Unit1 Happy New Millennium! 1
PartⅠ Warming up 1
PartⅡ The time ball 3
PartⅢ Word of the millennium 6
partⅣ Short talks on listening Skills 9
Focus on the Main Idea 9
Unit2 Net Changes Life(Ⅰ) 11
PartⅠ Warming up 11
PartⅡ Network 15
PartⅢ Online shopping 18
partⅣ Short talks on listening skills 21
Don t Attempt to write Too Much 21
Unit3 Net Changes life(Ⅱ) 23
PartⅠ Warming up 23
PartⅡ Net changes dorm life 26
PartⅢ Global multi-media giant 29
partⅣ Language study and Language appreciation 32
Unit4 Colorful Lands,Colorful People(Ⅰ) 34
PartⅠ Warming up 34
PartⅡ In Brazil and France 37
PartⅢ Life here and there 41
partⅣ Short talks on listening skills 44
Be Careful with Numbers 44
Unit5 Colorful Lands,Colorful People(Ⅱ) 46
PartⅠ Warming up 46
PartⅡ The world s six billionth inhabitant 50
PartⅢ The biggest cities in the world 52
partⅣ Language study and language appreciation 55
Unit6 From Place to Place 57
PartⅠ Warming up 57
PartⅡ Villa Rentals 60
PartⅢ It s the only way to travel 66
partⅣ Language study and Language appreciation 69
PartⅠ Warming up 71
Unit7 Approaching Culture 71
PartⅡ Museums in the modern world 76
PartⅢ Kwanzaa 80
partⅣ Language study and Language appreciation 82
Unit8 Creative Minds 84
PartⅠ Warming up 84
PartⅡ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅰ) 88
PartⅢ Scientists of the millennium(Ⅱ) 92
partⅣ Short talks on listening skills 96
How Is It Being said—Formal of Informal Language? 96
Unit9 Visions of the Future 98
PartⅠ Warming up 98
PartⅡ Working at home 101
PartⅢ The Times capsule 104
partⅣ Short talks on listening skills 108
Making Use of Them—Signals and Fillers 108
PartⅠWarming up 110
Unit10 For Peace and Development 110
PartⅡ The panama Canal handover 113
PartⅢ Financial news 115
partⅣ Language study and Language appreciation 118
Unit11 It s Great to Be a Champion 120
PartⅠ Warming up 120
PartⅡ The Women s World Cup 123
PartⅢ Luck in the hat 125
partⅣ Language study and language appreciation 130
Unit12 Leisure Time 132
PartⅠ Warming up 132
PartⅡ The new Star Wars movie 135
PartⅢ The man with the horn 138
partⅣ Short talks on listening skills 141
Letting Things Go—Speed and Vocabulary 141
Acknowledgements 143