Unit 1 Studying English 1
Part A 1
Communicative Function: Greetings and Introductions 1
Listening Strategy: Detecting Incomplete Plosion 3
Part B 4
Pre-Listening Task 4
Listening Tasks 5
Text: Talking about Studying English 5
Speaking Tasks 7
Leisure Time: A Song 8
Part C 9
Additional Listening: How to Improve Listening Comprehension 9
Part D 10
Home Listening: English Pronunciation 10
Unit 2 Fun with Language 11
Part A 11
Communicative Function: Opening and Closing a Conversation 11
Listening Strategy: Distinguishing between Similar Sounds 13
Part B 13
Pre-Listening Task 13
Listening Task 15
Text: How to Improve Your Conversation Skills 15
Speaking Tasks 16
Part C 18
Additional Listening: Smile When You Read This 18
Part D Home Listening (1): Beside Oneself 19
Home Listening (2): Studying in the U.S. 20
Unit 3 School Life 21
Part A 21
Communicative Function: Expressing Likes and Dislikes 21
Listening Strategy: Identifying Consonant Clusters 23
Part B 24
Pre-listening Task 24
Listening Tasks 25
Text: Accommodation for College Students 25
Speaking Tasks 27
Leisure Time: Quotable Quotes 28
Part C 29
Additional Listening: What College Professors Do 29
Part D 30
Home Listening: Living with Your Roommates 30
Unit 4 Going to a Party 31
Part A 31
Communicative Function: Controlling a Conversation 31
Listening Strategy: Identifying Numbers 33
Part B 34
Pre-listening Task 34
Listening Tasks 35
Text: Small Talk Is Easy 35
Speaking Tasks 37
Part C 38
Additional Listening: Are You Calling about the Party? 38
Part D 39
Home Listening (1): Aren't You Coming to the Party? 39
Home Listening (2): What Friendship Means to Americans? 40
Unit 5 Telephoning 41
Part A 41
Communicative Function: Taking Telephone Messages 41
Listening Strategy: Identifying Telephone Numbers 42
Part B 43
Pre-listening Task 43
Listening Tasks 44
Text: A Business Call 44
Speaking Tasks 46
Leisure Time: A Song 47
Part C 48
Additional Listening: Good Luck Company 48
Part D 49
Home Listening: Telephone Manners 49
Unit 6 Shopping 51
Part A 51
Communicative Function: Getting Information 51
Listening Strategy: Recognizing Prices 52
Part B 53
Pre-listening Task 53
Listening Tasks 55
Text: Where Can Wd Find Women's Wear? 55
Speaking Tasks 57
Part C 58
Additional Listening: Defective Goods 58
Part D 59
Home Listening (1): the First Supermarket 59
Home Listening (2): Science and Daily Life 60
Unit 7 A Job Interview 61
Part A 61
Communicative Function: Fact or Opinion 61
Listening strategy: Recognizing the Weak Forms of Certain Words 62
Part B 63
Pre-listening Task 63
Listening Tasks 65
Text: We Have an Opening Now 65
Speaking Tasks 67
Leisure Time: A Song 68
Part C 69
Additional Listening: Unusual Interviewees 69
Part D 70
Home Listening: Why Do You Want to Leave Your Present Job? 70
Unit 8 Employment 71
Part A 71
Communicative Function: Expressing Apologies 71
Listening Strategy: Identifying Years 73
Part B 74
Pre-listening task 74
Listening Tasks 76
Text: A Steady Job 76
Speaking Tasks 78
Part C 79
Additional Listening: Mark Hill 79
Part D 81
Home Listening (1): Laid Off 81
Home Listening (2): Dreaming about Future 82
Unit 9 Going on Vacation 83
Part A 83
Communicative Function: Making Reservations 83
Listening Strategy: Identifying Dates 84
Part B 85
Pre-listening Task 85
Listening Tasks 86
Text: A Visit to Bangkok 86
Speaking Tasks 88
Leisure Time: Proverbs 90
Part C 90
Additional Listening: Planning a Visit to Miami 90
Part D 91
Home Listening: Two Types Of Holidaymakers 91
Unit 10 Places of Interest 93
Part A 93
Communicative Function: Describing Places 93
Listening Strategy: Detecting Assimilation 95
Part B 96
Pre-listening Task 96
Listening Tasks 97
Text: Camp David 97
Speaking Tasks 99
Part C 101
Additional Listening: Switzerland 101
Part D 102
Home Listening (1): Paris and Washington 102
Home Listening (2): St. Valentine's Day 103
Unit 11 Animals 104
Part A 104
Communicative Function : Making Suggestions 104
Listening Strategy: Identifying Adverbials of Frequency 105
Part B 106
Pre-listening Task 106
Listening Tasks 108
Text: Dog Ma 108
Speaking Tasks 110
Leisure Time: A Poem 111
Part C 112
Additional Listening: The Missing Cat and the Injured Dog 112
Part D 113
Home Listening: finding the Way 113
Unit 12 Money Matters 115
Part A 115
Communicative Function: Dealing with the Bank 115
Listening Strategy: Detecting Liaison in Connected Speech 116
Part B 117
Pre-listening Task 117
Listening Tasks 118
Text: At the Bank 118
Speaking Tasks 120
Part C 122
Additional Listening: Opening a Checking Account 122
Part D 123
Home Listening (1): Nasdaq 123
Home Listening (2): Blackie 124
Unit 13 Dreams and Ambitions 125
Part A 125
Communicative Function : Describing Pas Events 125
Listening Strategy: Describing Time 126
Part B 127
Pre-listening Task 127
Listening Tasks 129
Text: Larry's dream 129
Speaking Tasks 131
Leisure Time: An Anecdote 132
Part C 133
Additional Listening: Jeffrey Zaslow 133
Part D 134
Home Listening: To Follow a Drean 134
Unit 14 The Media 135
Part A 135
Communicative Function: Describing Things 135
Listening Strategy: Filling in Forms 136
Part B 138
Pre-listening Tasks 138
Listening Tasks 139
Text: Radio and TV 139
Speaking Tasks 141
Part C 143
Additional Listening: The Benson Family's Decision 143
Part D 144
Home Listening (1): Different Types of Media 144
Home Listening (2): An Emergency 145
Unit 15 Advertising 146
Part A 146
Communicative Function: Agreement or Disagreement 146
Listening strategy: Identifying the Intonation Patterns of Tag Questions 148
Part B 149
Pre-listening Task 149
Listening Tasks 150
Text: Placing an Ad 150
Speaking Tasks 152
Leisure Time: A Humor 154
Part C 154
Additional Listening: Different Kinds of Advertising 154
Part D 155
Home Listening: Commercials? Never Watch'em 155
Unit 16 Culture 157
Part A 157
Communicative Function: Talking about Similarity and Difference 157
Listening Strategy: Distinguishing Signal Words 158
Part B 159
Pre-listening Task 159
Listening Tasks 161
Text: Fireworks 161
Speaking Tasks 163
Part C 165
Additional Listening: Warm Colors and Cool Colors 165
Part D 166
Home Listening (1): Punctuality 166
Home Listening (2): Runaway Children 167
Test 1 169
Test 2 173
Appendix Tapescripts and Key to the Exercises of Home Listening 177