ContentsUnit 1 Language and Language Learning 1
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 3
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 4
Section A English World Wide 4
Section B Vocabulary Building 6
Section C Levels ofLanguage 6
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 7
Successful Language Learrners 7
Unit 2 Consumers Today 9
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 11
Section A Changes in American's Spending Patterns 12
Part Ⅱ Topic-centeredListening Practice 12
Section B Supermarket and Consumers 13
Section C How to Make the Most Effective Complaint 14
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 15
Complaint and Its Settlement 15
Unit 3 Computers 17
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 19
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 20
Section A New Development in Computer Technology 20
Section B The Uses of Computers 22
Section C Computer Crime 23
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 24
Computer Security 24
Unit 4 Words and Their Stories 25
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 27
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 28
Section A Colors 28
Section B Dark Horse 29
Section C Muckraker 31
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 33
Our Changing Language 33
Unit 5 Marriage 35
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 37
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 38
Section A The Virtues of Marriage 38
Section B Arranged Marriages 40
Section C SINDIs—the 21 st Century Divorced Women 41
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 42
Stay in Love 42
Unit 6 Job 45
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 47
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 48
Section A Employeeship 48
Section B Job Opening Available to New College Graduates 50
Section C How to Avoid Joblessness 52
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 53
The Gloomy Prospects of MBA Graduates 53
Test 1 55
Unit 7 Sports 59
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 61
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 62
Section A Out of Africa 62
Section B The Spirit and Philosophy of the Olympic Games 63
Section C Ultimate Frisbee 64
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 65
About Sports 65
Unit 8 Arts 67
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice: Short Conversations 69
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 70
Section A A Famous Painting 70
Section B Henri Matisse 71
Section C Our Singing 72
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 73
The Beatles 73
Unit 9 News Reports 75
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 77
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 78
Section A BBC News 78
Section B VOA News 79
Section C Report on China's First Manned Space Mission 80
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 81
A Middle East Military Expert's Comment 81
Unit 10 The American Civil War 83
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 85
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 86
Section A A Glimpse of the American Civil War 86
Section B The Union and the Confederate Armies 88
Section C A Secret Route 89
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 90
Congress and President after the Civil War 90
Unit 11 How to Interview People 93
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice: Short Conversations 95
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 96
Section A How to Interview People 96
Section B An Interview on the Problem of the Aged 97
Section C Interiew with Bill Clinton 99
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 100
Shyness and Ability to Function before Audiences 100
Unit 12 Outstanding Personalities 103
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice: Short Conversations 105
Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 106
Section A Lincoln 106
Section B Interview with Bill Clinton 108
Section C An Interview about Benjamin Franklin 109
Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 110
Martin Luther King Jr. 110
Test 2 112
Scripts and Keys 117