LESSON ONE ENTERTAINMENT 1
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 1
PART B Intensive Listening:Entertainment 3
Passage Ⅰ Hollywood 3
Passage Ⅱ The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony 4
Passage Ⅲ A Lecture in a Dance History Class 6
PART C Extensive Listening:Clinton Confesses to Lewinsky Affair 7
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Straw Hat in the Wind 9
LESSON TWO MUSIC 10
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 10
PART B Intensive Listening:Music 12
Passage Ⅰ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12
Passage Ⅱ American Music 13
Passage Ⅲ Music in Different Cultures 14
PART C Extensive Listening:The Path to Power 15
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs You Are the One 16
LESSON THREE BIRDS 19
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 19
PART B Intensive Listening:Birds 21
Passage Ⅰ Migration of Birds 21
Passage Ⅱ The Sound of Birds 22
Passage Ⅲ Introduction of Owl 23
PART C Extensive Listening:Tarzan 24
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs I’ll Never Break Your Heart 26
LESSON FOUR EDUCATION 29
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 29
PART B Intensive Listening:Education 31
Passage Ⅰ Higher Education in the United States 31
Passage Ⅱ Education in Britain and the US 32
Passage Ⅲ Education in Canada 33
PART C Extensive Listening:Commencement Address of Harvard University 35
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs My Heart Will Go On 36
LESSON FIVE LIFE ON CAMPUS 38
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 38
PART B Intensive Listening:Lif on Campus 40
Passage Ⅰ Housing Options in the United States 40
Passage Ⅱ Living on Campus 41
Passage Ⅲ A Talk Given by a Housing Director 43
PART C Extensive Listening:Tips on Giving a Public Speech 44
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Baby One More Time 45
LESSON SIX TRANSPORTATION 47
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 47
PART B Intensive Listening:Transportation 49
Passage Ⅰ Means of Transportation 49
Passage Ⅱ Parking Meters 50
Passage Ⅲ Vans 51
PART C Extensive Listening:Jane Eyre 52
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Cousin DuPree 53
LESSON SEVEN FOODS 56
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 56
PART B Intensive Listening:Foods 58
Passage Ⅰ English Food 58
Passage Ⅱ American Food 59
Passage Ⅲ Lunch in Town 60
PART C Extensive Listening:Who Is to Blame? 62
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs What a Girl Wants 63
LESSON EIGHT HOLIDAYS 65
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 65
PART B Intensive Listening:Holidays 67
Passage Ⅰ Holiday in Britain and the US 67
Passage Ⅱ Welcoming the New Year 68
Passage Ⅲ Valentine Traditions 69
PART C Extensive Listening:Hillary—A“Woman Wronged”? 70
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Sometimes 72
LESSON NINE SPORTS 74
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 74
PART B Intensive Listening:Sports 76
Passage Ⅰ Sports in Britain 76
Passage Ⅱ Olympic Spirit 77
Passage Ⅲ Sports in America 79
PART C Extensive Listening:The Olympic Games 80
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Quit Playing Games(With My Heart) 81
LESSON TEN ECONOMY 83
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 83
PART B Intensive Listening:Economy 85
Passage Ⅰ World Trade Organization(WTO) 85
Passage Ⅱ Review of 2000 World Economic Situation 86
Passage Ⅲ President Jiang Zemin Highlights“New Economy” in his APEC Address 87
PART C Extensive Listening:Bush’s Victory Speech 89
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Save Me 90
LESSON ELEVEN HEALTH 92
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 92
PART B Intensive Listening:Health 94
Passage Ⅰ Art in Hospital 94
Passage Ⅱ Conversation between Doctor and Patient 95
Passage Ⅲ Medicine in Britain and America 96
PART C Extensive Listening:Two American States 97
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Born to Make You Happy 99
LESSON TWELVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 101
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 101
PART B Intensive Listening:Environmental Protection 103
Passage Ⅰ A Talk in a National Park 103
Passage Ⅱ Plans to Clone Pandas to Save Them from Extinction 104
Passage Ⅲ Beijing Bans Coal Burning in New Buildings 106
PART C Extensive Listening:How to Break the Ice 107
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Both Sides Now 108
LESSON THIRTEEN AMMALS 111
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 111
PART B Intensive Listening:Animals 113
Passage Ⅰ Gorilla 113
Passage Ⅱ “Dolphin Talk” 114
Passage Ⅲ Fun Facts about Giant Panda 116
PART C Extensive Listening:Resignation of Richard Nixon 117
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Oops!...I Did It Again 118
LESSON FOURTEEN YOUTH 121
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 121
PART B Intensive Listening:Youth 123
Passage Ⅰ Youth in the US 123
Passage Ⅱ Trends in Youth Drug Use 124
Passage Ⅲ Professional Advice for Young People 125
PART C Extensive Listening:Think and Grow Rich 126
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely 128
LESSON FIFTEEN CUSTOMS 130
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 130
PART B Intensive Listening:Customs 132
Passage Ⅰ Christmas in England 132
Passage Ⅱ Marriage Customs 133
Passage Ⅲ Christmas in America 134
PART C Extensive Listening:New York Senate Race Speech 135
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs From the Bottom of My Broken Heart 137
LESSON SIXTEEN INTRODUCING FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES 139
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 139
PART B Intensive Listening:Introducing Foreign Universities 141
Passage Ⅰ The University of Massachusetts Boston 141
Passage Ⅱ Cambridge University 142
Passage Ⅲ Stanford University 143
PART C Extensive Listening:Speaking Effective American English 145
PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Breathless 146