本书突出了听力技能的基础作用，强调听与说的有机结合，全方位地提高学生听说能力。本书适合具有一定英语基础，有志于进一步提高听力和口语表达水平的学习者，既可以满足社会培训市场的需求，又可供各高校使用。本书配有听力CD，可供读者参照学习。

Unit 1 Air Travel

Unit 2 Breakfast

Unit 3 Colors

Unit 4 Days,Months,and Numbers

Unit 5 E-mail and the Internet

Unit 6 Fears and Sports

Unit 7 Games and Phoblas

Unit 8 Holidays and Special Occasions

Unit 9 Ice Cream and Other Desserts

Unit 10 Jazz and Other Types of Music

Unit 11 Kangaroos,Koalas,and Australla

Unit 12 Love

Unit 13 Movies

Unit 14 Newspapers

Unit 15 Oceans and Beaches

Unit 16 Parties

Unit 17 Quizzes,Tests,and Intelligence

Unit 18 Rain

Unit 19 Sisters and Brothers

Unit 20 Telephones

Unit 21 Urban and Rural Areas

Unit 22 Vacations

Unit 23 Women

Unit 24 X-rays and Bones

Unit 25 Years Ago:Childhood Memories

Unit 26 Zippers,Buttons,and Velcro:Clothes and Fashion

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