Unit 1　Science

Part Ⅰ　Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ　Intensive Listening

Passage 1　Why Are Some People Left-handed

Passage 2　The End of Time

Passage 3　Telecommunications Satellite Spins out of Control

Part Ⅲ　Extensive Listening

Online Game Trend

Part Ⅳ　Relaxation

Lie Detector

Unit 2 Health

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 Sleep

Passage 2 Laugh for the Health of It

Passage 3 Holiday Eating—Food for Thought

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

Current Attitudes toward Physical Fitness

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

Fallacies about Food

Unit 3 Fashion

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 "How to"Books

Passage 2 Converting the Masses:Starbucks in China

Passage 3 Ideas of Home Have Changed

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

The New Music

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

Welcome Back,"Oscar"

Unit 4 Food

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 English Food

Passage 2 Chefs

Passage 3 China Has Abundant Food in Stock

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

UN Agencies Call for"Green Revolution"in Africa

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

Tea and Health

Unit 5 Holidays

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 Practical Reasons Make Youth Day Holiday in Vain

Passage 2 The History of Thanksgiving in the USA

Passage 3 Bank Holiday DIY

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

Working Christmas Day

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

Weak Holiday Sales in the US

Unit 6 Social Problems

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 Brain-damaged Woman's Parents Appeal to US Supreme Court

Passage 2 Mistrust Changes Internet User Behavior

Passage 3 Conduct Disorder

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

Breaking the Code for Better Parent-Teen Communication

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

Asia Pacific Region Behind in Child Mortality,Sanitation

Unit 7 Travel

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 St.Paul's Cathedral

Passage 2 Wilder Kaiser's Slopes Provide Skiing Fun for the Whole Family

Passage 3 Great Basin National Park

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

British Columbia

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

Ireland

Unit 8 History

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 The War between Britain and France

Passage 2 Qin Shihuang

Passage 3 Bloody Mary

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

The Historical Significance of American Revolution

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

American Revolution

Unit 9 Education

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 Better Quality over Quantity for a Master's Degree

Passage 2 Elite Education

Passage 3 Expenditure on Education Should be Increased

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

A New Start—Freshers'Week

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

More Lasers Than Lathes Mark Today's Vocational Education

Unit 10 Art

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1 Damien Hirst

Passage 2 Music in the UK

Passage 3 Restoration on Raphael's Masterwork

Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening

Collectibles

Part Ⅳ Relaxation

The Brilliant Lessons of Michelangelo

Unit 11 Economy

Part Ⅰ Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ Intensive Listening

Passage 1　Business Jargon

Passage 2　The Budget

Passage 3　The Credit Crunch

Part Ⅲ　Extensive Listening

Doing Business

Part Ⅳ　Relaxation

Stock Markets Tumble Across the World

Unit 12　Sports

Part Ⅰ　Warm-up Exercises

Part Ⅱ　Intensive Listening

Passage 1　David Beckham

Passage 2　Snooker Superstar

Passage 3　The Olympics

Part Ⅲ　Extensive Listening

Sports and Games

Part Ⅳ　Relaxation

Crazy Competitions

Scripts and Answers

Unit 1 Science

Unit 2 Health

Unit 3 Fashion

Unit 4 Food

Unit 5 Holidays

Unit 6 Social Problems

Unit 7 Travel

Unit 8 History

Unit 9 Education

Unit 10 Art

Unit 11 Economy

Unit 12 Sports