Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations3 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice4 Section A English World Wide4 Section B Vocabulary Building6 Section C Levels of Language6 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice7 Successful Language Learners7 Unit2 Consumers Today9 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations11 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice12 Section A Changes in Americans Spending Patterns12 Section B Supermarket and Consumers13 Section C How to Make the Most Effective Complaint14 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice15 Complaint and Its Settlement15 Unit3 Computers17 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations19 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice20 Section A New Development in Computer Technolo Section B The Uses of Computers22 Section C Computer Crime23 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice24 Computer Security24 Unit4 Words and Their Stories25 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations27 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice28 Section A Colors28 Section B Dark Horse29 Section C Muckraker31 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice33 Our Changing Language33 Unit5 Marriage35 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations37 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice38 Section A The Virtues of Marriage38 Section B Arranged Marriages40 Section C SINDIs — the21st Century Divorced Women41 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice42 Stay in Love42Unit6 Job45 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations47 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice48 Section A Employeeship48 Section B Job Opening Available to New College Graduates50 Section C How to Avoid Joblessness52 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice53 The Gloomy Prospects of MBA Graduates53 Test155Unit7 Sports59 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations61 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice62 Section A Out of Africa62 Section B The Spirit and Philosophy of the Olympic Games63 Section C Ultimate Frisbee64 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice65 About Sports65Unit8 Arts67 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations69 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice70 Section A A Famous Painting70 Section B Henri Matisse71 Section C Our Singing72 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice73 The Beatles73Unit9 News Reports75 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations77 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice78 Section A BBC News78 Section B VOA News79 Section C Report on Chinas First Manned Space Mission80 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice81 A Middle East Military Experts Comment81Unit10 The American Civil War83 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations85 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice86 Section A A Glimpse of the American Civil War86 Section B The Union and the Confederate Armies88 Section C A Secret Route89 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice90 Congress and President after the Civil War90Unit11 How to Interview People93 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations95 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice96 Section A How to Interview People96 Section B An Interview on the Problem of the Aged97 Section C Interiew with Bill Clinton99 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice100 Shyness and Ability to Function before Audiences100Unit12 Outstanding Personalities103 Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations105Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice106 Section A Lincoln106 Section B Interview with Bill Clinton108 Section C An Interview about Benjamin Franklin109 Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice110 Martin Luther King Jr.110 Test2112Scripts and Keys117
