Unit One Spoken Language
Part 1 Dictation—The Ways to Improve Your Listening Comprehension
Part 2 Listen for Fun—Nice to Meet You
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of Spoken Language
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Dictation
Part 5 TED Speech—A One-Woman Global Village
Part 6 Listening in Tests—Conversations in IELTS
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Start a Conversation
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—Seasons in the Sun
Unit Two Stories of Inventors
Part 1 Dictation—Inventions and Inventors
Part 2 Listen for Fun—A Blind Man and His Lantern
Part 3 Language in Focus—Basic Elements of a Story
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details
Part 5 TED Speech—My Simple Invention, Designed to Keep My Grandfather Safe
Part 6 Listening in Tests—Stories in CET
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Change the Topic
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—A Behavioral Science Experiment
Unit Three College Life
Part 1 Dictation—Freedom in College Life
Part 2 Listen for Fun—Tooth Extracting
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of Conversation
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Listening for Implied Meaning
Part 5 TED Speech—5 Ways to Kill Your Dreams
Part 6 Listening in Tests—Conversations in CET
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Discuss the Present Perfectly
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—A Casual Dialogue
Unit Four Plants
Part 1 Dictation—Growing Plants Without Soil
Part 2 Listen for Fun—A Clever Prisoner
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of Explaining a Process
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Using Flow Charts for a Process
Part 5 TED Speech—How to Grow a Forest in Your Backyard
Part 6 Listening in Tests—Processes in IELTS
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Disagree
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—How to Grow a Mango Tree from Seed
Unit Five Cultural Values
Part 1 Dictation—Building Blocks of Culture
Part 2 Listen for Fun—Jump into the Sea
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of a Lecture
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Notes Technique I: Abbreviations and Symbols
Part 5 TED Speech—Understanding the Rise of China
Part 6 Listening in Tests—Lectures in IELTS
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Ask Questions in Different Ways
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—Hofstede’s Cultural Taxonomy
Unit Six Health
Part 1 Dictation—Health Tips
Part 2 Listen for Fun—Good News and Bad News
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of Cause-and-Effect Relationship
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Notes Technique II: Cause-and-Effect Relationship
Part 5 TED Speech—The Coming Neurological Epidemic
Part 6 Listening in Tests—Lectures in IELTS
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Clarify Your Conversation
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—Why Thinking You''re Ugly Is Bad for You
Unit Seven Personality and Happiness
Part 1 Dictation—Personality and Well-being
Part 2 Listen for Fun—Three Parrots
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of Comparison
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Notes Technique III: Comparison
Part 5 TED Speech—What Makes a Good Life?
Part 6 Listening in Tests—Lectures in IELTS
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Be Polite
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—Steve Jobs vs. Confucius
Unit Eight Disasters and Accidents
Part 1 Dictation—Overview of Disasters and Accidents
Part 2 Listen for Fun—Probability of the Threat
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of Hard News
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Listening for Numbers
Part 5 TED Speech—These Robots Come to the Rescue After a Disaster
Part 6 Listening in Tests—News in CET
Part 7 Conversational Tips—How to Show Regret
Part 8 Supplementary Listening—BBC News Reporting
Unit Nine Technology and Life
Part 1 Dictation—Modern Technology in Life
Part 2 Listen for Fun—Navajo Message for the Moon
Part 3 Language in Focus—Features of Soft News
Part 4 Skills in Focus—Listening for Facts and Opinions
Part 5 TED Speech—Space Tec