CONTENTS 1
Part A Communicative Function:Greetings and Introductions 1
Unit 1 Studying English 1
Listening Strategy:Detecting Incomplete Plosion 3
Part B Pre-listening Task 4
Listening Tasks 6
Text:Talking about Studying English 6
Language and Culture Notes 8
Speaking Tasks 9
Leisure Time:A Song 11
Part C Additional Listening:How to Improve Listening Comprehension 12
Part D Home Listening:English Pronunciation 13
Unit 2 Fun with Language 14
Part A Communicative Function:Opening and Closing a Conversation 14
Listening:Distinguishing between Similar Sounds 17
Part B Pre-listening Task 18
Listening Tasks 20
Text:How to Improve Your Conversation Skills 20
Language and Culture Notes 21
Speaking Tasks 23
Part C Additional Listening:Smile When You Read This 25
Part D Home Listening（1）:BesideOneself 27
Home Listening（2）:Studyingin the U．S． 29
Part A Communicative Function:Expressing Likes and Dislikes 31
Unit 3 School Life 31
Listening Strategy:Identifying Consonant Clusters 33
Part B Pre-listening Task 34
Listening Tasks 36
Text:Accommodation for College Students 36
Language and Culture Notes 38
Speaking Tasks 39
Leisure Time:Quotable Quotes 41
Part C Additional Listening:What College Professors Do 42
Part D Home Listening:Living with Your Roommates 43
Unit 4 Going to a Party 45
Part A Communicative Function:Controlling a Conversation 45
Listening Strategy:IdentifyingNumbers 47
Part B Pre-listening Task 48
Text:Small Talk Is Easy 50
Listening Tasks 50
Language and Culture Notes 52
Speaking Tasks 53
Part C Additional Listening:Are You Calling about the Party？ 55
Part D Home Listening（1）:Aren't You Coming to the Party？ 56
Home Listening（2）:What Friendship Means to Americans？ 58
Unit 5 Telephoning 60
Part A Communicative Function:Taking Telephone Messages 60
Listening Strategy:Identifying Telephone Numbers 62
Part B Pre-Iistening Task 63
Listening Tasks 65
Text:A Business Call 66
Language and Culture Notes 67
Speaking Tasks 68
Leisure Time:A Song 70
Part C Additional Listening:Good Luck Company 71
Part D Home Listening:Telephone Manners 72
Unit 6 Shopping 75
Part A Communicative Function:Getting Information 75
Listening Strategy:Recognizing Prices 77
Part B Pre-listening Task 78
Listening Tasks 80
Text:Where Can We Find Women's Wear？ 80
Language and Culture Notes 82
Speaking Tasks 84
Part C Additional Listening:Defective Goods 86
Part D Home Listening（1）:The First Supermarket 87
Home Listening（2）:Science and Daily Life 89
Unit 7 A Job Interview 91
Part A Communicative Function:Fact or Opinion 91
Listening Strategy:Recognizing the Weak Forms of Certain Words 92
Part B Pre-listening Task 93
Listening Tasks 95
Text:We Have an Opening Now 96
Language and Culture Notes 98
Speaking Tasks 99
Leisure Time:A Song 101
Part C Additional Listening:Unusual Interviewees 102
Part D Home Listening:Why Do You Want to Leave Your Present Job？ 103
Unit 8 Employment 106
Part A Communicative Function:Expressing Apologies 106
Listening Strategy:Identifying Years 108
Part B Pre-listening Task 109
Listening Tasks 111
Text:A Steady Job 111
Language and Culture Notes 113
Speaking Tasks 115
Part C Additional Listening:Mark Hill 117
Part D Home Listening（1）:Laid Off 119
Home Listening（2）:Dreaming about Future 120
Part A Communicative Function:Making Reservations 122
Unit 9 Going on Vacation 122
Listening Strategy:Identifying Dates 124
Part B Pre-listening Task 125
Listening Tasks 127
Text:A Visit to Bangkok 128
Language and Culture Notes 129
Speaking Tasks 131
Leisure Time:Proverbs 133
Part C Additional Listening:Planning a Visit to Miami 133
part D Home Listening:Two Types of Holidaymakers 135
Part A Communicative Function:Describing Places 137
Unit 10 Places of Interest 137
Listening Strategy:Detecting Assimilation 140
Part B Pre-listening Task 140
Listening Tasks 142
Text:Camp David 143
Language and Culture Notes 144
Speaking Tasks 146
Part C Additional Listening:Switzerland 148
Part D Home Listening（1）:Paris and Washington 150
Home Listening（2）:St．Valentine's Day 151
Part A Communicative Function:Making Suggestions 153
Unit 11 Animals 153
Listening Strategy:Identifying Adverbials of Frequency 154
Part B Pre-Iistening Task 156
Listening Tasks 158
Text:Dog Ma 158
Language and Culture Notes 159
Speaking Tasks 160
Leisure Time:A Poem 162
Part C Additional Listening:The Missing Cat and the Injured Dog 163
Part D Home Listening:Finding the Way 165
Part A Communicative Function:Dealing with the Bank 167
Unit 12 Money Matters 167
Listening Strategy:Detecting Liaison in Connected Speech 169
PartB Pre-listening Task 170
Listening Tasks 172
Text:At the Bank 172
Language and Culture Notes 174
Speaking Tasks 175
Part C Additional Listening:Opening a Checking Account 177
Part D Home Listening（1）:Nasdaq 179
Home Listening（2）:Blackie 180
Part A Communicative Function:Describing Past Events 183
Unit 13 Dreams and Ambitions 183
Listening Strategy:Describing Time 185
Part B Pre-listening Task 186
Listening Tasks 188
Text:Larry's Dream 188
Language and Culture Notes 189
Speaking Tasks 191
Leisure Time:An Anecdote 193
Part C Additional Listening:Jeffrey Zaslow 193
Part D Home Listening:To Follow a Dream 195
Part A Communicative Function:Describing Things 197
Unit 14 The Media 197
Listening Strategy:Filling in Forms 199
Part B Pre-listening Task 201
Listening Tasks 203
Text:Radio and TV 203
Language and Culture Notes 204
Speaking Tasks 206
Part C Additional Listening:The Benson Family's Decision 208
Part D Home Listening（1）:Different Types of Media 209
Home Listening（2）:An Emergency 211
Part A Communicative Function:Agreement or Disagreement 213
Unit 15 Advertising 213
Listening Strategy:Identifying the Intonation Patterns of Tag Questions 215
Part B Pre-listening Task 216
Listening Tasks 218
Text:Placing an Ad 219
Language and Culture Notes 220
Speaking Tasks 222
Leisure Time:A Humor 224
Part C Additional Listening:Different Kinds of Advertising 224
Part D Home Listening:Commercials？Never Watch'em 225
Part A Communicative Function:Talking about Similarity and Difference 228
Unit 16 Culture 228
Listening Strategy:Distinguishing Signal Words 230
Part B Pre-listening Task 231
Listening Tasks 233
Text:Fireworks 234
Language and Culture Notes 235
Speaking Tasks 237
Part C Additional Listening:Warm Colors and Cool Colors 239
Part D Home Listening（1）:Punctualitv 241
Home Listening（2）:Runaway Children 243
Test 1 245
Test 2 251