Unit 1 Space Exploration 1
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 2
Section Ⅰ Science Report 2
Section Ⅱ Science Report 3
Section Ⅲ Talk 5
Part Ⅱ Listening Strategy 7
News—Basics 7
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening 10
Ⅰ News Reports 10
Ⅱ Talk 12
Ⅲ Dialogue 13
Ⅳ Conversations 15
Ⅴ Passage Listening 16
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 17
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 18
Useful Expressions for Accepting and Refusing 18
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 21
Unit 2 Energy 22
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 23
Section Ⅰ Talk 23
Section Ⅱ Feature 24
Section Ⅲ Talk 26
Part Ⅱ Listening Strategy 28
News—Sources 28
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening 32
Ⅰ News Reports 32
Ⅱ Talk 34
Ⅲ Science Report 35
Ⅳ Conversations 36
Ⅴ Passage Listening 38
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 40
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 41
Useful Expressions for Asking Permission 41
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 43
Unit 3 Gender Differences 44
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 45
Section Ⅰ Science Report 45
Section Ⅱ Science Report 46
Section Ⅲ Interview 47
Part Ⅱ Listening Strategies 49
News—Identifying News Story Structure 49
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening 51
Ⅰ News Reports 51
Ⅱ Interview 53
Ⅲ Speech 54
Ⅳ Conversations 56
Ⅴ Passage Listening 58
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 59
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 60
Useful Expressions for Direct/Indirect Requests 60
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 62
Unit 4 Information Security 63
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 64
Section Ⅰ Interview 64
Section Ⅱ Science Report 65
Section Ⅲ Movie Clip 66
Part Ⅱ Listening Strategies 68
News—Types of Journalistic Reports 68
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening 71
Ⅰ News Reports 71
Ⅱ Interview 72
Ⅲ Feature Report 74
Ⅳ Conversations 75
Ⅴ Passage Listening 77
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 79
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 80
Useful Expressions for Agreeing /Disagreeing 80
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 82
Unit 5 Future Vehicles 83
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 84
Section Ⅰ News About Science Development 84
Section Ⅱ Science Report 85
Section Ⅲ Science Report 86
Part Ⅱ Listening Strategies 88
News—Grammatical Features （1） 88
PartⅢ Extensive Listening 92
Ⅰ News Reports 92
Ⅱ Science Report 94
Ⅲ Science Report 94
Ⅳ Conversations 97
Ⅴ Passage Listening 98
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 99
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 100
Useful Expressions for Asking for Details 100
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 102
Unit 6 Skyscrapers 103
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 104
Section Ⅰ News About Science Development 104
Section Ⅱ Science Report 105
Section Ⅲ Science Report 106
PartⅡ Listening Strategy 107
News—Grammatical Features （2） 107
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening 110
Ⅰ News Reports 110
Ⅱ Science Report 112
Ⅲ Science Report 113
Ⅳ Conversations 114
Ⅴ Passage Listening 116
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 116
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 118
Useful Expressions for Asking for and Giving Advice 118
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 120
Unit 7 Animal Behavior 121
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 122
Section Ⅰ News Report on Science Development 122
Section Ⅱ News Report 123
Section Ⅲ Talk 125
PartⅡ Listening Strategies 126
News—Lexical Features （1） 126
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening 132
Ⅰ News Reports 132
Ⅱ Interview 133
Ⅲ Lecture 134
Ⅳ Conversations 135
Ⅴ Passage Listening 137
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 138
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 139
Useful Expressions for Asking /Giving Opinions 139
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 141
Unit 8 Natural Disasters 142
Part Ⅰ Theme-Related Activities 143
Section Ⅰ Lecture 143
Section Ⅱ Science Report 144
Section Ⅲ Science Report 146
Part Ⅱ Listening Strategy 147
News—Lexical Features （2） 147
Part Ⅲ Extensive Listening 150
Ⅰ News Reports 150
Ⅱ Feature Report 151
Ⅲ Lecture 152
Ⅳ Conversations 154
Ⅴ Passage Listening 155
Ⅵ Compound Dictation 157
Part Ⅳ Communication Skills 158
Useful Expressions for Making Complaints 158
Part Ⅴ Assessment Log 161