本书是根据普通高等院校一二批本科生、独立学院、高职学院学生的听力水平编写的。全书由16个单元和2套听力测试卷组成，书后附练习答案和录音听力材料。本书是特点是选材新、趣味性和可读性强，有利于学生主动地学习，激发学习的兴趣，并在实际听力操练中掌握听力技巧，提高听力水平。本书附光盘1张。

Unit 1 Success
Part One Listening Strategy: Distinguishing Signal Words
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 2 Human Virtues
Part One Listening Strategy: Identifying a Topic
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 3 Ambitions
Part One Listening Strategy: Identifying Organization
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 4 Culture
Part One Listening Strategy: Finding the Main Idea (1)
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 5 Environment
Part One Listening Strategy: Finding the Main Idea (2)
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 6 Disasters
Part One Listening Strategy: Listening for Important Details (1)
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 7 Internet
Part One Listening Strategy: Listening for Important Details (2)
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 8 Health
Part One Listening Strategy: Listening "Between the Lines"
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 9 Music
Part One Listening Strategy: Identifying the Relationship Between the Speakers
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 10 Weather
Part One Listening Strategy: Identifying the Place Where a Conversation Takes Place
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 11 Food and Drinks
Part One Listening Strategy: Identifying the Major Event in a Conversation
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 12 Going on Vacation
Part One Listening Strategy : Summarizing (1)
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 13 Shopping
Part One Listening Strategy : Summarizing (2)
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 14 Employment
Part One Listening Strategy: Detecting Implied Meaning
Part Two Listening Passages
Unit 15 Sports
Part One Listening Strategy: Drawing Inferences
Part Two Listening Passages
Test One
Test Two
Keys 10 Units
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