UNIT 1 Reservations 1
PART A Micro-listening Listening for Important Details 1
PART B Macro-listening 3
Conversation 1 I'd Like to Make a Reservation 3
Conversation 2 Marcel Always Does My Hair 7
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Making Reservations 10
2．Retelling 12
PART D Home Listening 13
Conversations Making Reservations 13
Conversations Booking Seats 14
UNIT 2 Animals and Pets 16
PART A Micro-listening Finding the Main Idea 16
PART B Macro-listening 18
A Conversation Choosing a Pet 18
A Story Dog Plays"Mother"to Tiger Cubs 20
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 24
2．Retelling 25
PART D Home Listening 26
A Passage How Do People Treat Animals? 26
A Story The World's Oldest Cat 27
UNIT 3 Age 29
PART A Micro-listening Listening for Specific Information 29
PART B Macro-listening 30
Conversation 1 You Sure Don't Look It 30
Conversation 2 Do You Mind If I Ask You How Old You Are? 33
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Age and What You'll Do in Future 37
2．Retelling 39
PART D Home Listening 40
A Passage Age Is a Sensitive Subject 40
A Story I Hate Birthdays 41
UNIT 4 Dersonal Budgets 43
PART A Micro-listening Drawing Inferences 43
PART B Macro-listening 45
Conversation 1 Saving and Spending Money 45
Conversation 2 Sounds Like You Have a Budget Problem 48
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 51
2．Retelling 52
PART D Home Listening 53
A Conversation What Are Your Biggest Expenses? 53
A Discussion Spend or Save It? 54
UNIT 5 Sports 56
PART A Micro-listening Drawing Inferences 56
PART B Macro-listening 58
A Passage The Olympic Park 58
A Conversation Do You Like Sports? 62
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Sports 65
2．Retelling 67
PART D Home Listening 68
A Compound Dictation 68
A Conversation Playing Sports 69
UNIT 6 Jransportation 70
PART A Micro-listening Tables 70
PART B Macro-listening 71
A Passage The Maglev Train 71
A Conversation Is This Your Car? 75
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 78
2．Retelling 78
PART D Home Listening 79
A Story I Rode to Work on My Motorcycle 79
A Passage Forms of Transportation 80
UNIT 7 Comparisons 82
PART A Micro-listening Making Comparisons 82
PART B Macro-listening 84
Passage 1 This Room Looks a Bit of a Mess 84
Passage 2 A Room with No Personal Objects 87
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Making Comparisons 91
2．Retelling 94
PART D Home Listening 94
A Passage Twin Sisters 94
A Passage Thanksgiving Day and Christmas 95
UNIT 8 Office Work 97
PART A Micro-listening Making Judgments 97
PART B Macro-listening 99
A Conversation I'm Reporting for Work Today 99
A Passage A Modern Office 102
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 105
2．Retelling 107
PART D Home Listening 108
A Conversation A Company Meeting (Part Ⅰ) 108
A Conversation A Company Meeting (Part Ⅱ) 109
UNIT 9 Jobs 111
PART A Micro-listening Making Judgments 111
PART B Macro-listening 113
A Conversation Paula Chandler Is Having an Interview 113
A Passage Choosing a Career 117
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Jobs and Job Interviews 120
2．Retelling 124
PART D Home Listening 125
A Conversation Writing a Letter of Reference 125
A Compound Dictation 126
UNIT 10 Law and Order 128
PART A Micro-listening Listening for Specific Information 128
PART B Macro-listening 129
A Conversation A Court Scene 129
A Story MarkBrown (Part I) 133
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 136
2．Retelling 138
PART D Home Listening 138
A Story Mark Brown(Part Ⅱ) 138
A Story A Strange Thief 140
UNIT 11 Story Time 141
PART A Micro-listening Expressing Likes and Dislikes 141
PART B Macro-listening 143
A Story A Man of Bad Memory 143
A Story Lost in the Fog 146
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Unusual Happenings 149
2．Retelling 151
PART D Home Listening 152
A Story Unlucky in Love 152
A Story Where Is the Millionaire? 153
UNIT 12 Famous People 155
PART A Micro-listening Tables 155
PART B Macro-listening 157
Passage 1 Milton Petrie 157
Passage 2 Christopher Reeve 160
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work&I 163
2．Retelling 164
PART D Home Listening 165
A Passage Who Was He? 165
A Compound Dictation 166
UNIT 13 Music 168
PART A Micro-listening Expressing Likes and Dislikes 168
PART B Macro-listening 170
Passage 1 Rock and Roll 170
Passage 2 "I Couldn't Survive Without Music!" 174
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Music 176
2．Retelling 178
PART D Home Listening 179
A Passage Doctors and Music 179
A Passage A New Career 180
UNIT 14 Education 182
PART A Micro-listening Drawing Inferences 182
PART B Macro-listening 184
Passage 1 What Is an Ideal Teacher Like? 184
Passage 2 The Open University in Britain 187
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 190
2．Retelling 191
PART D Home Listening 192
A Passage A Year Out 192
A Passage The School System in the U.S 193
UNIT 15 Accidents and Disasters 195
PART A Micro-listening Identifying Numbers 195
PART B Macro-listening 197
A Forum We Are All Survivors 197
A News Story A Tsunami Survivor 200
PART C Oral Practice 1．Communicative Function:Talking About Accidents and Disasters 204
2．Retelling 206
PART D Home Listening 207
A Passage A Storm 207
A Compound Dictation 209
UNIT 16 Mass Media 210
PART A Micro-listening Making Judgments 210
PART B Macro-listening 212
Passage 1 How Newspapers Developed 212
Passage 2 BBC Radio 215
PART C Oral Practice 1．Pair Work 219
2．Retelling 220
PART D Home Listening 221
A Conversation On Watching TV 221
A Passage What Are They Learning from TV? 222
TEST 1 225
TEST 2 234