be your new secretary? [00:15.84]2.Whose pen is this?It isn't mine. [00:24.17]3.Whose cup of coffee is this? [00:31.84]4.Who's g...
[00:01.61]Extract 1 [00:04.04]Answer the questions. [00:06.51]1.Where do you get the car washed? I wash it myself. [00:19.65]2.Where does John get his car repaired? He repairs it himself. [00:34.95]3.Where doesn Mark get his hair cut? He cuts it hims...
[00:02.35]Extract 1 [00:05.69]matthew talks about New York. [00:09.35]I recently went to New York for a 5-day holiday. [00:13.91]I wanted to go shopping, [00:15.56]because I heard that clothes are cheaper in America than in England. [00:19.19]I don't...
[00:02.66]Extract 1 [00:04.85]Respond to the questins and statements using the prompts in your book. [00:11.43]I don't understand. I'll help you. [00:17.75]1.The telephone's ringing. I'll answer it. [00:30.72]2.I'd like to buy that dress,but I can't...
[00:01.85]Extract 1 [00:04.20]Answer the questions using the prompts in your book. [00:08.23]1.Has he got a son? Yes.He's got a ten-year-old son. [00:23.17]2.Has she got a cat? Yes.She's got a two-year-old cat. [00:40.93]3.Did you go on holiday? Yes....
[00:01.69]Extract 1 [00:04.54]Using the prompts in your book answer the questions. [00:08.69]1.How long have you known Frank? I've known him for 10 years. [00:20.46]2.How long have you worked here? [00:27.91]I've worked here since 1999. [00:37.01]3.H...
[00:01.69]Extract 1 [00:04.04]Tim and Jane talk to the other people at the school reunion. [00:09.26]Hi Jane.How are you?Have you got anything to tell me? [00:17.47]I only came to hear all the news. [00:19.65]Hello.I'm fine.I've talked to lots of peo...
[00:02.06]Extract 1 [00:04.75]Franco talks to an interivewer on the radio. [00:09.19]Hello Franco.Welcome to the programme. [00:22.61]Thanks for inviting me. [00:24.15]How long have you had your restaurant? [00:26.29]I opened in 1986.It was much smal...
[00:02.19]Extract 1 [00:04.61]Listen to the descriptions of London and New York. [00:08.64]people often compare the cities of London and New York. [00:13.65]How do they really compare?Let's find out. [00:17.59]First of all,a piece of history. [00:20....
