研究生英语听说教程 上

ContentsUnit 1 Language and Language Learning 1

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 3

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 4

Section A English World Wide 4

Section B Vocabulary Building 6

Section C Levels ofLanguage 6

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 7

Successful Language Learrners 7

Unit 2 Consumers Today 9

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 11

Section A Changes in American's Spending Patterns 12

Part Ⅱ Topic-centeredListening Practice 12

Section B Supermarket and Consumers 13

Section C How to Make the Most Effective Complaint 14

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 15

Complaint and Its Settlement 15

Unit 3 Computers 17

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 19

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 20

Section A New Development in Computer Technology 20

Section B The Uses of Computers 22

Section C Computer Crime 23

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 24

Computer Security 24

Unit 4 Words and Their Stories 25

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 27

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 28

Section A Colors 28

Section B Dark Horse 29

Section C Muckraker 31

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 33

Our Changing Language 33

Unit 5 Marriage 35

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 37

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 38

Section A The Virtues of Marriage 38

Section B Arranged Marriages 40

Section C SINDIs—the 21 st Century Divorced Women 41

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 42

Stay in Love 42

Unit 6 Job 45

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 47

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 48

Section A Employeeship 48

Section B Job Opening Available to New College Graduates 50

Section C How to Avoid Joblessness 52

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 53

The Gloomy Prospects of MBA Graduates 53

Test 1 55

Unit 7 Sports 59

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 61

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 62

Section A Out of Africa 62

Section B The Spirit and Philosophy of the Olympic Games 63

Section C Ultimate Frisbee 64

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 65

About Sports 65

Unit 8 Arts 67

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice: Short Conversations 69

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 70

Section A A Famous Painting 70

Section B Henri Matisse 71

Section C Our Singing 72

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 73

The Beatles 73

Unit 9 News Reports 75

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 77

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 78

Section A BBC News 78

Section B VOA News 79

Section C Report on China's First Manned Space Mission 80

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 81

A Middle East Military Expert's Comment 81

Unit 10 The American Civil War 83

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice:Short Conversations 85

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 86

Section A A Glimpse of the American Civil War 86

Section B The Union and the Confederate Armies 88

Section C A Secret Route 89

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 90

Congress and President after the Civil War 90

Unit 11 How to Interview People 93

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice: Short Conversations 95

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 96

Section A How to Interview People 96

Section B An Interview on the Problem of the Aged 97

Section C Interiew with Bill Clinton 99

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 100

Shyness and Ability to Function before Audiences 100

Unit 12 Outstanding Personalities 103

Part Ⅰ Warming-up Practice: Short Conversations 105

Part Ⅱ Topic-centered Listening Practice 106

Section A Lincoln 106

Section B Interview with Bill Clinton 108

Section C An Interview about Benjamin Franklin 109

Part Ⅲ Topic-based Speaking Practice 110

Martin Luther King Jr. 110

Test 2 112

Scripts and Keys 117