UNIT 1 Reservations 1
PART A Micro-listening Listening for Important Details 1
PART B Macro-listening 2
Conversation 1 I'd Like to Make a Reservation 2
Conversation 2 Marcel Always Does My Hair 4
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Making Reservations 7
2．Retelling 9
PART D Home Listening 9
Conversations Making Reservations 9
Conversations Booking Seats 10
UNIT 2 Animals and Pets 12
PART A Micro-listening Finding the Main Idea 12
PART B Macro-listening 13
A Conversation Choosing a Pet 13
A Story Dog Plays"Mother"to Tiger Cubs 15
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 17
2．Retelling 19
PART D Home Listening 19
A Passage How Do People Treat Animals? 19
A Story The World's Oldest Cat 20
UNIT 3 Age 21
PART A Micro-listening Listening for Specific Information 21
PART B Macro-listening 22
Conversation 1 You Sure Don't Look It 22
Conversation 2 Do You Mind If I Ask You How Old You Are? 24
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Age and What You'll Do in Future 26
2．Retelling 28
PART D Home Listening 29
A Passage Age Is a Sensitive Subject 29
A Story I Hate Birthdays 29
UNIT 4 Dersonal Budgets 31
PART A Micro-listening Drawing Inferences 31
PART B Macro-listening 33
Conversation 1 Saving and Spending Money 33
Conversation 2 Sounds Like You Have a Budget Problem 35
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 36
2．Retelling 37
PART D Home Listening 38
A Conversation What Are Your Biggest Expenses? 38
A Discussion Spend or Save It? 39
UNIT 5 Sports 40
PART A Micro-listening Drawing Inferences 40
PART B Macro-listening 41
A Passage The Olympic Park 41
A Conversation Do You Like Sports? 44
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Sports 45
2．Retelling 48
PART D Home Listening 48
A Compound Dictation 48
A Conversation Playing Sports 49
UNIT 6 Transportation 50
PART A Micro-listening Tables 50
PART B Macro-listening 51
A Passage The Maglev Train 51
A Conversation Is This Your Car? 53
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 55
2．Retelling 55
PART D Home Listening 56
A Story I Rode to Work on My Motorcycle 56
A Passage Forms of Transportation 57
UNIT 7 Comparisons 58
PART A Micro-listening Making Comparisons 58
PART B Macro-listening 60
Passage 1 This Room Looks a Bit of a Mess 60
Passage 2 A Room with No Personal Objects 62
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Making Comparisons 64
2．Retelling 67
PART D Home Listening 67
A Passage Twin Sisters 67
A Passage Thanksgiving Day and Christmas 68
UNIT 8 Office Work 69
PART A Micro-listening Making Judgments 69
PART B Macro-listening 70
A Conversation I'm Reportingfor Work Today 70
A Passage A Modern Office 72
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 74
2．Retelling 75
PART D Home Listening 76
A Conversation A Company Meeting (Part Ⅰ) 76
A Conversation A Company Meeting (Part Ⅱ) 77
UNIT 9 Jobs 78
PART A Micro-listening Making Judgments 78
PART B Macro-listening 79
A Conversation Paula Chandler Is Having an Interview 79
A Passage Choosing a Career 81
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Jobs and Job Interviews 83
2．Retelling 87
PART D Home Listening 88
A Conversation Writing a Letter of Reference 88
A Compound Dictation 88
UNIT 10 Law and Order 90
PART A Micro-listening Listeningfor Specific Information 90
PART B Macro-listening 91
A Conversation A Court Scene 91
A Story Mark Brown(Part Ⅰ) 93
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pdir Work 95
2．Retelling 96
PART D Home Listening 97
A Story Mark Brown (Part Ⅱ) 97
A Story A Strange Thief 98
UNIT 11 Story Time 99
PART A Micro-listening Expressing Likes and Dislikes 99
PART B Macro-listening 100
A Story A Man of Bad Memory 100
A Story Lost in the Fog 102
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Unusual Happenings 104
2．Retelling 106
PART D Home Listening 106
A Story Unlucky in Love 106
A Story Where Is the Millionaire? 107
UNIT 12 Famous People 108
PART A Micro-listening Tables 108
PART B Macro-listening 109
Passage 1 Milton Petrie 109
Passage 2 Christopher Reeve 111
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 113
2．Retelling 114
PART D Home Listening 115
A Passage Who Was He? 115
A Compound Dictation 115
UNIT 13 Music 117
PART A Micro-listening Expressing Likes and Dislikes 117
PART B Macro-listening 118
Passage 1 Rock and Roll 118
Passage 2 "I Couldn't Survive Without Music!" 120
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Music 122
2．Retelling 124
PART D Home Listening 125
A Passage Doctors and Music 125
A Passage A New Career 126
UNIT 14 Education 127
PART A Micro-listening Drawing Inferences 127
PART B Macro-listening 128
Passage 1 What Is an Ideal Teacher Like? 128
Passage 2 The Open University in Britain 130
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 132
2．Retelling 133
PART D Home Listening 134
A Passage A Year Out 134
A Passage The School System in the U.S 134
UNIT 15 Accidents and Disasters 136
PART A Micro-listening Identifying Numbers 136
PART B Macro-listening 137
A Forum We Are All Survivors 137
A News Story A Tsunami Survivor 139
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Accidents and Disasters 141
2．Retelling 144
PART D Home Listening 145
A Passage A Storm 145
A Compound Dictation 145
UNIT 16 Mass Media 147
PART A Micro-listening Making Judgments 147
PART B Macro-listening 148
Passage 1 How Newspapers Developed 148
Passage 2 BBC Radio 150
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 152
2．Retelling 154
PART D Home Listening 155
A Conversation On Watching TV 155
A Passage What Are They Learningfrom TV? 155
TEST 1 157
TEST 2 162
APPENDIX Home Listening:Tapescripts ＆ Key to the Exercises 167