Unit 1 Friendship
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: The Hospital Window
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Picture talk--Describing a friend
Leisure Time: A Poem
Part C Additional Listening: Short Conversations
Part D Home Listening: The Colors of Friendship
Unit 2 Dealing with Cultural Differences
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Embarrassing Experiences (Part One)
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Picture talk--Describing Chinese and Western ways of eating
Leisure Time: A Cultural Quiz
Part C Additional Listening: American Parties
Part D Home Listening: Embarrassing Experiences (Part Two)
Unit 3 One World
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Birthday Celebrations Around the World
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Picture talk Talking about wedding customs
Leisure Time: A Song
Part C Additional Listening: One World One Minute
Part D Home Listening: One World, Many Universes
Unit 4 Explaining Processes
Part A Prc-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: How to Use an OHP
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Explaining processes
Leisure Time: Anagrams
Part C Additional Listening: How to Send an E-mail
Part D Home Listening: Layout of a Letter
Unit 5 Memory
Part A Pre-]istening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: How Our Memory Works
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Describing an unforgettable experience
Leisure Time: A Song
Part C ~ Additional Listening: Techniques to Help Us Remember Better
Part D Home Listening: Improve Your Memory
Unit 6 Wealth
Part A Pre-]istening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: The Embarrassment of Riches
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. DebatingmArguments for or against the view that money brings greater
freedom
Leisure Time: A Story
Part C Additional Listening: Perspectives ...
Part D Home Listening: The Story of a Multimillionaire
Unit 7 Anti-smoking
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Last Gasp for Smokers
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Debating--Arguments for or against banning smoking in restaurants
Leisure Time: A Story
Part C Additional Listening: Making Smoking Socially Unacceptable .~
Part D Home Listening: Developing World Becomes a Huge Ashtray
Unit 8 Aging
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: A Terrible Disease
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Debating--Arguments for or against mercy killing
Leisure Time: Jokes
Part C Additional Listening: Old Age's Problems and Opportunities
Part D Home Listening: A Walking Miracle
Unit 9 War
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Life Goes On
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Debating--Arguments for or against the use of force against terrorism
Leisure Time: Guinness World Records
Part C Additional Listening: Fly the Unfriendly Sky
Part D Home Listening: The Red Cross
Unit 10 Addiction
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: A Victim of Drugs
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Describing graphs
Leisure Time: A Song
Part C Additional Listening: Interview with an lnternet Addiction Counselor
Part D Home Listening: Drug Abuse
Unit 11 Home-schooling
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Home-schooling on a World Cruise
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Debating --Arguments for or against popularizing home-schooling
Leisure Time: Jokes
Part C Additional Listening: The Fun They Had
Part D Home Listening: Compulsive Unschooling
Unit 12 Opinion Polls
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Opinion Polls
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Analyzing opinion polls
Leisure Time: Quotable Quotes
Part C Additional Listening: How These Pollsters Do Those Polls
Part D Home Listening: Use of Public Opinion Polls
Unit 13 Reality TV
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks ~
Text: Reality TV Around the Globe
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Debating--Arguments for or against reality TVshows
Leisure Time: A Song
Part C Additional Listening: A Reality TV Show
Part D Home Listening: Courtroom Reality TV
Unit 14 That's Life
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Unfair Exchange
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Debating--Arguments for or against going Dutch
Leisure Time: A Song
Part C Additional Listening: Chicken Delight
Part D Home Listening: Ordinary People, Ordinary Lives
Unit 15 Our Mother Earth
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Good News about the Environment
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Picture Talk---Depicting an environmental problem
Leisure Time: Guinness World Records
Part C Additional Listening: Disappearing Species?
Part D Home Listening: How Green Is Our Valley?
Unit 16 Crime and Punishment
Part A Pre-listening Task
Part B Listening Tasks
Text: Hobbyist
Speaking Tasks
A. Reflections on the text
B. Debating--Arguments for or against abolishing capitalpunishment
in the near future
Leisure Time: Jokes
Part C Additional Listening: Who Killed Harry Squires?
Part D Home Listening: Harry Squires' Murder Solved
Test 1
Test 2
Appendix Tapescripts and Key to the Exercises of Home
Listening