Unit1 Happy New Millennium!

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ The time ball

PartⅢ Word of the millennium

PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills

Focus on the Main ldea

Unit2 Net Changes Life(Ⅰ)

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ Network

PartⅢ Online shopping

PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills

Don t Attempt to Write Too Much

Unit3 Net Changes Life(Ⅱ)

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ Net changes dorm life

PartⅢ Global multi-media giant

PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation

Unit4 Colorful Lands,Colorful People(Ⅰ)

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ In Brazil and France

PartⅢ Life here and there

PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills

Be Careful with Numbers

Unit5 Colorful Lands,Colorful People(Ⅱ)

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ The world s six billionth inhabitant

PartⅢ The biggest cities in the world

PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation

Unit6 From Place to Place

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ Villa Rentals

PartⅢ It s the only way to travel

PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation

PartⅠ Warming up

Unit7 Approaching Culture

PartⅡ Museums in the modern world

PartⅢ Kwanzaa

PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation

Unit8 Creative Minds

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅰ)

PartⅢ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅱ)

PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills

How Is It Being Said—Formal of Informal Language?

Unit9 Visions of the Future

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ Working at home

PartⅢ The Times capsule

PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills

Making Use of Them—Signals and Fillers

PartⅠ Warming up

Unit10 For Peace and Development

PartⅡ The Panama Canal handover

PartⅢ Financial news

PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation

Unit11 It s Great to Be a Champion

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ The Women s World Cup

PartⅢ Luck in the hat

PartⅣ Language study and language appreciation

Unit12 Leisure Time

PartⅠ Warming up

PartⅡ The new Star Wars movie

PartⅢ The man with the horn

PartⅣ Short talks on listening skills

Letting Things Go—Speed and Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Acknowledgements