Unit 1 Job Pressure
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 The Secret to Be a Successful Office Secretary
Conversation 2 Invitation to Have a Dinner
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 US Unemployment Problem
Passage 2 How to Deal with Stress at Work
Part Three Speaking Out
A Job Interview
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song A New Day Has Come
Unit 2 The Earth--Our Homeland
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 An Interview About a Frightening Earthquake
Conversation 2 A Gas Leak
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 What to Do in the Event of an Earthquake2
Passage 2 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Part Three Speaking Out
Talking About a Disaster
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song You Are Not Alone
Unit 3 Culture
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 An Unpleasant Experience in America
Conversation 2 Children's Pocket Money in Britain
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Differences in Parenting
Passage 2 Tipping in the US
Part Three Speaking Out
Talking About Cultural Differences
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Seasons in the Sun
Unit 4 Advertisement
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 A Telephone Call of Renting an Apartment
Conversation 2 A Debate on Advertising
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 World No Tobacco Day
Passage 2 Advertising
Part Three Speaking Out
Talking About Advertising Slogans
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song I Believe I Can Fly
Unit 5 Future Life
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 An Undersea City
Conversation 2 New Options for Food Service in the Cafeteria
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Buying Your Car Piece by Piece
Passage 2 Space Tourism
Part Three Speaking Out
Looking into Future Life
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Welcome to My Life
Unit 6 Who Is Your Role Model?
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Pop Stars
Conversation 2 Steve Jobs
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 An Influential Woman
Passage 2 The MY HERO Project
Part Three Speaking Out
Talking About Your Role Model
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Model
Unit 7 What's on TV today?
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 A Talk About Watching a Football Game
Conversation 2 French Open 2011
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Wrestling with Television
Passage 2 TV Addiction
Part Three Speaking Out
Do the Advantages of Television Outweigh the Disadvantages?
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song TV
Unit 8 Environmental Protection
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
Conversation 2 Environmental Improvement in Mexico City
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Earth Day
Passage 2 Climate Change--No Hiding Place?
Part Three Speaking Out
How to Protect the Environment?
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Heal the World
Unit 9 Media
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 I Want This Paper
Conversation 2 Do You Often Buy Magazines?
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 Why Watch Television?
Passage 2 The Mass Media
Part Three Speaking Out
Can We Have Primary School Students Visit the Web?
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Song Yesterday Once More
Unit 10 Poverty
Part One Getting into the Topic
Part Two Listening Tasks
Task One Short Conversations
Task Two Long Conversations
Conversation 1 Housing and Poverty
Conversation 2 Poverty in Calcutta
Task Three Short Passages
Passage 1 China Issues White Paper on Poverty Reduction
Passage 2 The Long Term Effects of Poverty
Part Three Speaking Out
Impoverished Students at College
Part Four Testing Yourself
Part Five Enjoying Yourself
Poem The Magic of Poverty
Appendix Glossary