Unit One Famous People 1
Part A Warm-up Exercises 1
Part B Jogging Exercises 2
Dialogue One Picasso 2
Dialogue Two Arnold Schwarzenegger 3
Part C Running Exercises 4
Passage One Bill Gates 4
Passage Two Earnest Hemingway 6
Compound Dictation Michael Jordan 8
Part D Dashing Exercises 8
Part E Relaxing Exercises 10
Riddles 10
Unit Two Staying Abroad 11
Part A Warm-up Exercises 11
Part B Jogging Exercises 11
Dialogue One Medical Insurance 11
Dialogue Two Accommodation in Britain 13
Part C Running Exercises 14
Passage One Getting a Visa 14
Passage Two International Students in the United States in 2002-2003 16
Compound Dictation Understanding American Education 19
Part D Dashing Exercises 19
Part E Relaxing Exercises 20
Famous Saying 20
Unit Three Marriage and Wedding Customs 22
Part A Warm-up Exercises 22
Part B Jogging Exercises 24
Dialogue One What Does Marriage Mean? 24
Dialogue Two Chinese Weddings 25
Part C Running Exercises 26
Passage One Husband and Wife by Arrangement 26
Passage Two Marriage in Ohio 28
Part D Dashing Exercises 30
Compound Dictation Marriage in Germany 31
Part E Relaxing Exercises 32
Poem A Red,Red Rose 32
Unit Four Governmental Institutions 33
Part A Warm-up Exercises 33
Part B Jogging Exercises 34
Dialogue One General Accounting Office in the United States 34
Dialogue Two U.S.Department of Agriculture 35
Part C Running Exercises 37
Passage One Federation of Tax Administrators 37
Passage Two U.S.National Weather Service 39
Compound Dictation The UK Department for Culture,Media and Sports 41
Part D Dashing Exercises 41
Part E Relaxing Exercises 42
Tongue Twister 42
Quiz One 44
Part A Conversations 44
Part B Passages 45
Unit Five Science and Technology 48
Part A Warm-up Exercises 48
Part B Jogging Exercises 48
Dialogue One Mobile Phone 48
Dialogue Two Email 50
Passage One Radar 52
Part C Running Exercises 52
Passage Two Risk of Heart Attack 54
Part D Dashing Exercises 55
Compound Dictation Computer 55
Part E Relaxing Exercises 57
Poem The Road Not Taken 57
Unit Six Violence and Crime 59
Part A Warm-up Exercises 59
Part B Jogging Exercises 60
Dialogue One Hacker 60
Dialogue Two ATM Robbery 61
Passage one Young People's Crimes 62
Part C Running Exercises 62
Passage Two Crime on Campus 64
Part D Dashing Exercises 66
Compound Dictation Crime in the United States 66
Part E Relaxing Exercises 68
Poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 68
Unit Seven Environment 70
Part A Warm-up Exercises 70
Part B Jogging Exercises 71
Dialogue One Waste Accumulation at Home 71
Dialogue Two Global Warming 72
Passage One Scarcity of Fresh Water 73
Part C Running Exercises 73
Passage Two Earth Day:Review Our Home 76
Part D Dashing Exercises 78
Compound Dictation A Spiritual Response to the Environment 78
Part E Relaxing Exercises 79
Song Can You Feel the Love Tonight 79
Unit Eight Speech 81
Part A Warm-up Exercise s 81
Part B Jogging Exercises 82
Dialogue One Inaugural Speech 82
Dialogue Two Tips on How to Give a Speech 83
Passage One The Department of Speech 84
Part C Running Exercises 84
Passage Two Secrets to Controlling Speech Anxiety 87
Part D Dashing Exercises 89
Compound Dictation Make a Speech and Live to Tell about It! 89
Part E Relaxing Exercises 90
Tongue Twister 90
Quiz Two 92
Part A Conversations 92
Part B Passages 93
Part A Warm-up Exercises 96
Unit Nine Honesty 96
Part B Jogging Exercises 97
Dialogue One Medical Dishonesty 97
Dialogue Two Cheating on Campus 98
Part C Running Exercises 100
Passage One Why Customers Don't Believe What You Say? 100
Passage Two Academic Dishonesty 102
Part D Dashing Exercises 104
Compound Dictation What Is Emotional Honesty? 104
Part E Relaxing Exercises 106
Song Two Steps Behind 106
Part A Warm-up Exercises 108
Unit Ten War and Peace 108
Part B Jogging Exercises 109
Dialogue One Small Arms and Light Weapons 109
Dialogue Two Peacemaking 110
Part C Running Exercises 112
Passage One Anti-terrorism through Global Cooperation 112
Passage Two Blair andBush 114
Part D Dashing Exercises 117
Compound Dictation The Space Race 117
Part E Relaxing Exercises 118
Song Careless Whisper 118
Part A Warm-up Exercises 121
Unit Eleven Culture 121
Part B Jogging Exercises 123
Dialogue The Dragon-boat Festival 123
Part C Running Exercises 126
Passage One The World's Cultural Wealth Is Its Variety in Dialogue 126
Passage Two Father's Day 129
Part D Dashing Exercises 131
Compound Dictation The American Dream of Equal Opportunity 131
Part E Relaxing Exercises 132
Song Straw Hat in the Wind 132
Unit Twelve Social Problems 134
Part A Warm-up Exercises 134
Dialogue The Generation Gap 135
Part B Jogging Exercises 135
Part C Running Exercises 137
Passage One TV Advertisement 137
Passage Two Chinese Now Open to Different Styles 139
Part D Dashing Exercises 143
Compound Dictation Environmental Deterioration 143
Part E Relaxing Exercises 145
Song ALong and Lasting Love 145
Quiz Three 147
Part A Conversations 147
Part B Passages 148
Unit Thirieen Language Learning 151
Part A Warm-up Exercises 151
Part B Jogging Exercises 154
Dialogue Learning English 154
Part C Running Exercises 156
Passage One Methods to Fight against Language Anxieties 156
Passage Two Effective Ways to Learn English 158
Part D Dashing Exercises 160
Compound Dictation Reading Process 160
Part E Relaxing Exercises 161
Song No Matter What 161
Part A Warm-up Exercises 164
Unit Fourteen Economy 164
Part B Jogging Exercises 166
Dialogue Office Space 166
Part C Running Exercises 168
Passage One Japanese Economy at Risk 168
Passage Two Capitalistic Economy in USA 171
Part D Dashing Exercises 173
Compound Dictation Fortune Magazine Still Favors Wal-Mart 173
Part E Relaxing Exercises 175
Song Don't Cry for Me Argentina 175
Unit Fifteen Health and Medical Care 177
Part A Warm-up Exercises 177
Dialogue Visiting the Doctor 179
Part B Jogging Exercises 179
Part C Running Exercises 180
Passage One Fighting against Overweight 180
Passage Two A New Form of Medicare 182
Part D Dashing Exercises 187
Compound Dictation Health Care in Australia 187
Part E Relaring Exercises 188
Song Hello,I Love You 188
Quiz Four 191
Part A Conversations 191
Part B Passages 192
Tapescripts and Key 195