Part One Basic Listening Skills 1
UnitⅠ．The Effect of Speech Sounds and Intonation on Listening Comprehension 1
UnitⅡ．The Effect of Grammatical Structures of Listening Comprehension 21
UnitⅢ．The Effect of Idioms，Fixed Expressions and New Words on Listening Comprehension 41
Part Two Improving Listening Skills 46
UnitⅠ．Understanding the Communicative Function of Utterances 46
UnitⅡ．Identifying the Subjects of Listening Passages 63
UnitⅢ．Analyzing the Structures of Listening Passages 83
Part Three Developing Listening Skills 110
Ⅰ．Statements 152
Part Four Exercises 152
Ⅱ．Short Conversations 162
Ⅲ．Passages 170
Ⅳ．Spot Dictation 185
Ⅴ．Compound Dictation 189
Ⅵ．Questions and Answers 195
Ⅶ．Note-taking 198
Part Five 209
Ⅰ．Key 209
Ⅱ．Tapescripts 234
Ⅲ．AppendixⅠ Idioms and Expressions 339
AppendixⅡ Names of Some Important Countries，Cities and International Organizations 352