UNIT 1 An Investigation 1
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Conversation A Good Observer 1
PART B Speaking Activities 3
Pair Work 3
PART C Listen and Relax 4
A Poem 4
PART D Further Listening 5
A Story A Real Life Story 5
A Conversation Solving a Crime 6
PART E Home Listening 7
Conversation 1 Dealing with a Crime 7
Conversation 2 Reporting an Incident 8
UNIT 2 Sightseeing 9
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Monologue A Tour of Washington,D.C 9
PART B Speaking Activities 11
1．Pair Work 11
2．Communicative Function:Describing Places 12
PART C Listen and Relax 15
A Song 15
PART D Further Listening 16
Passage 1 The Library of Congress 16
Passage 2 The Statue of Liberty 17
PART E Home Listening 18
Passage 1 Midnight Ride 18
Passage 2 Moscow—the Most Expensive City in the World 19
UNIT 3 An Inquiry 20
PART A Listening Activities 20
A Conversation Job Application 20
PART B Speaking Activities 22
Pair Work 22
PART C Listen and Relax 23
Jokes 23
PART D Further Listening 24
A Passage A Career Counseling Office 24
A Conversation I Sure Hope That I Can Work Here 25
PART E Home Listening 26
Conversation 1 A Job Interview 26
Conversation 2 A Survey 27
UNIT 4 Health 28
PART A Listening Activities 28
A Forum Mercy Killing 28
PART B Speaking Activities 31
1．Pair Work 31
2．Communicative Function:Talking About Health and Health-related Issues 31
PART C Listen and Relax 35
Epigrams 35
PART D Further Listening 35
A Passage Organ Transplants 35
A Conversation Bird Flu Outbreak in Hong Kong 36
PART E Home Listening 37
Passage 1 Health Issues in Our Century 37
Passage 2 Valuable Tips in Hair Care 38
UNIT 5 Viewpoint 39
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Passage Tipping 39
PART B Speaking Activities 41
Pair Work 41
PART C Listen and Relax 43
Tongue Twisters 43
PART D Further Listening 44
A Conversation What Do You Think of the Service of the Restaurant? 44
A Compound Dictation 45
PART E Home Listening 45
Forum 1 Welcome to the Show"On the Street" 45
Forum 2 Aren't Children Affected by TV Violence? 46
UNIT 6 Culture 48
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Forum Why Go Abroad? 48
PART B Speaking Activities 51
1．Pair Work 51
2．Communicative Function:Understanding Cultural Differences 51
PART C Listen and Relax 54
A Poem 54
PART D Further Listening 55
A Compound Dictation 55
A Passage A World Guide to Good Manners 56
PART E Home Listening 57
Passage 1 Marriage Customs 57
Passage 2 More Than a Bookstore 57
UNIT 7 Hon-ethieal Experiments 59
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Passage Never Again 59
PART B Speaking Activities 62
Pair Work 62
PART C Listen and Relax 64
A Song 64
PART D Further Listening 66
Passage 1 Gregory Aller 66
Passage 2 Tuskegee Tests 67
PART E Home Listening 67
A Compound Dictation 67
A Passage Non-ethical Use of Animals in Experiments 68
UNIT 8 Soeial Droblems 70
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Radio News Story The Missing Student 70
PART B Speaking Activities 73
1．Pair Work 73
2．Communicative Function:Talking About Crime and Punishment 73
PART C Listen and Relax 76
A Song 76
PART D Further Listening 77
A Passage Divorce and Remarriage 77
A Compound Dictation 78
PART E Home Listening 79
A Passage Teenage Drinking 79
A Compound Dictation 80
UNIT 9 Use of Jechnology 82
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Debate Seeing Both Sides 82
PART B Speaking Activities 85
Pair Work 85
PART C Listen and Relax 87
Riddles in Rhyme 87
PART D Further Listening 88
Passage 1 How Computers Help Firefighters 88
Passage 2 Dozens of Problems at Quake-hit Plant 89
PART E Home Listening 90
A Compound Dictation 90
A Passage Leave a Computer On All the Time or Shut It Off When You're Done? 91
UNIT 10 Luck 92
PART A Listening ActivitiesA Conversation Lucky Charms 92
PART B Speaking Activities 94
1．Puir Work 94
2．Communicative Function:Discussing Fortune and Misfortune 95
PART C Listen and Relax 98
A Song 98
PART D Further Listening 99
Conversation 1 It Means Good Luck 99
Conversation 2 Could You Tell Me More About It? 100
PART E Home Listening 101
A Story Beginner's Luck（Part Ⅰ） 101
A Story Beginner's Luck（Part Ⅱ） 101
TEST 1 103
TEST 2 109
APPENDIX Home Listening:Tapescripts ＆ Key to the Exercises 115