UNIT 1 1
Section One Tactics for Listening 1
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 1
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 1
Driving Carefully 1
Section Two Listening Comprehension 3
Part 1 Dialogues 3
Dialogue 1 Making Arrangements 3
Dialogue 2 Fast Food Survey 3
Part 2 Passages 4
Passage 1 Snack 4
Passage 2 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity 6
Part 3 News 8
News Item 1 8
News Item 2 8
News Item 3 9
Section Three Oral Work 10
Retelling 10
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 10
World Sight Day 10
UNIT 2 12
Section One Tactics for Listening 12
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 12
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 12
Ralph Nader 12
Section Two Listening Comprehension 14
Part 1 Dialogues 14
Dialogue 1 Give Them Time to Get to Know You 14
Dialogue 2 Gestures 14
Part 2 Passages 15
Passage 1 Why Shouldn't You Go By First Impressions? 15
Passage 2 Communication 17
Part 3 News 18
News Item 1 18
News Item 2 19
News Item 3 19
Section Three Oral Work 20
Retelling 20
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 20
College Costs in the U.S 20
UNIT 3 22
Section One Tactics for Listening 22
Part 1 Phonetics—StressIntonation and Accent 22
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 22
A Territory 22
Section Two Listening Comprchension 24
Part 1 Dialogues 24
Dialogue 1 Credit Card 24
Dialogue 2 Card Insurances 24
Part 2 Passages 25
Passage 1 Credit Cards 25
Passage 2 Your Legal Rights at the Sales 26
Part 3 News 28
News Item 1 28
News Item 2 28
News Item 3 29
Section Three Oral Work 29
Retelling 29
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 30
Parent-Teacher Associations 30
UNIT 4 32
Section One Tactics for Listening 32
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 32
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 32
Frog Legs 32
Section Two Listening Comprehension 33
Part 1 Dialogues 33
Dialogue 1 Health Club 33
Dialogue 2 Skiing 34
Part 2 Passages 35
Passage 1 Fatigue 35
Passage 2 The Truth about the French! 37
Part 3 News 39
News Item 1 39
News Item 2 39
News Item 3 40
Section Three Oral Work 41
Retelling 41
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 41
Babies and Intelligence 41
UNIT 5 44
Section One Tactics for Listening 44
Part 1 Phonetics—StressIntonation and Accent 44
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 44
Reading 44
Section Two Listening Comprchension 45
Part 1 Dialogues 45
Dialogue 1 Digital Sound 46
Dialogue 2 How Do They Make CDs? 46
Part 2 Passages 47
Passage 1 Toothbrush 47
Passage 2 Cotton 48
Part 3 News 50
News Item 1 50
News Item 2 51
News Iten 3 52
Section Three Oral Work 52
Retelling 52
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 53
Reading Recovery 53
UNIT 6 55
Section One Tactics for Listening 55
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 55
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 55
Identifying Criminals 55
Section Two Listening Comprehension 57
Part 1 Dialogues 57
Dialogue 1 I Don't Believe It! 57
Dialogue 2 Unidentified Flying Objects 58
Part 2 Passages 59
Passage 1 The Loch Ness Monster 59
Passage 2 Fossil 61
Part 3 News 63
News Item 1 63
News Item 2 63
News Item 3 64
Section Three Oral Work 65
Retelling 65
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 65
"MegaSkills"for Children 65
UNIT 7 67
Section One Tacties for Listening 67
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 67
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 67
Mountain Rescue Service 67
Section Two Listening Comprehension 68
Part 1 Dialogues 68
Dialogue 1 Stressed Out 68
Dialogue 2 Reflexology 69
Part 2 Passages 70
Passage 1 Epidemics 70
Passage 2 Cancer 72
Part 3 News 73
News Item 1 73
News Item 2 74
News Item 3 74
Section Three Oral Work 75
Retelling 75
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 76
The Public Library of Science 76
UNIT 8 78
Section One Tacties for Listening 78
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 78
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 78
Sleep 78
Section Two Listening Comprehension 79
Part 1 Dialogues 79
Dialogue 1 Guess What! 79
Dialogue 2 Snakes 80
Part 2 Passages 81
Passage 1 What Is a Black Hole? 81
Passage 2 My Ancestor Was a Rhinoceros 82
Part 3 News 84
News Item 1 84
News Item 2 84
News Item 3 85
Section Three Oral Work 86
Retelling 86
Section Fore Supplementary Exercises 86
Childbirth 86
UNIT 9 88
Section One Tactics for Listening 88
Part 1 Phonetics—StressIntonation and Accent 88
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 88
Can Light Affect Your Health? 88
Section Two Listening Comprehension 89
Part 1 Dialogues 89
Dialogue 1 Brain 90
Dialogue 2 Do You Believe It? 90
Part 2 Passages 91
Passage 1 The Office Lady 91
Passage 2 Simple Choices Can Boost Nutrition in 2004 93
Part 3 News 95
News Item 1 95
News Iten 2 95
News Item 3 96
Section Three Oral Work 97
Retelling 97
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 97
Lead Poisoning 97
UNIT 10 99
Section One Tactics for Listening 99
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 99
Part 2 Prediction and Inference 99
Section Two Listening Comprehension 100
Part 1 Dialogues 100
Dialogue 1 Are You Still Carrying Her? 100
Dialogue 2 Lost in Translation 100
Part 2 Passages 101
Passage 1 Murder 101
Passage 2 The English Language 102
Part 3 News 104
News Item 1 104
News Item 2 105
News Item 3 105
Section Three Oral Work 106
Retelling 106
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 107
Aging and Cancer 107
UNIT 11 109
Section One Tactics for Listening 109
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 109
Part 2 Prediction and Inference 109
Section Two Listening Comprehension 110
Part 1 Dialogues 110
Dialogue 1 Budget 110
Dialogue 2 Dating 110
Part 2 Passages 111
Passage 1 Changes in the Way We Live 111
Passage 2 Brain Drain 113
Part 3 News 114
News Item 1 114
News Item 2 115
News Item 3 116
Section Three Oral Work 116
Retelling 116
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 117
Cell Phone Technology 117
UNIT 12 119
Section One Tactics for Listening 119
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 119
Part 2 Prediction and Inference 119
Section Two Listening Comprehension 119
Part 1 Dialogues 119
Dialogue 1 A Driving Lesson 120
Dialogue 2 Body Language 120
Part 2 Passages 121
Passage 1 The Source of Meaning:Language 121
Passage 2 How to Read a Dictionary 122
Part 3 News 124
News Item 1 124
News Item 2 124
News Item 3 125
Section Three Oral Work 125
Retelling 125
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 126
Recycling Scrap Metal 126
UNIT 13 128
Section One Tactics for Listening 128
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 128
Part 2 Prediction and Inference 128
Section Two Listening Comprehension 128
Part 1 Dialogues 128
Dialogue 1 Gliding 129
Dialogue 2 Sub-aqua Diving 129
Part 2 Passages 130
Passage 1 Fascinating Bubbles 130
Passage 2 Water Pollution 132
Part 3 News 133
News Item 1 133
News Item 2 134
News Item 3 135
Section Three Oral Work 136
Retelling 136
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 136
Changing Soybean Market 136
UNIT 14 138
Section One Tactics for Listening 138
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 138
Part 2 Prediction and Inference 138
Section Two Listening Comprehension 139
Part 1 Dialogues 139
Dialogue 1 Mixed Marriage 139
Dialogue 2 Holidays in the United States 139
Part 2 Passages 140
Passage 1 How to Understand a Foreign Culture 140
Passage 2 Desktop Folklore 142
Part 3 News 143
News Item 1 143
News Item 2 144
News Item 3 145
Section Three Oral Work 145
Retelling 145
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 146
Commodity Futures Markets 146
UNIT 15 148
Section One Tactics for Listening 148
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 148
Part 2 Prediction and Inference 148
Section Two Listening Comprehension 148
Part 1 Dialogues 148
Dialogue 1 How Do You Do It? 149
Dialogue 2 A Step Ahead? 149
Part 2 Passages 150
Passage 1 The Burning of the Globe 150
Passage 2 The Houses of Parliament 152
Part 3 News 153
News Item 1 153
News Item 2 154
News Item 3 154
Section Three Oral Work 155
Retelling 155
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 155
"G22"Developing Nations 155
UNIT 16 157
Section One Tactics for Listening 157
Part 1 Phonetics—Stress,Intonation and Accent 157
Part 2 Prediction and Inference 157
Section Two Listening Comprehension 157
Part 1 Dialogues 157
Dialogue 1 A Footballer 158
Dialogue 2 A Pension Scheme 158
Part 2 Passages 159
Passage 1 Improving Studying Results (Ⅰ) 159
Passage 2 Improving Studying Results(Ⅱ) 160
Part 3 News 162
News Item 1 162
News Item 2 162
News Item 3 163
Section Three Oral Work 164
Retelling 164
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 164
Tuskegee Airmen 164
SAMPLE TESTS 166
Section One Sample Test One 166
Part 1 Complete the Following Dialogue 166
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 166
Part 3 Listening Comprehension 167
Section Two Sample Test Two 170
Part 1 Complete the Following Dialogue 170
Part 2 Listening and Note-taking 170
Part 3 Listening Comprehension 171
APPENDIX Vocabulary 175