Unit 1 Job Pressure

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 The Secret to Be a Successful Office Secretary

Conversation 2 Invitation to Have a Dinner

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 US Unemployment Problem

Passage 2 How to Deal with Stress at Work

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song A New Day Has Come

Unit 2 The Earth一Our Homeland

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 An Interview About a Frightening Earthquake

Conversation 2 A Gas Leak

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 What to Do in the Event of an Earthquake?

Passage 2 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song You Are Not Alone

Unit 3 Culture

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 An Unpleasant Experience in America

Conversation 2 Children's Pocket Money in Britain

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 Differences in Parenting

Passage 2 Tipping in the US

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song Seasons in the Sun

Unit 4 Advertisement

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 A Telephone Call of Renting an Apartment

Conversation 2 A Debate on Advertising

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 World No Tobacco Day

Passage 2 Advertising

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song I Believe I Can Fly

Unit 5 Future Life

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 An Undersea City

Conversation 2 New Options for Food Service in the Cafeteria

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 Buying Your Car Piece by Piece

Passage 2 Space Tourism

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song Welcome to My Life

Unit 6 Who Is Your Role Model?

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 Pop Stars

Conversation 2 Steve Jobs

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 An Influential Woman

Passage 2 The MY HERO Project

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song Model

Unit 7 What's on TV today?

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 A Talk About Watching a Football Game

Conversation 2 French Open 2011

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 Wrestling with Television

Passage 2 TV Addiction

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song TV

Unit 8 Environmental Protection

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming

Conversation 2 Environmental Improvement in Mexico City

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 Earth Day

Passage 2 Climate Change—No Hiding Place?

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song Heal the World

Unit 9 Media

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 I Want This Paper

Conversation 2 Do You Often Buy Magazines?

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 Why Watch Television?

Passage 2 The Mass Media

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Song Yesterday Once More

Unit 10 Poverty

Part One Getting into the Topic

Part Two Listening Tasks

Task One Short Conversations

Task Two Long Conversations

Conversation 1 Housing and Poverty

Conversation 2 Poverty in Calcutta

Task Three Short Passages

Passage 1 China Issues White Paper on Poverty Reduction

Passage 2 The Long Term Effects of Poverty

Part Three Speaking Out

Part Four Testing Yourself

Part Five Enjoying Yourself

Poem The Magic of Poverty