Unit1 Outlook on Life and Death1
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations3 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice4
Section A Three Attitudes Towards Life4
Section B Life is a Test5
Section C Help Terminally Ill Patients to Face Death Calmly6
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice8What I Have Lived for8
Unit2 Emotional Intelligence11
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations13 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice14
Section A Emotional Intelligence — A Different Way of Being Smart 14
Section B Working with Emotional Intelligence16 Section C A Telephone Interview About“Emotional Hijacking”17
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice19Why It Can Matter More Than IQ19Unit3 Social Problems21
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations23 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice24
Section A Burglary Prevention Measures24
Section B A Radio Interview About a Robbery26
Section C Teenager Drug Abuse27
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice29How to Solve the Social Problem of Violence29
Unit4 Interpersonal Communication31
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations33 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice34
Section A Six Steps to Put People at Their Ease34 Section B Pub Etiquette35
Section C The International Friendship Day36
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice37
Conflicts in Communication37
Unit5 Advertising39
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations41 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice42
Section A Radio Advertisements41
Section B How Advertising Came About43
Section C Various Kinds of Advertising and Their Advantages andDisadvantages44
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice46Subtle Influence of Advertising on Consumers46Unit6 Relaxation and Entertainment49
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations51 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice52
Section A Extracts About Entertainment52
Section B Holiday Travel53
Section C An Interview with Miss America56
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice56
How to Find Entertainment Without Spending Much Money56Test158
Unit7 Extreme Sports63
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations65 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice66
Section A Holiday Makers Seeking Adventurebased Extreme Sports66
Section B Rock Climbing67
Section C A Radio Discussion About Extreme Sports69Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice71
Why Are More and More People Turning to Extreme Sports? 71
Unit8 Application for Studying Abroad73
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations75 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice76
Section A A Brief Account of Major Tests of English LanguageProficiency76
Section B Major Procedures for Applying to Study Abroad77
Section C Accommodation Options for International Students79
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice80IELTS Speaking Module80
Unit9 Accommodation83
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations85 Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice86
Section A Subletting and Disputesettling86
Section B Staying in One Place88
Section C Housing in the United Kingdom89
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice90American Space,Chinese Place90
Unit10 News and Media93
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations95Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice96
Section A News in Brief96
Section B The Most Prestigious Prize for American Journalism97
Section C A Shift in the Content of American News100Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice101A Common Prayer101
Unit11 Academic Conference103
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations105Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice106
Section A Access to Information of an International AcademicConference106
Section B Major Session Modes of an International AcademicConference108
Section C Financial Assistance for Attending an InternationalAcademic Conference110
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice111Attending Academic Conference111
Unit12 Food and Health113
Part Ⅰ Warmingup Practice:Short Conversations115Part Ⅱ Topiccentered Listening Practice116
Section A The Nutrients in Food116
Section B Fitness and Nutrition118
Section C Wrong Ideas About Food119
Part Ⅲ Topicbased Speaking Practice121
To Be or Not to Be a Vegetarian121
Test2122
Scripts and Keys125