UNIT1 1
Section One Tactics for Listening 1
Part 1 Phonetics 1
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 1
Section Two Listening Comprehension 2
Part 1 Dialogues 2
Dialogue 1 Hello 2
Dialogue 2 Welcome to Bristol 2
Part 2 Passages 3
Passage 1 A Young Waiter 3
Passage 2 Greetings and Introductions 4
Part 3 News 5
News Item 1 5
News Item 2 6
News Item 3 6
Section Three Oral Work 7
Part 1 Questions and Answers 7
Part 2 Retelling 7
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 7
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 7
Part 2 Oral Work 8
UNIT2 9
Section One Tactics for Listening 9
Part 1 Phonetics 9
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 9
Section Two Listening Comprehension 10
Part 1 Dialogues 10
Dialogue 1 Where Are You Living Now? 10
Dialogue 2 Have You Ever Lived Abroad? 11
Part 2 Passages 11
Passage 1 Welcome to London! 11
Passage 2 Entertainments in London 13
Part 3 News 14
News Item 1 14
News Item 2 15
News Item 3 15
Section Three Oral Work 16
Part 1 Questions and Answers 16
Part 2 Retelling 17
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 17
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 17
Part 2 Oral Work 18
UNIT3 19
Section One Tactics for Listening 19
Part 1 Phonetics 19
Part 2 Listening a?d Note-Taking 20
Section Two Listening Comprehension 20
Part 1 Dialogues 20
Dialogue 1 What's He Like? 20
Dialogue 2 How Old Are You? 21
Part 2 Passages 21
Passage 1 Informational Interviewing 21
Passage 2 British Postmen and Milkmen 22
Part 3 News 23
News Item 1 23
News Item 2 23
News Item 3 24
Section Three Oral Work 25
Part 1 Questions and Answers 25
Part 2 Retelling 25
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 25
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 25
Part 2 Oral Work 26
UNIT4 27
Section One Tactics for Listening 27
Part 1 Phonetics 27
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 27
Section Two Listening Comprehension 28
Part 1 Dialogues 28
Dialogue 1 Phoning about the Flat 28
Dialogue 2 The Magnificent Town Residence 28
Part 2 Passages 29
Passage 1 Hide-and-seek 29
Passage 2 My Nephew 30
Part 3 News 31
News Item 1 31
News Item 2 32
News Item 3 32
Section Three Oral Work 33
Part 1 Questions and Answers 33
Part 2 Retelling 33
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 34
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 34
Part 2 Oral Work 34
UNIT5 35
Section One Tactics for Listening 35
Part 1 Phonetics 35
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 35
Section Two Listening Comprehension 36
Part 1 Dialogues 36
Dialogue 1 Are You Ready to Order? 36
Dialogue 2 Two 74s,Please 37
Part 2 Passages 37
Passage 1 Instant Coffee 37
Passage 2 Tinned Tomato Soup 38
Part 3 News 40
News Item 1 40
News Item 2 40
News Item 3 41
Section Three Oral Work 42
Part 1 Questions and Answers 42
Part 2 Retelling 42
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 42
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 42
Part 2 Oral Work 43
UNIT6 44
Section One Tactics for Listening 44
Part 1 Phonetics 44
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 44
Section Two Listening Comprehension 45
Part 1 Dialogues 45
Dialogue 1 What a Super Flat 45
Dialogue 2 Back from Work 46
Part 2 Passages 46
Passage 1 The"Lost"Receipt 46
Passage 2 A Coin 48
Part 3 News 49
News Item 1 49
News Item 2 49
News Item 3 50
Section Three Oral Work 51
Part 1 Questions and Answers 51
Part 2 Retelling 51
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 51
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 51
Part 2 Oral Work 52
UNIT7 53
Section One Tactics for Listening 53
Part 1 Phonetics 53
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 53
Section Two Listening Comprehension 54
Part 1 Dialogues 54
Dialogue 1 In a Toy Shop 54
Dialogue 2 Customer Service 54
Part 2 Passages 55
Passage 1 An Unusual Shop 55
Passage 2 Bargains or Fixed Price Shopping? 56
Part 3 News 57
News Item 1 57
News Item 2 58
News Item 3 59
Section Three Oral Work 60
Part 1 Questions and Answers 60
Part 2 Retelling 60
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 60
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 60
Part 2 Oral Work 61
UNIT8 62
Section One Tactics for Listening 62
Part 1 Phonetics 62
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 62
Section Two Listening Comprehension 63
Part 1 Dialogues 63
Dialogue 1 Have You Been to the Theatre Here? 63
Dialogue 2 Asking for Directions 64
Part 2 Passages 65
Passage 1 Sleep and Language Learning 65
Passage 2 Marketplace 66
Part 3 News 67
News Item 1 67
News Item 2 68
News Item 3 68
Section Three Oral Work 69
Part 1 Questions and Answers 69
Part 2 Retelling 69
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 70
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 70
Part 2 Oral Work 70
UNIT9 71
Section One Tactics for Listening 71
Part 1 Phonetics 71
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 71
Section Two Listening Comprehension 72
Part 1 Dialogues 72
Dialogue 1 How to Get to the National Theatre,Please? 72
Dialogue 2 Are You Free for Lunch Today? 72
Part 2 Passages 73
Passage 1 Smoking 73
Passage 2 Running 74
Part 3 News 75
News Item 1 75
News Item 2 75
News Item 3 76
Section Three Oral Work 76
Part 1 Questions and Answers 76
Part 2 Retelling 77
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 77
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 77
Part 2 Oral Work 78
UNIT10 79
Section One Tactics for Listening 79
Part 1 Phonetics 79
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 79
Section Two Listening Comprehension 80
Part 1 Dialogues 80
Dialogue 1 The National Telecom Showroom 80
Dialogue 2 At Heathrow Airport 80
Part 2 Passages 81
Passage 1 The Weather Forecast 81
Passage 2 Package Holidays 82
Part 3 News 83
News Item 1 83
News Item 2 84
News Item 3 84
Section Three Oral Work 85
Part 1 Questions and Answers 85
Part 2 Retelling 85
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 86
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 86
Part 2 Oral Work 87
UNIT11 88
Section One Tacties for Listening 88
Part 1 Phonetics 88
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 88
Section Two Listening Comprehension 89
Part 1 Dialogues 89
Dialogue 1 Job 89
Dialogue 2 Women's Work 89
Part 2 Passages 90
Passage 1 Cycling Accidents 90
Passage 2 Hidden Passengers 91
Part 3 News 92
News Item 1 92
News Item 2 92
News Item 3 93
Section Three Oral Work 93
Part 1 Questions and Answers 93
Part 2 Retelling 93
Section Four Supplementary Exereises 93
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 93
Part 2 Oral Work 94
UNIT12 95
Section One Tacties for Listening 95
Part 1 Phonetics 95
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 95
Section Two Listening Comprehension 96
Part 1 Dialogues 96
Dialogue 1 With Casual Clothes 96
Dialogue 2 A Postman 96
Part 2 Passages 97
Passage 1 Burglary(1) 97
Passage 2 Burglary(2) 98
Part 3 News 99
News Item 1 99
News Item 2 99
News Item 3 100
Section Three Oral Work 100
Part 1 Questions and Answers 100
Part 2 Retelling 100
Section Four Supplementary Exereises 101
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 101
Part 2 Oral Work 101
UNIT13 102
Section One Tactics for Listening 102
Part 1 Phonetics 102
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 102
Section Two Listening Comprehension 103
Part 1 Dialogues 103
Dialogue 1 I'd Like to Make a Collect Call to England 103
Dialogue 2 Harry's Weekends 104
Part 2 Passages 104
Passage 1 Football Pools(1) 104
Passage 2 Football Pools(2) 105
Part 3 News 106
News Item 1 106
News Item 2 106
News Item 3 107
Section Three Oral Work 108
Part 1 Questions and Answers 108
Part 2 Retelling 108
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 108
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 108
Part 2 Oral Work 109
UNIT14 110
Section One Tactics for Listening 110
Part 1 Phonetics 110
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 111
Section Two Listening Comprehension 111
Part 1 Dialogues 111
Dialogue 1 Magic Tricks and Illusions 111
Dialogue 2 Ancient Mysteries 112
Part 2 Passages 113
Passage 1 The Problems of the Third World 113
Passage 2 Dolphins 114
Part 3 News 114
News Item 1 114
News Item 2 115
News Item 3 115
Section Three Oral Work 115
Part 1 Questions and Answers 115
Part 2 Retelling 116
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 116
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 116
Part 2 Oral Work 117
UNIT15 118
Section One Tactics for Listening 118
Part 1 Phonetics 118
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 118
Section Two Listening Comprehension 119
Part 1 Dialogues 119
Dialogue 1 Looking for a House 119
Dialogue 2 The Ghost 119
Part 2 Passages 120
Passage 1 Culture Shock(1) 120
Passage 2 Culture Shock(2) 121
Part 3 News 121
News Item 1 121
News Item 2 122
News Item 3 122
Section Three Oral Work 123
Part 1 Questions and Answers 123
Part 2 Retelling 123
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 123
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 123
Part 2 Oral Work 124
UNIT16 125
Section One Tactics for Listening 125
Part 1 Phonetics 125
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 125
Section Two Listening Comprehension 126
Part 1 Dialogues 126
Dialogue 1 Job Interview 126
Dialogue 2 Job Redundancy 126
Part 2 Passages 127
Passage 1 Alaska 127
Passage 2 Hotel Reservation Tips 128
Part 3 News 128
News Item 1 128
News Item 2 129
News Item 3 129
Section Three Oral Work 130
Part 1 Questions and Answers 130
Part 2 Retelling 130
Section Four Supplementary Exercises 130
Part 1 Listening Comprehension 130
Part 2 Oral Work 131
TESTS 132
Test1 132
Part 1 Phonetics 132
Part 2 Listening and Note-Taking 133
Part 3 Dialogue 133
Part 4 Passage 134
Part 5 News 134
News Item 1 134
News Item 2 135
News Item 3 135
Part 6 Oral Work 136
Test2 136
Part 1 Dialogue 136
Part 2 Passage 137
Part 3 News Report 138
Part 4 Oral Work 138
APPENDIX Vocabulary 139