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LESSON ONE ENTERTAINMENT 1

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 1

PART B Intensive Listening:Entertainment 3

Passage Ⅰ Hollywood 3

Passage Ⅱ The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony 4

Passage Ⅲ A Lecture in a Dance History Class 6

PART C Extensive Listening:Clinton Confesses to Lewinsky Affair 7

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Straw Hat in the Wind 9

LESSON TWO MUSIC 10

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 10

PART B Intensive Listening:Music 12

Passage Ⅰ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 12

Passage Ⅱ American Music 13

Passage Ⅲ Music in Different Cultures 14

PART C Extensive Listening:The Path to Power 15

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs You Are the One 16

LESSON THREE BIRDS 19

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 19

PART B Intensive Listening:Birds 21

Passage Ⅰ Migration of Birds 21

Passage Ⅱ The Sound of Birds 22

Passage Ⅲ Introduction of Owl 23

PART C Extensive Listening:Tarzan 24

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs I’ll Never Break Your Heart 26

LESSON FOUR EDUCATION 29

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 29

PART B Intensive Listening:Education 31

Passage Ⅰ Higher Education in the United States 31

Passage Ⅱ Education in Britain and the US 32

Passage Ⅲ Education in Canada 33

PART C Extensive Listening:Commencement Address of Harvard University 35

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs My Heart Will Go On 36

LESSON FIVE LIFE ON CAMPUS 38

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 38

PART B Intensive Listening:Lif on Campus 40

Passage Ⅰ Housing Options in the United States 40

Passage Ⅱ Living on Campus 41

Passage Ⅲ A Talk Given by a Housing Director 43

PART C Extensive Listening:Tips on Giving a Public Speech 44

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Baby One More Time 45

LESSON SIX TRANSPORTATION 47

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 47

PART B Intensive Listening:Transportation 49

Passage Ⅰ Means of Transportation 49

Passage Ⅱ Parking Meters 50

Passage Ⅲ Vans 51

PART C Extensive Listening:Jane Eyre 52

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Cousin DuPree 53

LESSON SEVEN FOODS 56

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 56

PART B Intensive Listening:Foods 58

Passage Ⅰ English Food 58

Passage Ⅱ American Food 59

Passage Ⅲ Lunch in Town 60

PART C Extensive Listening:Who Is to Blame? 62

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs What a Girl Wants 63

LESSON EIGHT HOLIDAYS 65

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 65

PART B Intensive Listening:Holidays 67

Passage Ⅰ Holiday in Britain and the US 67

Passage Ⅱ Welcoming the New Year 68

Passage Ⅲ Valentine Traditions 69

PART C Extensive Listening:Hillary—A“Woman Wronged”? 70

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Sometimes 72

LESSON NINE SPORTS 74

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 74

PART B Intensive Listening:Sports 76

Passage Ⅰ Sports in Britain 76

Passage Ⅱ Olympic Spirit 77

Passage Ⅲ Sports in America 79

PART C Extensive Listening:The Olympic Games 80

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Quit Playing Games(With My Heart) 81

LESSON TEN ECONOMY 83

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 83

PART B Intensive Listening:Economy 85

Passage Ⅰ World Trade Organization(WTO) 85

Passage Ⅱ Review of 2000 World Economic Situation 86

Passage Ⅲ President Jiang Zemin Highlights“New Economy” in his APEC Address 87

PART C Extensive Listening:Bush’s Victory Speech 89

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Save Me 90

LESSON ELEVEN HEALTH 92

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 92

PART B Intensive Listening:Health 94

Passage Ⅰ Art in Hospital 94

Passage Ⅱ Conversation between Doctor and Patient 95

Passage Ⅲ Medicine in Britain and America 96

PART C Extensive Listening:Two American States 97

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Born to Make You Happy 99

LESSON TWELVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 101

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 101

PART B Intensive Listening:Environmental Protection 103

Passage Ⅰ A Talk in a National Park 103

Passage Ⅱ Plans to Clone Pandas to Save Them from Extinction 104

Passage Ⅲ Beijing Bans Coal Burning in New Buildings 106

PART C Extensive Listening:How to Break the Ice 107

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Both Sides Now 108

LESSON THIRTEEN AMMALS 111

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 111

PART B Intensive Listening:Animals 113

Passage Ⅰ Gorilla 113

Passage Ⅱ “Dolphin Talk” 114

Passage Ⅲ Fun Facts about Giant Panda 116

PART C Extensive Listening:Resignation of Richard Nixon 117

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Oops!...I Did It Again 118

LESSON FOURTEEN YOUTH 121

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 121

PART B Intensive Listening:Youth 123

Passage Ⅰ Youth in the US 123

Passage Ⅱ Trends in Youth Drug Use 124

Passage Ⅲ Professional Advice for Young People 125

PART C Extensive Listening:Think and Grow Rich 126

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely 128

LESSON FIFTEEN CUSTOMS 130

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 130

PART B Intensive Listening:Customs 132

Passage Ⅰ Christmas in England 132

Passage Ⅱ Marriage Customs 133

Passage Ⅲ Christmas in America 134

PART C Extensive Listening:New York Senate Race Speech 135

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs From the Bottom of My Broken Heart 137

LESSON SIXTEEN INTRODUCING FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES 139

PART A Getting Started:Short Conversations 139

PART B Intensive Listening:Introducing Foreign Universities 141

Passage Ⅰ The University of Massachusetts Boston 141

Passage Ⅱ Cambridge University 142

Passage Ⅲ Stanford University 143

PART C Extensive Listening:Speaking Effective American English 145

PART D Listening for Pleasure:Pop Songs Breathless 146