Unit 1 College—A New Experience 2
Part One Getting into the Topic 2
Part Two Listening Tasks 3
Task One Short Conversations 3
Task Two Long Conversations 5
Conversation 1 Adapting to College Life 5
Conversation 2 Welcome to Our University 8
Task Three Short Passages 10
Passage 1 Feeling Terrible or Fine? 10
Passage 2 What Does"Credit"Mean? 13
Part Three Speaking out 15
Part Four Testing Yourself 15
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 18
Song Life Is So Cool 18
Unit 2 My Family 20
Part One Getting into the Topic 20
Part Two Listening Tasks 21
Task One Short Conversations 21
Task Two Long Conversations 23
Conversation 1 You Have a Pretty Big Family！ 23
Conversation 2 Tom's Immediate Family 27
Task Three Short Passages 29
Passage 1 What Does Family Mean to You? 29
Passage 2 Tanva's Annoyance 33
Part Three Speaking out 35
Part Four Testing Yourself 35
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 38
Song Family 38
Unit 3 What a Busy Day！ 40
Part One Getting into the Topic 40
Part Two Listening Tasks 41
Task One Short Conversations 41
Task Two Long Conversations 44
Conversation 1 Jack's Usual Day 44
Conversation 2 I'm Kind of Busy 48
Task Three Short Passages 50
Passage 1 My Daily Routine at the Hotel 50
Passage 2 Are You Busy? 53
Part Three Speaking out 54
Part Four Testing Yourself 55
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 57
Song Bad Day 57
Unit 4 Job 60
Part One Getting into the Topic 60
Part Two Listening Tasks 61
Task One Short Conversations 61
Task Two Long Conversations 63
Conversation 1 A New Job Offer 63
Conversation 2 Part-time Job 67
Task Three Short Passages 69
Passage 1 My Dream to Be a Journalist 69
Passage 2 Tips for an Interview 73
Part Three Speaking out 76
Part Four Testing Yourself 76
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 79
Song I've Been Working on the Railroad 79
Unit 5 Hobbies 82
Part One Getting into the Topic 82
Part Two Listening Tasks 83
Task One Short Conversations 83
Task Two Long Conversations 86
Conversation 1 My Hobbies 86
Conversation 2 We Like Sports 90
Task Three Short Passages 92
Passage 1 A Netizen 92
Passage 2 On Reading 96
Part Three Speaking out 98
Part Four Testing Yourself 99
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 102
Song New Soul 102
Unit 6 Making Friends 104
Part One Getting into the Topic 104
Part Two Listening Tasks 105
Task One Short Conversations 105
Task Two Long Conversations 108
Conversation 1 Why Don't You Have a Heart-to-heart Chat with Her? 108
Conversation 2 They Liked the Same Guy 111
Task Three Short Passages 114
Passage 1 What Does That Tell You? 114
Passage 2 The Most Important Body Part 117
Part Three Speaking out 119
Part Four Testing Yourself 120
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 122
Song On My Shoulder 122
Unit 7 I Am Invited to the Party 126
Part One Getting into the Topic 126
Part Two Listening Tasks 127
Task One Short Conversations 127
Task Two Long Conversations 130
Conversation 1 A Birthday Party 130
Conversation 2 Going to a Thanksgiving Potluck 134
Task Three Short Passages 137
Passage 1 A Housewarming Party 137
Passage 2 New Year's Eve Parties 141
Part Three Speaking out 144
Part Four Testing Yourself 145
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 147
Song Time to Party 147
Unit 8 I Prefer to Live in the Countryside 150
Part One Getting into the Topic 150
Part Two Listening Tasks 151
Task One Short Conversations 151
Task Two Long Conversations 153
Conversation 1 The City and the Country 153
Conversation 2 Interviewing a Potential Roommate 156
Task Three Short Passages 159
Passage 1 A Small Village—St.Monts 159
Passage 2 I Enjoy the Simple and Quiet Life 163
Part Three Speaking out 164
Part Four Testing Yourself 165
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 168
Song Country Roads 168
Unit 9 Entertainment 170
Part One Getting into the Topic 170
Part Two Listening Tasks 171
Task One Short Conversations 171
Task Two Long Conversations 174
Conversation 1 How about Watching a Movie? 174
Conversation 2 Watching the NBA Playoffs on TV 177
Task Three Short Passages 179
Passage 1 I Love Watching Movies 179
Passage 2 The Big Day Out 182
Part Three Speaking out 184
Part Four Testing Yourself 185
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 188
Song Sad Movies 188
Unit 10 Reservation 190
Part One Getting into the Topic 190
Part Two Listening Tasks 191
Task One Short Conversations 191
Task Two Long Conversations 194
Conversation 1 I'd Like to Reserve a Table for Dinner 194
Conversation 2 I'd Like to Make a Reservation 197
Task Three Short Passages 201
Passage 1 Making Hotel Reservations 201
Passage 2 Making Flight Reservations 204
Part Three Speaking out 205
Part Four Testing Yourself 206
Part Five Enjoying Yourself 208
Song Good-bye 208