UNIT ONE 1
Part A Warm-up Activity:Botswana Ecotourism Project 1
Part B Spot Dictation:Travel Tourism 2
Part C Interview:Hollywoodization of Military Report 5
Part D TV Appreciation:Friends 7
Part E Singers Songs:Celine Dion Elton John 15
UNIT TWO 20
Part A Warm-up Activity:Rainwater Harvesting System 20
Part B Spot Dictation:Art Architecture 20
Part C Interview:Unraveling the Secret of Hollywood 23
Part D Movie Appreciation:Braveheart 27
Part E Singers Songs:Britney Spears Avril Lavigne 33
Part B Spot Dictation:Sports Sportsmanship 37
Part A Warm-up Activity:SARS Wild Animals 37
UNIT THREE 37
Part C Speeches at 72nd Oscar Awards 40
Part D Movie Appreciation:Gladiator 45
Part E Singers Songs:Ricky Martin Christina Aguilera 51
UNIT FOUR 55
Part A Warm-up Activity:Tea 55
Part B Spot Dictation:Cancer Obesity 56
Part C Interview:Jennifer Lopez 58
Part D Movie Appreciation:A BeautifulMind 60
Part E Singers Songs:Jennifer Lopez Shakira M.Ripoll 66
UNIT FIVE 69
Part A Warm-up Activity:Small Intestine Examination 69
Part B Spot Dictation:Science Discovery 70
Part C Speeches Interview:Norah Jones 72
Part D MovieAppreciation:Star War II—Attack of the Clones 74
Part E Singers Songs:Norah Jones No Doubt 79
UNIT SIX 82
Part A Warm-up Activity:Literacy and Freedom 82
Part B Spot Dictation:Language Culture 82
Part C Speeches:Star Charisma in 45th Grammy Awards 85
Part D Movie Appreciation:The Graduate 89
Part E Singers Songs:Simon and Garfunkel John Mayor 98
UNIT SEVEN 101
Part A Warm-up Activity:US Colleges and Universities 101
Part B Spot Dictation:School Education 101
Part C Interview:Tips on Communication Skills 104
Part D Movie Appreciation:Forrest Gump 106
Part E Singers Songs:Dixie Chicks LeAnn Rimes 115
UNIT EIGHT 118
Part A Warm-up Activity:Teacher Certification 118
Part B Spot Dictation:Fashion Trend 118
Part C Speech:Shania Twain 121
Part D Movie Appreciation:Sleepless in Seattle 123
Part E Singers Songs:Shania Twain Faith Hill 130
UNIT NINE 133
Part A Warm-up Activity:Bees and Beekeeping 133
Part B Spot Dictation:Celebrities Scandals 133
Part C Interview:Collusion Between Military Officials Private Contractors 136
Part D Movie Appreciation:Notting Hill 140
Part E Singers Songs:Indigo Girls Dido 147
Part B Spot Dictation:Hurricane Flood 150
UNIT TEN 150
PartA Warm-up Activity:Earthquake Warning System 150
Part C Speech Interviews:Oprah Winfrey 154
Part D Movie Appreciation:Twister 157
Part E Singers Songs:Backstreet Boys N Sync 165
UNIT ELEVEN 169
Part A Warm-up Activity:Worker Safety 169
Part B Spot Dictation:Violence Terrorism 169
Part C Acknowledgement Speeches at Golden Globe Awards 171
Part D Movie Appreciation:Chicago 177
Part E Singers Songs:Boyzone Westlife 187
Part A Warm-up Activity:Human Genome Project Completed 190
Part B Spot Dictation:DNA Testing 190
UNIT TWELVE 190
Part C CEO Interview:Gary Goldstein 193
Part D Movie Appreciation:What Lies Beneath 196
Part E Singers Songs:Madonna Kylie Minogue 201
UNIT THIRTEEN 205
Part A Warm-up Activity:Dairy Goat Production 205
Part B Spot Dictation:Cutting-edge Technology 205
Part C Interview:Dr.William Haseltine Dr.David Huber 208
Part D Movie Appreciation:Lilo Stitch 210
Part E Singers Songs:Elvis Presley The Corrs 215
UNIT FOURTEEN 219
Part A Warm-up Activity:Orangutans 219
Part B Spot Dictation:Tracing History 219
Part C Speeches:Tom Cruise and Whoopie Goldberg 222
Part D Movie Appreciation:Mission Impossible 226
Part E Singers Songs:Rod Stewart Robbie Williams 234
UNIT FIFTEEN 237
PartA Warm-up Activity:New Agricultural Organization for Africa 237
Part B Spot Dictation:Disaster Tragedies 238
Part C Speeches:Woody Allen Sidney Poitier 241
Part D Movie Appreciation:American Beauty 245
Part E Singers Songs:Kings of R B 252
UNIT SIXTEEN 256
Part A Warm-up Activity:Pollution in North America 256
Part B Spot Dictation:Tracking Crimes 256
Part C Speeches:Denzel Washington Halle Berry 259
Part D Movie Appreciation:The English Patient 261
Part E Singers Songs:Destiny s Child Atomic Kitten 269
UNIT SEVENTEEN 273
Part A Warm-up Activity:Revitalizing Iraqi Education 273
Part B Spot Dictation:Economic Situation 273
Part C Speeches at 75th Oscar Awards 276
Part D Movie Appreciation:Hours 279
Part E Singers Songs:Whintney Houston Mariah Carey 287
UNIT EIGHTEEN 291
Part A Warm-up Activity:Coffee Production Development 291
Part B Spot Dictation:Health Care Energy Crises 291
Part C Interview:Angelina Jolie 294
Part D Movie Appreciation:Shakespeare in Love 296
Part E Singers Songs:Eminem Michael Jackson 303
APPENDIX 309