Street Talk-1: How to Speak and Understand American Slang

by David Burke

A self-teaching guide to American slang includes dialogues, illustrations, pronunciations, word games, definitions, and vocabulary tests

Genres: Nonfiction

270 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1991

About the author

Librarian Note: There are multiple authors by this name in the GR database.

See also: Fantasy author David Burke

David Burke is a documentary filmmaker and former 60 MINUTES writer/producer who came to Paris in 1986 for what he thought would be a year, but turned into more than twenty. Besides Writers in Paris, he has written two editions of HarperCollinss Access Paris, a travel guide to Mediterranean France, and numerous articles for magazines and web sites. He and his wife, producer/director Joanne Burke, have also made seven documentaries over these years and are working on a eighth.
He now divides his time between Paris and New York.

Reviews

[SA®A · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتاب مفیدی هست برای کسانی که میخاهند انگلیسی روزمره و عامیانه را یاد بگیرند،بیش از هزار عبارت و اصطلاح غیر رسمی که در مکالمه های عادی و فیلمها با آنها سر و کار داریم در آن یافت می شود.با توجه به اینکه کتاب متعلق به حدود بیست سال پیش است،فایلهای صوتی ضمیمه اش دارای کیفیت جالبی نیستند،اما به هر حال ارزش خاندن و شنیدن و یادگرفتن را دارد.
بعد از سری اول،جلد دو و سه اش هم نوشته شد و به چاپ رسید که استفاده از آنها هم خالی از ارزش نیست.

[Katsumi · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you are a foreigner in USA who want to communicate more effectively with american people, you should have this book. It teaches you slangs and idioms in an easier and faster way rather than just lists them as a dictionary does. You not only learned the meaning of these weired words in English but also learned how to speak them out with the right accent and under the appropriate condition.

[Aya]

Great book for me

[Bingwaht · Rating 5 out of 5]

我学连读大功臣

[Pooriya · Rating 4 out of 5]

if u wanna talk like native people you have to study this book it shows you how to speak english in informl way

[Neni]

cointain of street talk 1

[Neni]

kinds of slang

[Mo]

This book reminds me Dr.Azizi!

[Young · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thnk it's for me to read it cuz I want to know more bout the street English

[Kimia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful!
Really Wonderful!

[Mo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always listen to David Burke's speech when I'm in a car!