UNIT 1

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Driving Carefully

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Making Arrangements

Dialogue 2 Fast Food Survey

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Snack

Passage 2 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

World Sight Day

UNIT 2

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Ralph Nader

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Give Them Time to Get to Know You

Dialogue 2 Gestures

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Why Shouldn't You Go By First Impressions?

Passage 2 Communication

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

College Costs in the U.S

UNIT 3

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—StressIntonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

A Territory

Section Two Listening Comprchension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Credit Card

Dialogue 2 Card Insurances

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Credit Cards

Passage 2 Your Legal Rights at the Sales

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Parent-Teacher Associations

UNIT 4

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Frog Legs

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Health Club

Dialogue 2 Skiing

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Fatigue

Passage 2 The Truth about the French!

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Babies and Intelligence

UNIT 5

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—StressIntonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Reading

Section Two Listening Comprchension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Digital Sound

Dialogue 2 How Do They Make CDs?

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Toothbrush

Passage 2 Cotton

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Iten 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Reading Recovery

UNIT 6

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Identifying Criminals

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 I Don't Believe It!

Dialogue 2 Unidentified Flying Objects

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 The Loch Ness Monster

Passage 2 Fossil

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

"MegaSkills"for Children

UNIT 7

Section One Tacties for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Mountain Rescue Service

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Stressed Out

Dialogue 2 Reflexology

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Epidemics

Passage 2 Cancer

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

The Public Library of Science

UNIT 8

Section One Tacties for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Sleep

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Guess What!

Dialogue 2 Snakes

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 What Is a Black Hole?

Passage 2 My Ancestor Was a Rhinoceros

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Fore Supplementary Exercises

Childbirth

UNIT 9

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—StressIntonation and Accent

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Can Light Affect Your Health?

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Brain

Dialogue 2 Do You Believe It?

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 The Office Lady

Passage 2 Simple Choices Can Boost Nutrition in 2004

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Iten 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Lead Poisoning

UNIT 10

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Prediction and Inference

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Are You Still Carrying Her?

Dialogue 2 Lost in Translation

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Murder

Passage 2 The English Language

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Aging and Cancer

UNIT 11

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Prediction and Inference

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Budget

Dialogue 2 Dating

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Changes in the Way We Live

Passage 2 Brain Drain

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Cell Phone Technology

UNIT 12

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Prediction and Inference

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 A Driving Lesson

Dialogue 2 Body Language

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 The Source of Meaning：Language

Passage 2 How to Read a Dictionary

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Recycling Scrap Metal

UNIT 13

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Prediction and Inference

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Gliding

Dialogue 2 Sub-aqua Diving

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Fascinating Bubbles

Passage 2 Water Pollution

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Changing Soybean Market

UNIT 14

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Prediction and Inference

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 Mixed Marriage

Dialogue 2 Holidays in the United States

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 How to Understand a Foreign Culture

Passage 2 Desktop Folklore

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Commodity Futures Markets

UNIT 15

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Prediction and Inference

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 How Do You Do It?

Dialogue 2 A Step Ahead?

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 The Burning of the Globe

Passage 2 The Houses of Parliament

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

"G22"Developing Nations

UNIT 16

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent

Part 2 Prediction and Inference

Section Two Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogues

Dialogue 1 A Footballer

Dialogue 2 A Pension Scheme

Part 2 Passages

Passage 1 Improving Studying Results (Ⅰ)

Passage 2 Improving Studying Results(Ⅱ)

Part 3 News

News Item 1

News Item 2

News Item 3

Section Three Oral Work

Retelling

Section Four Supplementary Exercises

Tuskegee Airmen

SAMPLE TESTS

Section One Sample Test One

Part 1 Complete the Following Dialogue

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Part 3 Listening Comprehension

Section Two Sample Test Two

Part 1 Complete the Following Dialogue

Part 2 Listening and Note-taking

Part 3 Listening Comprehension

APPENDIX Vocabulary