Lesson One Music 1
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 1
PART B Intensive Listening:Music 4
Passage Ⅰ American Music 5
Passage Ⅱ Music in Different Cultures 7
Passage Ⅲ Jazz 8
PART C Speaking 9
PART D Extensive Listening:The Path to Power 10
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 11
You're the One 11
Lesson Two Holidays 15
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 15
PART B Intensive Listening:Holidays 18
Passage Ⅰ Holidays in Britain and the US 19
Passage Ⅱ Welcoming the New Year 20
Passage Ⅲ The Spring Festival 22
PART C Speaking 23
PART D Extensive Listening:Hillary—A "Woman Wronged"? 24
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 26
Sometimes 26
Lesson Three Economy 29
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 29
PART B Intensive Listening:Economy 32
Passage Ⅰ World Trade Organization(WTO) 33
Passage Ⅱ President Jiang Zemin Highlights "New Economy" in APEC Address 34
Passage Ⅲ The American Economic System 36
PART C Speaking 37
PART D Extensive Listening:Bush's Victory Speech 38
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 40
Save Me 40
Lesson Four Education 41
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 41
PART B Intensive Listening:Education 44
Passage Ⅰ Higher Education in the United States 45
Passage Ⅱ Education in Canada 46
Passage Ⅲ Adult Education 48
PART C Speaking 49
PART D Extensive Listening:A Commencement Address of Harvard University 50
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 51
My Heart Will Go On 51
Lesson Five Life on Campus 53
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 53
PART B Intensive Listening:Life on Campus 56
Passage Ⅰ Housing Options in the United States 57
Passage Ⅱ Living on Campus 58
Passage Ⅲ Academic Levels and Credits 60
PART C Speaking 61
PART D Extensive Listening:Tips on Giving a Public Speech 62
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 63
Baby One More Time 63
Lesson Six Animals 65
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 65
PART B Intensive Listening:Animals 68
Passage Ⅰ The Sound of Birds 69
Passage Ⅱ Fun Facts about Giant Pandas 70
Passage Ⅲ Hummingbirds 72
PART C Speaking 72
PART D Extensive Listening:Resignation of Richard Nixon 74
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 75
Oops!...I Did It Again 75
Lesson Seven Health 77
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 77
PART B Intensive Listening:Health 80
Passage Ⅰ Art in Hospitals 81
Passage Ⅱ Medicine in Britain and America 82
Passage Ⅲ Smoking 84
PART C Speaking 85
PART D Extensive Listening:Two American States 86
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 87
Born to Make You Happy 87
Lesson Eight Youth 89
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 89
PART B Intensive Listening:Youth 92
Passage Ⅰ Youth in the US 93
Passage Ⅱ Professional Advice for Young People 95
Passage Ⅲ Advice from Bill Gates 96
PART C Speaking 97
PART D Extensive Listening:Think and Grow Rich 99
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 100
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely 100
Lesson Nine Foods 103
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 103
PART B Intensive Listening:Foods 107
Passage Ⅰ English Food 107
Passage Ⅱ American Food 109
Passage Ⅲ Fast Food Restaurants 111
PART C Speaking 112
PART D Extensive Listening:Who Is to Blame? 113
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 114
What a Girl Wants 114
Lesson Ten Introducing Foreign Universities 117
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 117
PART B Intensive Listening:Introducing Foreign Universities 121
Passage Ⅰ The University of Massachusetts Boston 121
Passage Ⅱ Cambridge University 123
Passage Ⅲ Application Procedures 124
PART C Speaking 125
PART D Extensive Listening:Speaking Effective American English 127
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 128
Daughters 128
Lesson Eleven Customs 131
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 131
PART B Intensive Listening:Customs 134
Passage Ⅰ Marriage Customs 135
Passage Ⅱ Christmas in America 137
Passage Ⅲ Western Table Manners 138
PART C Speaking 139
PART D Extensive Listening:New York Senate Race Speech 140
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 142
From the Bottom of My Broken Heart 142
Lesson Twelve Sports 145
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 145
PART B Intensive Listening:Sports 148
Passage Ⅰ Sports in Britain 149
Passage Ⅱ The Olympic Spirit 151
Passage Ⅲ The Origin of Bowling 152
PART C Speaking 153
PART D Extensive Listening:The Olympic Games 154
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 155
Quit Playing Games(with My Heart) 155
Lesson Thirteen Environmental Protection 157
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 157
PART B Intensive Listening:Environmental Protection 160
Passage Ⅰ A Talk in a National Park 161
Passage Ⅱ Plans to Clone Pandas to Save Them from Extinction 162
Passage Ⅲ Indoor Air Pollution 164
PART C Speaking 165
PART D Extensive Listening:How to Break the Ice 166
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 168
Both Sides Now 168
Lesson Fourteen Entertainment 171
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 171
PART B Intensive Listening:Entertainment 174
Passage Ⅰ Hollywood 175
Passage Ⅱ The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony 177
Passage Ⅲ The Television Industry in the US 178
PART C Speaking 179
PART D Extensive Listening:Clinton Confesses to Lewinsky Affair 180
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 182
Straw Hat in the Wind 182
Lesson Fifteen Transportation 183
PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 183
PART B Intensive Listening:Transportation 186
Passage Ⅰ Means of Transportation 187
Passage Ⅱ Parking Meters 188
Passage Ⅲ Different Modes of Transport in China 190
PART C Speaking 191
PART D Extensive Listening:Jane Eyre 192
PART E Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs 193
Cousin DuPree 193