Unit 1 Physical Education 1
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Skate Like a Girl(Video) 1
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Female Football Freshman(Video) 5
Section C Home Watching and Discussing—Student Gets His Chance?(Video) 9
Section D Home Watching and Exercising—Indian Cricket Fans Cheer for Their Team(Video) 13
Section E Speaking Strategy—Responding Actively by Using Minimal Responses in a Conversation 15
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 16
Unit 2 Traveling 18
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Leshan Buddha(Video) 19
Section B Listening and Speaking—Finding Shanghai Food(Audio) 21
Section C Home Listening—Asia's Travel Also Singed by Iceland's Volcano(Audio) 23
Section D Home Dictation—The Temple of Heaven(Video) 25
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 26
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 28
Unit 3 ASEAN 30
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Lost City of Angkor Wat(Video) 31
Section B Listening and Speaking—Organic Farming Sprouts Slowly in Thailand(Audio) 34
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Closely Neighboring Monkeys in Singapore(Video) 37
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—The Moken:Myanmar Sea Nomads(Video) 39
Section E Speaking Strategy—Varying Expressions 41
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 42
Unit 4 The Worid We're Living in 45
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—President Obama's Speech in Shanghai (Video) 45
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—The Twin Towers Fell(Video) 48
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Job Seekers Are Finding Jobs in Asia (Video) 50
Section D Home Assignment—Ban Ki—Moon's Remark on International Women's Day(Video) 52
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 54
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment (Video) 55
Unit 5 Marriage and Family 58
Section A Listening and Speaking—Love in the Brain(Audio) 59
Section B Listening and Speaking—Breaking the Code for Better Parent-Teen Communication(Audio) 63
Section C Home Listening—Child Marriage(Audio) 65
Section D Home Watching and Dictation—How to Send Flowers on Valentine's Day?(Video) 68
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 71
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 72
Unit 6 Communication and Transportation 74
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Facebook's Communication Problems(Video) 74
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Faster Transportation(Video) 77
Section C Home Watching and Listening—The Secret Life of Cell Phones(Video) 79
Section D Home Watching and Listening—New Subway Line to Accelerate Beijing Life(Video) 82
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 83
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 84
Unit 7 Environment—Global Warming or Global Cooling? 87
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Where's the Global Warming(Video) 87
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Climate Change Causes Conflict(Video) 91
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Fancy Sticks:Global Warming(Video) 93
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—Truth about Global Warming(Video) 94
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 95
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 96
Quiz 1 98
Unit 8 Education 103
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Keys to Success(Video) 103
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Creative Intelligence(Video) 106
Section C Home Watching,Listening and Speaking—Approach on Education(Video) 111
Section D Further Watching,Listening and Speaking—Oxbridge Warned over Poorer Students(Video) 114
Section E Speaking Strategy—Problems Found with English Learners'Speaking and Their Countermeasures 115
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 116
Unit 9 Economy 119
Section A Listening and Speaking—Reform of Financial System Is Obama's Next Goal in Congress (Audio) 120
Section B Listening and Speaking—The Threat of Deflation(Audio) 122
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Public Hearing Held for Airport Express Fares(Video) 125
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—Occupations(Video) 127
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 128
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 130
Unit 10 Languages We Live by 132
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—What Is Language(Video) 133
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Canadian Kids and Chinese Challenge(Video) 136
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Kung Fu Panda(Video) 138
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—Word-Lover(Video) 140
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 141
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 143
Unit 11 Health Problems 145
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—The Health Problem of Colonized People(Video) 145
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Super Size in America(Video) 148
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Doctor House(Video) 150
Section D Home Assignment—Pill Poppers(Video) 154
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 155
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 156
Unit 12 Chinese Culture 158
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—China,the Oldest Civilization on the Earth(Video) 158
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Chinese Agriculture in Mountainous Area(Video) 161
Section C Watching,Listening and Speaking—The Younger Generation of China(Video) 164
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—A Shadow Puppet Family(Video) 165
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 167
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 169
Unit 13 Religions in Western Cultures 171
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Egyptian Religion(Video) 172
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Ancient Discovery(Video) 174
Section C Home Watching and Listening—The Da Vinci Code(Video) 176
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—Different Religions from Around the World(Video) 178
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 179
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 181
Unit 14 Computers and the Internet 183
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Computer Tour(Video) 184
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—History of the Internet(Video) 187
Section C Watching,Listening and Discussing—Online Games More Popular than Ever (Video) 189
Section D Home Watching and Listening—Internet Celebrates 40th Anniversary(Video) 192
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 193
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 194
Quiz 2 196
Unit 15 Ethnic Peoples and Their Cultures 199
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—The Dai in Yunnan(Video) 200
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Stepping Controversy(Video) 203
Section C Home Watching and Listening—India's Women:Only Trains(Video) 206
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—Kicked Off(Video) 208
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 209
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 210
Unit 16 Agriculture 212
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Pig Keeping Fad Sweeps the Country(Video) 213
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Truffles(Video) 216
Section C Home Watching and Listening—The Greenest Museum(Video) 218
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—A Serious Threat to Rare Species of Wildlife(Video) 219
Section E Speaking Strategy—A Quality Subject Decides a Quality Sentence 221
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 222
Unit 17 Literature 224
Section A Listening and Speaking—What Is the Meaning of Literature(Audio) 224
Section B Watching,Listening and Speaking—Pride and Prejudice:Mr.Bingley is Moving in(Video) 227
Section C Watching and Listening—Pride and Prejudice:Jane Had a Cold(Video) 231
Section D Home Watching and Discussing—The Pursuit of Happiness(Video) 235
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 237
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 238
Unit 18 Arts 241
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Hip-Hop Dance(Video) 241
Section B Listening and Speaking—Grammy Award:Winning Jazz Artist Benny Carter Dies(Audio) 245
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Memory(Video) 248
Section D Home Dictation—Video Games in 3D(Audio) 249
Section E Home Listening—King Lear(Audio) 250
Section F Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 251
Section G Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 251
Unit 19 Law and Lawsuits 253
Section A Watching,Listening and Speaking—Judge Judy:"I'm gonna go take double my vitamins!"(Video) 254
Section B Listening and Speaking—Patients Sue Drug Company AstraZeneca(Audio) 257
Section C Home Watching and Listening—Man in the Box:Gregs Lawsuit(Video) 260
Section D Home Dictation and Reciting—Judgment Day for Toyota Litigation(Video) 263
Section E Speaking Strategy—Mind Exchange and Communication 265
Section F Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Video) 266
Unit 20 Philosophy and Its Postmodern Variants 268
Section A Listening and Speaking—Some Snapshots of Philosophy and Its Fun(Audio) 269
Section B Listening and Speaking—A News Report on Philosophy:Crisis in Philosophy Teaching(Audio) 272
Section C Listening and Speaking—A Mosaic of Postmodernisms(Audio) 275
Section D Home Watching and Listening—The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 277
Section E Listening and Exercise—The Figs Fall from the Trees from Nietzsche's Thus Spake Zarathustra(Audio) 278
Section F Speaking Strategy—Personalization:a Tactic to Increase Familiarity 281
Section G Enjoy Yourself—Music Entertainment(Audio) 283
Final Exam 286