Unit 1 Hometown 1
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 1
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 2
Task 1 Short Conversations 2
Task 2 Long Conversations 4
Task 3 Passages 5
Task 4 Dictation 8
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 9
Task 1 Pair Work 9
Task 2 Presentation 11
Task 3 Debate 12
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 12
· Cooperative Listening 12
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 13
· Liaison 13
Unit 2 Getting Along with Others 15
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 15
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 16
Task 1 Short Conversations 16
Task 2 Long Conversations 18
Task 3 Passages 19
Task 4 Dictation 22
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 23
Task 1 Pair Work 23
Task 2 Debate 24
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 25
· Intensive Listening： Listening for Detailed Information 25
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 26
· Phonemes Pronounced as [？] in Some Words 26
Unit 3 Festivals and Holidays 28
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 28
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 29
Task 1 Short Conversations 29
Task 2 Long Conversations 31
Task 3 Passages 32
Task 4 Dictation 35
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 36
Task 1 Dialogue Performance 36
Task 2 Pair Work 37
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 37
· Extensive Listening： Listening for the Main Ideas 37
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 38
· Stress in Compound Nouns 38
Unit 4 College Clubs 40
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 40
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 41
Task 1 Short Conversations 41
Task 2 Long Conversations 43
Task 3 Passages 44
Task 4 Dictation 46
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 47
Task 1 Pair Work 48
Task 2 Design a Club 48
Task 3 Debate 49
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 50
· Identifying Pronoun Referents 50
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 51
· Pronouncing the Three Consonant Letters q， c and g Affiliated Closely to Some Vowels 51
Unit 5 Foods and Drinks 52
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 52
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 53
Task 1 Short Conversations 53
Task 2 Long Conversations 55
Task 3 Passages 56
Task 4 Dictation 58
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 60
Task 1 Pair Work 60
Task 2 Game-Playing 61
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 62
· Identifying Numbers 62
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 63
· Incomplete Plosion 63
Unit 6 Medicine and Health 66
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 66
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 68
Task 1 Short Conversations 68
Task 2 Long Conversations 70
Task 3 Passages 71
Task 4 Dictation 74
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 75
Task 1 Dialogue Performance 76
Task 2 Debate 76
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 77
Learning to Predict When You Listen 78
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 79
· Assimilation 79
Unit 7 Marriage and Wedding Customs 81
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 81
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 82
Task 1 Short Conversations 82
Task 2 Long Conversations 83
Task 3 Passages 84
Task 4 Dictation 87
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 88
Task 1 Pair Work 88
Task 2 Discussion 88
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 89
· Recognizing Prices 89
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 89
· Suffixes and Stress （Ⅰ） 90
Unit 8 Beauty 92
Section Ⅰ Pre- listening Activities 92
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 93
Task 1 Short Conversations 93
Task 2 Long Conversations 94
Task 3 Passages 95
Task 4 Dictation 98
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 99
Task 1 Dialogue Performance 100
Task 2 Discussion 100
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 101
· Identifying Dates 101
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 101
· Suffixes and Stress （Ⅱ） 101
Unit 9 Sports 103
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 103
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 104
Task 1 Short Conversations 104
Task 2 Long Conversations 105
Task 3 Passages 106
Task 4 Dictation 109
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 110
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 111
· Identifying Adverbials of Frequency 111
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 112
· Syllabic Consonants 112
Unit 10 Travel 113
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 113
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 114
Task 1 Short Conversations 114
Task 2 Long Conversations 115
Task 3 Passages 116
Task 4 Dictation 119
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 120
Task 1 Pair Work 121
Task 2 Discussion 122
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 122
· Distinguishing Between Similar Sounds 122
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 123
· Elision 123
Unit 11 Animals 125
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 125
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 127
Task 1 Short Conversations 127
Task 2 Long Conversations 128
Task 3 Passages 129
Task 4 Dictation 131
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 133
Task 1 Pair Work 133
Task 2 Role Playing 134
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 135
· Taking Notes While Listening 135
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 136
· Pronunciation of “-ed” and “-d” in the Past Forms of Regular Verbs 136
Unit 12 Seasons 138
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 138
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 139
Task 1 Short Conversations 139
Task 2 Long Conversations 140
Task 3 Passages 141
Task 4 Dictation 144
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 145
Task 1 Dialogue Performance 145
Task 2 Discussion 146
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 146
· Detecting the Implied Meaning 146
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 147
· Pronunciation of “-（e）s” 147
Unit 13 Colors 148
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 148
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 149
Task 1 Short Conversations 149
Task 2 Long Conversations 150
Task 3 Passages 152
Task 4 Dictation 154
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 155
Task 1 Dialogue Performance 155
Task 2 Group Work 156
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 157
· Identifying Signal Words and Phrases 157
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 158
· Non-Stressed Words： Structural Words 158
Unit 14 Society and Life 159
Section Ⅰ Pre-listening Activities 159
Section Ⅱ Listening Tasks 160
Task 1 Short Conversations 160
Task 2 Long Conversations 161
Task 3 Passages 162
Task 4 Dictation 165
Section Ⅲ Speaking Activities 166
Task 1 Retelling 166
Task 2 Dialogue Performance 166
Section Ⅳ Listening Strategies 167
· Strategies for Making Inferences 167
Section Ⅴ Pronunciation Exercises 168
· Stress and Parts of Speech 168
2013年12月大学英语四级考试样题（听力部分） 170
2013年12月大学英语四级考试（听力部分） 175
2014年6月大学英语四级考试（听力部分） 179
2014年12月大学英语四级考试（听力部分） 184